Yes alpha is coming along nicely, we will get some stats for it and post them. A few folk had issues (very few) with proxy setup so be great to see that gone. Testnet8 is as expected (hobbling along) until we get to the data republish & unbalanced nodes which will allow these to combine. Work there is progressing and we expect at least 1 more testnet but perhaps more depending on results. Should not be too many though as the unbalanced nodes issue is the showstopper for connecting the Alpha and vaults from home.
We will probably restart with testnet9 in the coming weeks though to confirm the current RFC work which has been rather intense in terms of refactor. Alpha releases will continue in parallel until we are satisfied the unbalanced nodes is solved effectively though.