is this project still alive?
The project is very much alive and well.
In fact, things are moving along VERY well.
We are simply choosing to stay more quiet at the moment, until the time is right. I will make another announcement shortly.
Good strategy, keep your powderdry until you're ready to start marketing a stable wallet with a functioning network, preferably with a lite wallet as well. Doesn't do any gòod going off to pro toe things that aren't ready for mass adoption, otherwise you get Bitcoin experience from late 2017 with unusable expensive services.