VeriCoin 1.7 wallet is nearing completion, with fixes to wallets stats, connection issues. The next update will include PoST 2.0 which will prevent the recent fork issues due to large coin age/staking wallets. VeriCoin 2.0 will be upgrading core code to the latest Bitcoin Core code. Verium will also get the updated Bitcoin Core code.
Will it not be a fat, slow, bloated pig when loading? It takes several minutes just to get to the unlock screen.
Yes far less bloat.