I heard FTC has checkpoints and i'm not sure what that does. All i know is it runs on scrypt and has 4x more coins than LTC.
It's an awesome coin!
- Premined /instamined - http://cryptometer.org/feathercoin_96_hour_charts.html
- ACP - Added Centralization to the coin in the name of security to protect against 51% attacks
- UNOCS implementation failure after much hype
- One of the main backers completely trashed the coin for the root properties, and now claims it's the best coin out there - https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/who-on-earth-valued-feather-coin-so-high-185712
