You can download the Windows wallet here:
1) Link to download
2) Link to Virustotal scan
3) SHA256 checksum calculated locally edcc38e97a60e705f40a0473192d7746d26e0635e49d2d5f74717e05c05d8388
4) SHA256 checksum calculated by VT edcc38e97a60e705f40a0473192d7746d26e0635e49d2d5f74717e05c05d8388
5) MD5 checksum calculated locally b1f44c3df922b64d7a3504b31f4e70d0
6) MD5 checksum calculated by VT b1f44c3df922b64d7a3504b31f4e70d0

Important notes to follow the chain of integrity from launch for this wallet:
1) Calculate the checksums after your download to confirm you downloaded the correct file as per the VT scan.
2) File was first scanned by Virustotal on 16 May 2015 which can be confirmed by matching the checksums.
3) Vcoin uses SHA256 algorithm and as such is treated as a bitcoinminer. As per OP, VT detects "bitcoinminer". Bitcoinminer is a standard false positive dating from the days where files were infected by bitcoinminers to create zombie networks of CPUs. Artemis is something new that was detected since the first scan on 16 May. It looks like a generic name by McAfee named after its previous scan engine system for classifying a "suspicious file", most probably due to its bitcoinminer characteristics. Both seems to be standard false positives.

Additional general tips to stay safe when working with any coin:
4) Always install all wallets for coins on a standalone system or in a sandbox environment.
5) Always move coins to offline wallets (cold storage) and keep only a minimum in a hotfile. A Hotfile is the wallet.dat currently on your PC in the normal location ..\roaming\coinname\wallet.dat | ~/.coinname/wallet.dat. Offline or cold storage is when you copy your main wallet.dat with your coins in it to a USB stick/(s) and remove the wallet.dat from your PC. Offline or cold storage is also sending your coins to a paper wallet.
6) If you are uncomfortable with a Windows wallet then don't use a Windows wallet but compile and use a Linux wallet.
7) If anyone quotes a wallet download link, make sure that the quoted link still matches and that the checksums are the same.

Some of OP points and other replies in the thread are flawed or misguided.

a) 51% attack is based on hashing power not ownership of coins.
b) Owning a large number of coins does not automatically mean the end of the world. The owner has to have malicious intent and the will to dump.
c) Assuming malicious intent, 49% ownership is just as bad as 51%
d) Fiat is not far off - refer this article as well as this one.

Ok it seems he is an imposter as he spelt "currency" in his handle with one "r".

How can you say that without anything posted here or on the website? both says more info coming soon. Do you have inside information or perhaps you are on this dev team or = dev?

I am more a business person than a technocrat, but with normal companies if data, like accounting records, becomes too much it gets archived. Data becoming too big is a universal problem and not something unique to Bitcoin. Neither can Bitcoin be expected to solve a physical problem like storage constraints. You then have a live potion of lets say 90 days and an archived portion for alternative interrogation.

If a snapshot is taken of the blockchain with the balances of all the addresses at some point, then the chain can start again and the old portion can be archived and hashed. A complete hash of the archive can be worked into the first block of the live chain to make sure no-one can ever change the archive - the archive then becomes like a block itself. Perhaps the archiving function can be automated in the wallet every 10000 blocks and the wallet can calculate a hash of the archive and this same function can be performed by all the nodes and consensus reached on the hash and included in the next block. The first archive can be a large one and the rest will become incremental archives, just like a backup system.

The archives can be loaded on a few nodes and interrogated by some web interface and even torrented and the live portion can then be widely distributed. Alternatively anyone can interrogate an offline copy of the chain if the hash checks out. The process can be repeated once a year or more frequently if the size of the blocks make the chain grow to fast eg. predetermined number of blocks. This will also open the possibility of making block sizes greater than the proposed 8MB as you just increase the frequency of the archiving to make the max live potion fit the average storage of a wallet device. There will be technicalities to sort out in the abbreviated chain but with all the clever people around I am sure a solution could be found?

1. I loved Aztec on the Apple II back in the day.
2. Kings Quest*
3. Space Quest*
4. Lets make that all Sierra games *.*
5. Battlefield*
6. Command & Conquer*

Nostalgia kicks in...

55 days

Link to bootstrap.dat @ block 249,991 (50MB zipped)
Link to checksums

In the absence of delivering the tech that this coin portrays to be its main thing (GPU resistant mining and POS3.0), the 2nd phase of high rewards will just cause higher inflation that will dilute the price further.

Spots, if you are serious about the search for prime numbers, you can register a project for it - see link below. Some alt-coins are already there and have found some impressive numbers. It is great research if you can become involved as it will strengthen future cryptographic methods.

http://primerecords.dk/simultprime.htm

I am just asking a few questions for clarity as it seems confusing.

Ok so you are launching an alt-coin cloning service then with no experience? Maybe you should post that then in your thread for your new service that you are launching a service to clone a coin for 1 BTC but have actually never don it before. Is AMS then the test for your service?

Is AmsterdamCoin the first on the list or maybe 3rd or perhaps 10th or maybe there will be 10 more after this ICO ends? You probably need a few under the belt to actually launch it as a service.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1152802.msg12139023#msg12139023

If this is true...

If you think about it, do you think that large corporations will give a cent to anyone else? I would not be surprised if they just take the open source tech and **** the coin holders of the original chain. Between the two of them they have tons of money to throw at the best full time developers. It is the risk of open source.

It is the community's fault that the coin died and not Spots' fault. Anyone that says otherwise does not know the intricate history of the coin.

Thank you for the update and your hard work. It is really looking good.

I agree with you there. Although providing a GPU miner will "solve" the CPU/GPU issue, it will be a copout and take away the sexiness and uniqueness of the project.

It is difficult to say if the coin is dead or not. You have to take stock of the facts and then do an assessment.

It seems that the dev is awol with a "sore neck". The dev may or may not decidee to return. Coin management has asked the community to contribute to the coin, which in itself is a very good avenue to take, but coupled with not buying a GPU miner when it mattered and giving it to the public seems to indicate a lack of funding which s a concern.

There is about 40 odd days before the next high block reward. During this period there are 2 things that need to be addressed. Firstly the CPU/GPU issue and secondly the POS3.0. POS will continue after the 2nd phase of high rewards so that is not key critical for now and POS is not reliant on the specs of a CPU or GPU. The first priority is therefore CPU/GPU. Coin management has about 30 odd days to either upgrade the algorithm to make it more GPU resistant or to buy a GPU miner and make it available publicly (which should actually have been done right at the beginning). Given the apparent lack of funding coin management must therefore hope to find a good soul dev that would make the (complex) changes for free. The option is also there to beg and plead with the original dev to return to the project. If coin management fails to do this, the 2nd phase will be a bloodbath and another 130 pages of fud will be added to the thread with lots of upset people because GPU miners will get the lions share of the rewards. This assumption is based on normal human behaviour where a person wants maximum profit for himself and therefore a GPU miner with the miner software will not share it with the public for free before the end of phase 2. The beauty of the project however is the research into a GPU resistant algorithm.

Different approaches can be followed for POS3.0 which are to either get a dev and code it, or to wait for another coin to implement it and then copy the code. This can be done after phase 2 or when the CPU/GPU issue has been resolved.

Inflation is going to have a negative impact on the price due to the additional coins going into circulation with phase 2. Successful GPU resistance and POS3.0 will be needed as implemented features to counter the downward price pressure.

I am unsure about the reason for Cryptsy to have added Axiom at this stage. Based on the publicly available information which Cryptsy also has, it does not seem a logical decision at this point, especially also with lots of development and potential wallet updates down the line.  The listing is good for the coin though, but if people think that the listing in itself will cause a sudden new floor of 15k+ it is an insult to the intelligence of the Cryptsy traders as the traders also have access to the same information as Bittrex traders. This can be compared to a plastic toy with a flat battery being placed in a store in Oxford Street in London where it does not necessarily mean that sales will increase drastically or that people will pay more for it once they realise that the battery is flat. This point of view is based on the assumption that Cryptsy has access to the same information as the public and no additional inside information. *

Having said this the coin has several aspects in its favour:
- Research on a new formula to provide GPU resistance and fairer mining which is a noble cause and much needed
- Working on and doing research on POS3.0 which advances the way future coins might stake
- Cryptsy listing which will at least expose the coin to higher volumes that could have a positive impact on price if points one and two are successfully implemented.

It is clear that coin management has his (their?) work cut out for him (them?).  It is still a coin to watch and if breakthroughs can be achieved the future can be very bright and profitable. The next 30 days will be crucial though and will determine the future of the coin. The recommended strategy at this point is to take a medium to long term view of 2-4 months. Stake your coins if you think that coin management will succeed with GPU resistance and POS3.0 implementation given the constraints mentioned above as it should provide acceptable returns if successful, or if you place a low probability on that, rather move on as the chances are slim of significant short term action during the development phase. *

* Pump group action excluded

Please dont.

"In the UK's 2015 Budget, the Chancellor announced a number of policies in relation to digital currencies. These are intended to create the right environment for legitimate actors to flourish and to create a hostile environment for illicit users of digital currencies.

Most importantly, as part of its commitment to a healthy, regulated crypto-currency environment, the government plans to apply anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC)  regulation to digital currency exchanges in the UK."

Link to article.