The original founder, Peter Bushnell seems to be back after finishing up his contract with Hullcoin.

He is working on porting the 0.13.2 codebase to Feathercoin. I'm not 100% sure about the technicals. I'm merely an investor and currency user.

My experience with the forum veterans, moderators, and devs is somewhat underwhelming. They seem to be just focused on fixing bugs and minor upgrades. Everytime I mention the need for a roadmap, widespread use of the coin, marketing activities, and segwit compatibility, I'm immediately shot down. They're happy with the way things are. Don't get me wrong, FTC performs well with fast block times, fairly decent UX and an active community.

But they've got developer tunnel vision, just focusing on the technical side when they need to understand that there is a reason for everything. For FTC to be great, for the technical developments to be of value, we need to see widespread use. We need a roadmap.We need merchants to accept it and we need people to be aware of it. Anytime I ask about this, they insinuate that I'm a pump and dumper. It's not that at all. I like how fast the coin is and the history of it. I just think there can be improvements to marketing and considering other ideas for the coin to go mainstream. If these things aren't even considered, and they don't try to even compete, their work will be for nothing... and I will have to dump based on lack of vision, purpose, and use cases.

With Peter back, this is great news!. I'm hoping that he can bring back a more holistic vision and remind the devs and veterans exactly why a cryptocurrency exists and what it will take for their work to be of any value.