We are pleased to release v0.1.8 of Zcoin which fixes the following issues:

• Wallet loading times improved greatly. First loading time after install/reinstall will still take hours but subsequent loads will take minutes.
• Fixed compile issue for MacOS

Please head to our Releases page to download the updated binaries which are available for Windows and Mac. Linux binary will be released later today. If you wish to compile your own binary, you can do so from the Github.

The reason why the initial load still takes such a long time is due to a full verification to ensure there are no Zerocoin double-spends.