Alpha z8 is kind of like a bad date who keeps leading you on. The final step is to copy over testnet3 from the link below, then delete his wallet.dat file if it is still in that folder. You’ll see “connections” = 1 when if you are on the right chain, assuming 8456 plus 24 per hour from the time of this post is the number of blocks you see. If you’re on about 1000 below that, you’re on a fork that might work just as well. If connections say zero, you’re mining your own chain. You are on your own chain from looking at your data above. It will not increase much unless you get on the current chain because the coins per block is 0.0005 times the block number.