Tomorrow, 17-10-2017, we are going to push the source update for the blockchain. This update will be fixing the blocktime and bringing it to 30 seconds which will decrease the amount of orphan blocks created by an incredible amount. The chain will get updated in a hard fork that will happen in about two weeks. We are delaying the hard fork itself so exchanges and pools have enough time to get everything ready for use and still have some sleep. After this hard fork we hope that the chain will be stable for a while. QT Windows wallet is still being work at and we're also contacting a lot of exchanges and pools.
The SHIELD team.
Glad to hear, now it's clear. Good luck with qt.