Im feeling confused, unless this coin is dead. Where are the devs? Are they alive? 
This coin is not dead. The devs are on slack. They have recently released a roadmap Scroll up to check it.
The sync just takes forever. It may be more valuable to have a electrum type wallet, but this is probably out of the question as tor-nodes are necessary. Either way, I love this little project. I dont know about the aforementioned 10 dollars but the rebranding should help everything!
Have you tried with the bootstrap?
The instructions are below:
1) Download the Stealth Wallet installation file on your computer from this link:
https://github.com/StealthSend/Stealth/releases/
2) Go to C:\Users\Your Username\AppData\Roaming\ (Mac OS users should go here: ~/Library/Application Support/) and create a StealthCoin folder there.
If you do not see the “AppData” folder under C:\Users\Your Username\ directory, do the following: On the top of the window click on “View”. In the drop down window check the “Hidden items” box. Now the “AppData” folder should appear. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDKzk6Hzqe0)
3) Now download the Stealth snapshot from this link:
https://tinyurl.com/xst-snapshot
4) After the downloading process is complete, paste this snapshot file in the Stealth folder (point 3).
5) Unzip the blk0001.dat file and txleveldb folder into this Stealth folder (If you do not have the unzipper application, get it for free here: http://www.7-zip.org/).
6) Now go to the Stealth Wallet installation file you have downloaded (see point 1) and double click on it to launch the wallet installation process.
7) As soon as the installation is finished, the Stealth Wallet will be launched. It will automatically begin to synchronize with the StealthCoin network. The syncing process pauses at 91%. It may take around 10 minutes to complete the sync process.
8 ) After the synchronization process is complete, your Stealth Wallet is ready to send and receive payments.
