diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 25103bf..bbccfeb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ libfc_debug.a
 
 fc_automoc.cpp
 *.swp
+GitSHA3.cpp
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index df294ed..c44aab8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ IF( WIN32 )
     FIND_PACKAGE(Boost 1.54 REQUIRED COMPONENTS coroutine)
     SET(Boost_LIBRARIES ${BOOST_LIBRARIES_TEMP} ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
   ENDIF()
-
 ELSE(WIN32)
   MESSAGE(STATUS "Configuring fc to build on Unix/Apple")
 
@@ -57,10 +56,6 @@ ELSE(WIN32)
 
   SET(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ".a;.so")
 
-  include_directories( ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR} )
-  include_directories( ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/salsa20 )
-  include_directories( ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include )
-  include_directories( ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/easylzma/src )
   IF(NOT APPLE ) # then unix
     # Unix build:
     SET(SALSA_SRC vendor/salsa20/salsa20.s)
@@ -69,10 +64,9 @@ ELSE(WIN32)
   ENDIF(NOT APPLE)
 ENDIF(WIN32)
 
+find_package( OpenSSL )
 
-FIND_PACKAGE( OpenSSL )
-
-SET (CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${ORIGINAL_LIB_SUFFIXES})
+set( CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${ORIGINAL_LIB_SUFFIXES} )
 
 option( UNITY_BUILD OFF )
 
@@ -166,7 +160,7 @@ list(APPEND sources ${fc_headers})
 
 add_subdirectory( vendor/easylzma )
 
-setup_library( fc SOURCES ${sources} LIBRARY_TYPE STATIC )
+setup_library( fc SOURCES ${sources} LIBRARY_TYPE STATIC DONT_INSTALL_LIBRARY )
 
 IF(WIN32)
   target_compile_definitions(fc PUBLIC WIN32 NOMINMAX _WIN32_WINNT=0x0501 _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
@@ -174,8 +168,8 @@ IF(WIN32)
     # Needed to disable MSVC autolinking feature (#pragma comment)
     BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB
   )
-  # Activate C++ exception handling inc. SEH to catch GPFs
-  target_compile_options(fc PUBLIC /EHa)
+  # Activate C++ exception handling, assume extern C calls don't throw
+  target_compile_options(fc PUBLIC /EHsc)
 ELSE()
   SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -std=c99 -Wall" )
 
@@ -200,7 +194,7 @@ target_include_directories(fc
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/easylzma/src
   )
 
-target_link_libraries( fc easylzma_static ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} )
+target_link_libraries( fc easylzma_static ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 
 #add_executable( test_compress tests/compress.cpp )
 #target_link_libraries( test_compress fc )
@@ -209,5 +203,48 @@ target_link_libraries( fc easylzma_static ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES
 #add_executable( test_sleep tests/sleep.cpp )
 #target_link_libraries( test_sleep fc )
 
+if(WIN32)
+   # now generate a list of the DLLs we're using to use during the install process
+   include (ParseLibraryList)
+   PARSE_LIBRARY_LIST(${Boost_LIBRARIES}
+                        FOUND parseOk
+                        DEBUG Boost_LIBRARIES_DEBUG
+                        OPT   Boost_LIBRARIES_RELEASE
+                        GENERAL Boost_LIBRARIES_GENERAL)
+
+   set(SHARED_LIBRARIES_RELEASE)
+   foreach(boost_import_lib ${Boost_LIBRARIES_RELEASE})
+      get_filename_component(import_lib_name_root ${boost_import_lib} NAME_WE)
+      get_filename_component(import_lib_path ${boost_import_lib} PATH)
+      set(boost_dll "${import_lib_path}/${import_lib_name_root}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
+      set(SHARED_LIBRARIES_RELEASE ${SHARED_LIBRARIES_RELEASE} ${boost_dll})
+   endforeach()
+   
+
+   set(SHARED_LIBRARIES_DEBUG)
+   foreach(boost_import_lib ${Boost_LIBRARIES_DEBUG})
+      get_filename_component(import_lib_name_root ${boost_import_lib} NAME_WE)
+      get_filename_component(import_lib_path ${boost_import_lib} PATH)
+      set(boost_dll "${import_lib_path}/${import_lib_name_root}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
+      set(SHARED_LIBRARIES_DEBUG ${SHARED_LIBRARIES_DEBUG} ${boost_dll})
+   endforeach()
+
+   message("openssl_libraries=${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}")
+   foreach(lib ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
+      get_filename_component(lib_name ${lib} NAME_WE)
+      if (${lib_name} STREQUAL "libeay32")
+         get_filename_component(lib_dir ${lib} DIRECTORY)
+         get_filename_component(openssl_dir "${lib_dir}/.." REALPATH)
+         set( eaydll "${openssl_dir}/bin/${lib_name}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
+         message( "eay=${eaydll}")
+         set(SHARED_LIBRARIES_DEBUG   ${SHARED_LIBRARIES_DEBUG}   "${eaydll}")
+         set(SHARED_LIBRARIES_RELEASE ${SHARED_LIBRARIES_RELEASE} "${eaydll}")
+      endif()
+   endforeach()
+
+   set_property(TARGET fc PROPERTY SHARED_LIBRARIES_DEBUG ${SHARED_LIBRARIES_DEBUG})
+   set_property(TARGET fc PROPERTY SHARED_LIBRARIES_RELEASE ${SHARED_LIBRARIES_RELEASE})
+endif(WIN32)
+
 MESSAGE(STATUS "Finished fc module configuration...")
 
diff --git a/CMakeModules/ParseLibraryList.cmake b/CMakeModules/ParseLibraryList.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e559b9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeModules/ParseLibraryList.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# -*- mode: cmake -*-
+
+#
+# Shamelessly stolen from MSTK who shamelessly stole from Amanzi open source code https://software.lanl.gov/ascem/trac)
+#      
+#      PARSE_LIBRARY_LIST( <lib_list>
+#                         DEBUG   <out_debug_list>
+#                         OPT     <out_opt_list>
+#                         GENERAL <out_gen_list> )
+
+# CMake module
+include(CMakeParseArguments)
+
+function(PARSE_LIBRARY_LIST)
+
+    # Macro: _print_usage
+    macro(_print_usage)
+        message("PARSE_LIBRARY_LIST <lib_list>\n"
+                "         FOUND   <out_flag>\n"
+                "         DEBUG   <out_debug_list>\n"
+                "         OPT     <out_opt_list>\n"
+                "         GENERAL <out_gen_list>\n" 
+                "lib_list string to parse\n"
+                "FOUND    flag to indicate if keywords were found\n"
+                "DEBUG    variable containing debug libraries\n"
+                "OPT      variable containing optimized libraries\n" 
+                "GENERAL  variable containing debug libraries\n")
+
+    endmacro()     
+
+    # Read in args
+    cmake_parse_arguments(PARSE_ARGS "" "FOUND;DEBUG;OPT;GENERAL" "" ${ARGN}) 
+    set(_parse_list "${PARSE_ARGS_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS}")
+    if ( (NOT PARSE_ARGS_FOUND) OR
+         (NOT PARSE_ARGS_DEBUG)  OR
+         (NOT PARSE_ARGS_OPT)  OR
+         (NOT PARSE_ARGS_GENERAL) OR
+         (NOT _parse_list )
+       )  
+        _print_usage()
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Invalid arguments")
+    endif() 
+
+    # Now split the list
+    set(_debug_libs "") 
+    set(_opt_libs "") 
+    set(_gen_libs "") 
+    foreach( item ${_parse_list} )
+        if( ${item} MATCHES debug     OR 
+            ${item} MATCHES optimized OR 
+            ${item} MATCHES general )
+
+            if( ${item} STREQUAL "debug" )
+                set( mylist "_debug_libs" )
+            elseif( ${item} STREQUAL "optimized" )
+                set( mylist "_opt_libs" )
+            elseif( ${item} STREQUAL "general" )
+                set( mylist "_gen_libs" )
+            endif()
+        else()
+            list( APPEND ${mylist} ${item} )
+        endif()
+    endforeach()
+
+
+    # Now set output vairables
+    set(${PARSE_ARGS_DEBUG}     "${_debug_libs}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(${PARSE_ARGS_OPT}       "${_opt_libs}"   PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(${PARSE_ARGS_GENERAL}   "${_gen_libs}"   PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+    # If any of the lib lists are defined set flag to TRUE
+    if ( (_debug_libs) OR (_opt_libs) OR (_gen_libs) )
+        set(${PARSE_ARGS_FOUND} TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)
+    else()
+        set(${PARSE_ARGS_FOUND} FALSE PARENT_SCOPE)
+    endif()    
+
+endfunction(PARSE_LIBRARY_LIST)
+
diff --git a/include/fc/crypto/elliptic.hpp b/include/fc/crypto/elliptic.hpp
index d507051..ac411a0 100644
--- a/include/fc/crypto/elliptic.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/crypto/elliptic.hpp
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ namespace fc {
            {
             return a.serialize() != b.serialize();
            }
+
+           /// Allows to convert current public key object into base58 number.
+           std::string to_base58() const;
+
         private:
           friend class private_key;
           fc::fwd<detail::public_key_impl,8> my;
diff --git a/include/fc/io/varint.hpp b/include/fc/io/varint.hpp
index f3c49ad..ddc1c73 100644
--- a/include/fc/io/varint.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/io/varint.hpp
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ struct unsigned_int {
 
     friend bool operator==( const unsigned_int& i, const uint32_t& v ) { return v == i.value; }
     friend bool operator!=( const unsigned_int& i, const uint32_t& v ) { return v != i.value; }
+    friend bool operator<( const unsigned_int& i, const uint32_t& v ) { return v < i.value; }
+    friend bool operator>=( const unsigned_int& i, const uint32_t& v ) { return v >= i.value; }
+    friend bool operator<( const unsigned_int& i, const unsigned_int& v ) { return v < i.value; }
+    friend bool operator>=( const unsigned_int& i, const unsigned_int& v ) { return v >= i.value; }
 };
 
 struct signed_int {
diff --git a/include/fc/signals.hpp b/include/fc/signals.hpp
index 82f8a04..a322c1e 100644
--- a/include/fc/signals.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/signals.hpp
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ namespace fc {
    template<typename T>
    using signal = boost::signals2::signal<T>;
 #else
+  /** Workaround for missing Template Aliases feature in the VS 2012.
+      \warning Class defined below cannot have defined constructor (even base class has it)
+      since it is impossible to reference directly template class arguments outside this class.
+      This code will work until someone will use non-default constructor as it is defined in
+      boost::signals2::signal.
+  */
+  template <class T>
+  class signal : public boost::signals2::signal<T>
+    {
+    public:
+    };
 #endif
 
    template<typename T>
diff --git a/include/fc/string.hpp b/include/fc/string.hpp
index 5afeb9f..df2cac8 100644
--- a/include/fc/string.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/string.hpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ namespace fc
   fc::string to_string( double );
   fc::string to_string( uint64_t );
   fc::string to_string( int64_t );
+  fc::string to_string( uint16_t );
 
   typedef fc::optional<fc::string> ostring;
   class variant_object;
diff --git a/include/fc/thread/task.hpp b/include/fc/thread/task.hpp
index 664a5db..5c1b30e 100644
--- a/include/fc/thread/task.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/thread/task.hpp
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ namespace fc {
       void*         _functor;
       void          (*_destroy_functor)(void*);
       void          (*_run_functor)(void*, void* );
+
+      void          run_impl(); 
   };
 
   namespace detail {
diff --git a/include/fc/thread/thread.hpp b/include/fc/thread/thread.hpp
index eec4f72..e95a7d1 100644
--- a/include/fc/thread/thread.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/thread/thread.hpp
@@ -175,5 +175,29 @@ namespace fc {
    auto async( Functor&& f, const char* desc ="", priority prio = priority()) -> fc::future<decltype(f())> {
       return fc::thread::current().async( fc::forward<Functor>(f), desc, prio );
    }
-}
+
+} // end namespace fc
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+struct _EXCEPTION_POINTERS;
+
+namespace fc {
+   /* There's something about the setup of the stacks created for fc::async tasks
+    * that screws up the global structured exception filters installed by
+    * SetUnhandledExceptionFilter().  The only way I've found to catch an 
+    * unhaldned structured exception thrown in an async task is to put a 
+    * __try/__except block inside the async task.
+    * We do just that, and if a SEH escapes outside the function running 
+    * in the async task, fc will call an exception filter privided by 
+    * set_unhandled_structured_exception_filter(), passing as arguments
+    * the result of GetExceptionCode() and GetExceptionInformation().
+    *
+    * Right now there is only one global exception filter, used for any 
+    * async task.
+    */
+   typedef int (*unhandled_exception_filter_type)(unsigned, _EXCEPTION_POINTERS*);
+   void set_unhandled_structured_exception_filter(unhandled_exception_filter_type new_filter);
+   unhandled_exception_filter_type get_unhandled_structured_exception_filter();
+}
+#endif
 
diff --git a/src/crypto/elliptic.cpp b/src/crypto/elliptic.cpp
index 9654096..dda84f2 100644
--- a/src/crypto/elliptic.cpp
+++ b/src/crypto/elliptic.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 #include <fc/crypto/elliptic.hpp>
+
+#include <fc/crypto/base58.hpp>
+#include <fc/crypto/openssl.hpp>
+
 #include <fc/fwd_impl.hpp>
 #include <fc/exception/exception.hpp>
 #include <fc/log/logger.hpp>
-#include <fc/crypto/openssl.hpp>
+
 #include <assert.h>
 
 namespace fc { namespace ecc {
@@ -257,6 +261,17 @@ namespace fc { namespace ecc {
       } FC_RETHROW_EXCEPTIONS( debug, "digest: ${digest}", ("digest",digest) );
     }
 
+    std::string public_key::to_base58() const
+      {
+      public_key_data key = serialize();
+      uint32_t check = uint32_t(city_hash64(key.data, sizeof(key)));
+      assert(key.size() + sizeof(check) == 37);
+      array<char, 37> data;
+      memcpy(data.data, key.begin(), key.size());
+      memcpy(data.begin() + key.size(), (const char*)&check, sizeof(check));
+      return fc::to_base58(data.begin(), data.size());
+      }
+
     private_key::private_key()
     {}
 
diff --git a/src/filesystem.cpp b/src/filesystem.cpp
index 537706f..a95aae7 100644
--- a/src/filesystem.cpp
+++ b/src/filesystem.cpp
@@ -234,8 +234,13 @@ namespace fc {
      try {
   	    boost::filesystem::rename( boost::filesystem::path(f), boost::filesystem::path(t) ); 
      } catch ( boost::system::system_error& e ) {
-     	FC_THROW( "Rename from ${srcfile} to ${dstfile} failed because ${reason}",
-	         ("srcfile",f)("dstfile",t)("reason",e.what() ) );
+         try{
+             boost::filesystem::copy( boost::filesystem::path(f), boost::filesystem::path(t) ); 
+             boost::filesystem::remove( boost::filesystem::path(f)); 
+         } catch ( boost::system::system_error& e ) {
+             FC_THROW( "Rename from ${srcfile} to ${dstfile} failed because ${reason}",
+                     ("srcfile",f)("dstfile",t)("reason",e.what() ) );
+         }
      } catch ( ... ) {
      	FC_THROW( "Rename from ${srcfile} to ${dstfile} failed",
 	         ("srcfile",f)("dstfile",t)("inner", fc::except_str() ) );
diff --git a/src/string.cpp b/src/string.cpp
index ce79a9c..d09ab2f 100644
--- a/src/string.cpp
+++ b/src/string.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ namespace fc  {
   {
     return boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(d);
   }
+  fc::string to_string( uint16_t d)
+  {
+    return boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(d);
+  }
   std::string trim( const std::string& s )
   {
       std::string cpy(s);
diff --git a/src/thread/task.cpp b/src/thread/task.cpp
index b963f2c..98edbd3 100644
--- a/src/thread/task.cpp
+++ b/src/thread/task.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 #include <fc/log/logger.hpp>
 #include <boost/exception/all.hpp>
 
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+# include <fc/thread/thread.hpp>
+# include <Windows.h>
+#endif
+
 namespace fc {
   task_base::task_base(void* func)
   :
@@ -18,6 +23,17 @@ namespace fc {
   }
 
   void task_base::run() {
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+    __try {
+#endif
+      run_impl();
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+    } __except (get_unhandled_structured_exception_filter() ? get_unhandled_structured_exception_filter()(GetExceptionCode(), GetExceptionInformation()) : EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH) {
+       ExitProcess(1);
+    }
+#endif
+  }
+  void task_base::run_impl() {
     try {
       _run_functor( _functor, _promise_impl  );
     } 
diff --git a/src/thread/thread.cpp b/src/thread/thread.cpp
index 0a929eb..3ab54f6 100644
--- a/src/thread/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/thread/thread.cpp
@@ -381,5 +381,19 @@ namespace fc {
       return this == &current();
     }
 
-
-}
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+    /* support for providing a structured exception handler for async tasks */
+    namespace detail
+    {
+      unhandled_exception_filter_type unhandled_structured_exception_filter = nullptr;
+    }
+    void set_unhandled_structured_exception_filter(unhandled_exception_filter_type new_filter)
+    {
+       detail::unhandled_structured_exception_filter = new_filter;
+    }
+    unhandled_exception_filter_type get_unhandled_structured_exception_filter()
+    {
+       return detail::unhandled_structured_exception_filter;
+    }
+#endif // _MSC_VER
+} // end namespace fc
diff --git a/src/thread/thread_d.hpp b/src/thread/thread_d.hpp
index 9a93867..a23d922 100644
--- a/src/thread/thread_d.hpp
+++ b/src/thread/thread_d.hpp
@@ -430,9 +430,9 @@ namespace fc {
             else 
             { 
                 //ilog( "..." );
-                FC_ASSERT( c != current ) 
                 //ilog( "ready_push_front" );
-                ready_push_front( c ); 
+                if (c != current)
+                  ready_push_front( c ); 
             }
         }
         return time_point::min();