So i open up the ruby software and paste in ? feathercoin-qt -server -rpcpassword=some-password -rpcport=8332 I just get syntax error
Nope, not the Ruby software, the Windows command prompt or Linux terminal.
I just get another error, not recognized as an internal or external command etc
If you follow the path I'm following I imagine it will be much the same apart from the scrypt where you need to substitute protoshares for litecoin I would imagine