When you say "no one could answer simple questions about what was going on." - what do you mean exactly ? Who did you try to contact ? The coin is actively maintained and developed if you check the github commits/pulls/pushes etc
The forums are quite active and we've had a major influx of new users.
The coin is reliable, The coin is open. Is there something particular you were after ?
What only did I mean was that I could not find the proper answer for a very long time neither in the sources documentation, reading FTC forum nor asking here.
Look at my post and further replies:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178286.msg13786625#msg13786625https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178286.msg16961121#msg16961121https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178286.msg13799739#msg13799739https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178286.msg13823798#msg13823798I wasn't the only one having that:
https://github.com/FeatherCoin/Feathercoin/issues/87The proper answer was most likely that:
1. This version would not compile with qt4 and special option ./configure --with-gui=qt5 was required,
2. An additional dependency of ZXING was required and some bugs had to be fixed or worked around.
The uncertainty period started from my perspective when the new code was released and prompted but the problems were not resolved. It got worse when the fork occurred (at least one pool encountered that as well) and the only option became the binaries which I could not reproduce the process of building so I had to decide not to use them. It got worse again when I got locked out of my coins indefinitely due to these binaries premature EOL-ing. It got resolved couple days ago when I could finally acquire the proper information about aforementioned and the status of this wallet had got back to normal. The coin is open as long as the code is properly documented. The coin is reliable as long as you may be sure otherwise will not happen.
EDIT:I need to admit it could be at least partially my fault. Reading properly the history of
https://github.com/FeatherCoin/Feathercoin/blob/7c18e68835829cea32e54fad9533ee89c0afcdb9/doc/README.mdI learned that the key for the answer was lying there but I did not pick it up!
EDIT2:
Well, my fault from 25 Jun 2016