Is the Dark Mail Technical Alliance Dead?

Dark Mail[1] isn't the only attempt to secure email exchanges, but it's certainly received some attention, and I and others were curious what it would lead to and how it might help improve email security. But the website is dead[2] with no DNS, despite the WHOIS[3] showing it was recently updated and won't expire until 2018. The Kickstarter was updated[4] on August 28, 2014, which was just 2 months ago, despite some backers saying they haven't gotten their code[5]. - Is Dark Mail still a thing, or is it now a dead project? - If it's still alive, where is a good place to follow the project? - If it's dead, have any other email encryption efforts absorbed/incorporated its work? [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Mail_Alliance [2]: https://www.darkmail.info/ [3]: https://who.is/whois/darkmail.info [4]: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ladar/lavabits-dark-mail-initiative/posts [5]: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ladar/lavabits-dark-mail-initiative/comments?cursor=7705576#comment-7705575