diff --git a/src/CoiniumServ/CoiniumServ.csproj b/src/CoiniumServ/CoiniumServ.csproj
index 4726af002..e0fd373ba 100644
--- a/src/CoiniumServ/CoiniumServ.csproj
+++ b/src/CoiniumServ/CoiniumServ.csproj
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>CoiniumServ</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>CoiniumServ</AssemblyName>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.7</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
     <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
     <TargetFrameworkProfile>
     </TargetFrameworkProfile>
@@ -149,6 +149,13 @@
     <Compile Include="Coin\Config\CoinOptions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Coin\Config\IBlockExplorerOptions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Coin\Config\ICoinOptions.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Daemon\Responses\BIP9Softforks.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Daemon\Responses\BlockChainInfo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Daemon\Responses\MiningInfoData.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Daemon\Responses\NetworkData.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Daemon\Responses\NetworkInfo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Daemon\Responses\SoftForksData.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Daemon\Responses\WalletInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistance\Layers\Hybrid\Migrations\M003FixDefaults.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistance\Providers\Redis\RedisClient.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Server\Web\Modules\ContactModule.cs" />
diff --git a/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/DaemonClient.cs b/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/DaemonClient.cs
index 5f4014115..0fdf43f4b 100644
--- a/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/DaemonClient.cs
+++ b/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/DaemonClient.cs
@@ -337,7 +337,48 @@ public decimal GetHashesPerSec()
         /// <returns>An object containing some general information.</returns>
         public Info GetInfo()
         {
-            return MakeRequest<Info>("getinfo", null);
+            Info rval = new Info();
+            try
+            {
+                rval = MakeRequest<Info>("getinfo", null);
+            }
+            catch (Exception) // fixme - should only catch if api doesn't exist || if vertcoin. - SCSLATER
+            {
+                // VertCoin decided to break protocol - yay!
+                // -The deprecated RPC `getinfo` was removed. It is recommended that the more specific RPCs are used:
+                // * `getblockchaininfo`
+                // * `getnetworkinfo`
+                // * `getwalletinfo`
+                // * `getmininginfo`                
+            }
+            return rval;
+        }
+
+        private Info GetVertCoinInfo()
+        {
+            Info rval = new Info();
+            try
+            {
+                BlockChainInfo BCInfo = MakeRequest<BlockChainInfo>("getblockchaininfo", null);
+                NetworkInfo netInfo = MakeRequest<NetworkInfo>("getnetworkinfo", null);
+                WalletInfo wallInfo = MakeRequest<WalletInfo>("getwalletinfo", null);
+                MiningInfoData miningData = MakeRequest<MiningInfoData>("getmininginfo", null);
+
+                rval.Version = Convert.ToString(netInfo.version);
+                rval.ProtocolVersion = netInfo.protocolversion;
+                rval.WalletVersion = wallInfo.walletversion;
+                rval.Balance = wallInfo.balance;
+                rval.Blocks = BCInfo.blocks;
+                rval.TimeOffset = netInfo.timeoffset;
+                rval.Connections = netInfo.connections;
+                rval.Difficulty = BCInfo.difficulty;
+                rval.KeyPoolEldest = wallInfo.keypoololdest;
+                rval.KeyPoolSize = wallInfo.keypoolsize;
+                rval.PayTxFee = wallInfo.paytxfee;
+            }
+            catch (Exception) // fixme - should only catch if api doesn't exist || if vertcoin. - SCSLATER
+            { }
+            return rval;
         }
 
         [Obsolete("Replaced in v0.7.0 with getblocktemplate, submitblock, getrawmempool")]
diff --git a/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/Responses/BIP9Softforks.cs b/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/Responses/BIP9Softforks.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c7831def
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/Responses/BIP9Softforks.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace CoiniumServ.Daemon.Responses
+{
+    public class BIP9Softforks
+    {
+        public SoftForksData csv { get; set; }
+        public SoftForksData segwit { get; set; }
+        public SoftForksData nversionbips { get; set; }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/Responses/BlockChainInfo.cs b/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/Responses/BlockChainInfo.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e3ce18ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/Responses/BlockChainInfo.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace CoiniumServ.Daemon.Responses
+{
+    class BlockChainInfo
+    {
+        public string chain { get; set; }
+        public long blocks { get; set; }
+        public long headers { get; set; }
+        public string bestblockhash { get; set; }
+        public double difficulty { get; set; }
+        public long mediantime { get; set; }
+        public double verificationprogress { get; set; }
+        public bool initialblockdownload { get; set; }
+        public string chainwork { get; set; }
+        public long size_on_disk { get; set; }
+        public bool pruned { get; set; }
+        public BIP9Softforks bip9_softforks { get; set; }
+        public string warnings { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/Responses/MiningInfoData.cs b/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/Responses/MiningInfoData.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfed00d0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/Responses/MiningInfoData.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace CoiniumServ.Daemon.Responses
+{
+    public class MiningInfoData
+    {
+        public long blocks { get; set; }
+        public long currentblockweight { get; set; }
+        public long currentblocktx { get; set; }
+        public double difficulty { get; set; }
+        public double networkhashps { get; set; }
+        public long pooledtx { get; set; }
+        public string chain { get; set; }
+        public string warnings { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/Responses/NetworkData.cs b/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/Responses/NetworkData.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9fecaecea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/Responses/NetworkData.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace CoiniumServ.Daemon.Responses
+{
+    public class NetworkData
+    {
+        public string name { get; set; }
+        public bool limited { get; set; }
+        public bool reachable { get; set; }
+        public string proxy { get; set; }
+        public bool proxy_randomize_credentials { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/Responses/NetworkInfo.cs b/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/Responses/NetworkInfo.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f110a18c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/Responses/NetworkInfo.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace CoiniumServ.Daemon.Responses
+{
+    public class NetworkInfo
+    {
+        public long version { get; set; }
+        public string subversion { get; set; }
+        public int protocolversion { get; set; }
+        public string localservices { get; set; }
+        public bool localrelay { get; set; }
+        public long timeoffset { get; set; }
+        public long networkactive { get; set; }
+        public long connections { get; set; }
+        public NetworkData[] networks {get; set;}
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/Responses/SoftForksData.cs b/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/Responses/SoftForksData.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da57ed4b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/Responses/SoftForksData.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace CoiniumServ.Daemon.Responses
+{
+    public class SoftForksData
+    {
+        public string status { get; set; }
+        public long startTime { get; set; }
+        public long timeout { get; set; }
+        public long since { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/Responses/WalletInfo.cs b/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/Responses/WalletInfo.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d5765ee7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CoiniumServ/Daemon/Responses/WalletInfo.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace CoiniumServ.Daemon.Responses
+{
+    public class WalletInfo
+    {
+        public string walletname { get; set; }
+        public int walletversion { get; set; }
+        public decimal balance { get; set; }
+        public double unconfirmed_balance { get; set; }
+        public double immature_balance { get; set; }
+        public long txcount { get; set; }
+        public long keypoololdest { get; set; }
+        public long keypoolsize { get; set; }
+        public long keypoolsize_hd_internal { get; set; }
+        public decimal paytxfee { get; set; }
+        public string hdmasterkeyid { get; set; }
+    }
+}