diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index bb7c8ab4cb..cb6a920060 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ before_build:
            ${content} = (Get-Content ${files}[${i}]);
            ${content} = ${content}.Replace("</RuntimeLibrary>", "</RuntimeLibrary><DebugInformationFormat>None</DebugInformationFormat>");
            ${content} = ${content}.Replace("<WholeProgramOptimization>true", "<WholeProgramOptimization>false");
-           ${content} = ${content}.Replace("NDEBUG;", "");
            Set-Content ${files}[${i}] ${content};
        }
 - ps:  Start-Process clcache-server
diff --git a/build_msvc/bitcoin-cli/bitcoin-cli.vcxproj b/build_msvc/bitcoin-cli/bitcoin-cli.vcxproj
index 32f0354fad..6c82b1e7de 100644
--- a/build_msvc/bitcoin-cli/bitcoin-cli.vcxproj
+++ b/build_msvc/bitcoin-cli/bitcoin-cli.vcxproj
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\univalue\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\univalue\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
diff --git a/build_msvc/bitcoin-tx/bitcoin-tx.vcxproj b/build_msvc/bitcoin-tx/bitcoin-tx.vcxproj
index 86fd614990..c52dfdb28c 100644
--- a/build_msvc/bitcoin-tx/bitcoin-tx.vcxproj
+++ b/build_msvc/bitcoin-tx/bitcoin-tx.vcxproj
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_CONFIG_H;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_CONFIG_H;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\univalue\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_CONFIG_H;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_CONFIG_H;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\univalue\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
diff --git a/build_msvc/bitcoin-wallet/bitcoin-wallet.vcxproj b/build_msvc/bitcoin-wallet/bitcoin-wallet.vcxproj
index 12fda65904..a83529c782 100644
--- a/build_msvc/bitcoin-wallet/bitcoin-wallet.vcxproj
+++ b/build_msvc/bitcoin-wallet/bitcoin-wallet.vcxproj
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_CONFIG_H;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_CONFIG_H;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\univalue\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_CONFIG_H;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_CONFIG_H;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\univalue\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
diff --git a/build_msvc/bitcoind/bitcoind.vcxproj b/build_msvc/bitcoind/bitcoind.vcxproj
index 9a071f3bdd..9a42f141c9 100644
--- a/build_msvc/bitcoind/bitcoind.vcxproj
+++ b/build_msvc/bitcoind/bitcoind.vcxproj
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\univalue\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\univalue\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
diff --git a/build_msvc/libbitcoin_cli/libbitcoin_cli.vcxproj.in b/build_msvc/libbitcoin_cli/libbitcoin_cli.vcxproj.in
index b7265054fb..1b24acd8ce 100644
--- a/build_msvc/libbitcoin_cli/libbitcoin_cli.vcxproj.in
+++ b/build_msvc/libbitcoin_cli/libbitcoin_cli.vcxproj.in
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\univalue\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\univalue\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
diff --git a/build_msvc/libbitcoin_common/libbitcoin_common.vcxproj.in b/build_msvc/libbitcoin_common/libbitcoin_common.vcxproj.in
index b51cdb2991..459e81eb0c 100644
--- a/build_msvc/libbitcoin_common/libbitcoin_common.vcxproj.in
+++ b/build_msvc/libbitcoin_common/libbitcoin_common.vcxproj.in
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\univalue\include;..\..\src\secp256k1\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>false</SuppressStartupBanner>
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\univalue\include;..\..\src\secp256k1\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>false</SuppressStartupBanner>
diff --git a/build_msvc/libbitcoin_crypto/libbitcoin_crypto.vcxproj.in b/build_msvc/libbitcoin_crypto/libbitcoin_crypto.vcxproj.in
index a05125723a..ad183d4904 100644
--- a/build_msvc/libbitcoin_crypto/libbitcoin_crypto.vcxproj.in
+++ b/build_msvc/libbitcoin_crypto/libbitcoin_crypto.vcxproj.in
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
diff --git a/build_msvc/libbitcoin_qt/libbitcoin_qt.vcxproj b/build_msvc/libbitcoin_qt/libbitcoin_qt.vcxproj
index 43bfb271fb..73ba90aa88 100644
--- a/build_msvc/libbitcoin_qt/libbitcoin_qt.vcxproj
+++ b/build_msvc/libbitcoin_qt/libbitcoin_qt.vcxproj
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@
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       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>false</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_X86_;WIN32;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_X86_;WIN32;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>.\GeneratedFiles;..\..\src;..\..\src\univalue\include;.\QtGenerated\mocheaders</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>.\GeneratedFiles;..\..\src;..\..\src\univalue\include;.\QtGenerated\mocheaders</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
diff --git a/build_msvc/libbitcoin_util/libbitcoin_util.vcxproj.in b/build_msvc/libbitcoin_util/libbitcoin_util.vcxproj.in
index dc17c98e98..855c9353fc 100644
--- a/build_msvc/libbitcoin_util/libbitcoin_util.vcxproj.in
+++ b/build_msvc/libbitcoin_util/libbitcoin_util.vcxproj.in
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_CONFIG_H;WIN32;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_CONFIG_H;WIN32;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\univalue\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_CONFIG_H;WIN32;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_CONFIG_H;WIN32;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\univalue\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
diff --git a/build_msvc/libbitcoin_wallet/libbitcoin_wallet.vcxproj.in b/build_msvc/libbitcoin_wallet/libbitcoin_wallet.vcxproj.in
index 1bb7be6f7f..b19f1e2396 100644
--- a/build_msvc/libbitcoin_wallet/libbitcoin_wallet.vcxproj.in
+++ b/build_msvc/libbitcoin_wallet/libbitcoin_wallet.vcxproj.in
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\wallet;..\..\src\univalue\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\wallet;..\..\src\univalue\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
diff --git a/build_msvc/libbitcoin_wallet_tool/libbitcoin_wallet_tool.vcxproj.in b/build_msvc/libbitcoin_wallet_tool/libbitcoin_wallet_tool.vcxproj.in
index b9cf68aee0..2e32c25762 100644
--- a/build_msvc/libbitcoin_wallet_tool/libbitcoin_wallet_tool.vcxproj.in
+++ b/build_msvc/libbitcoin_wallet_tool/libbitcoin_wallet_tool.vcxproj.in
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NOMINMAX;ZMQ_STATIC;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NOMINMAX;ZMQ_STATIC;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\univalue\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
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       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NOMINMAX;ZMQ_STATIC;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NOMINMAX;ZMQ_STATIC;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\univalue\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
diff --git a/build_msvc/libbitcoin_zmq/libbitcoin_zmq.vcxproj.in b/build_msvc/libbitcoin_zmq/libbitcoin_zmq.vcxproj.in
index e396c1ad0c..7aba987cd1 100644
--- a/build_msvc/libbitcoin_zmq/libbitcoin_zmq.vcxproj.in
+++ b/build_msvc/libbitcoin_zmq/libbitcoin_zmq.vcxproj.in
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NOMINMAX;ZMQ_STATIC;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NOMINMAX;ZMQ_STATIC;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\univalue\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NOMINMAX;ZMQ_STATIC;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NOMINMAX;ZMQ_STATIC;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\univalue\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
diff --git a/build_msvc/libbitcoinconsensus/libbitcoinconsensus.vcxproj b/build_msvc/libbitcoinconsensus/libbitcoinconsensus.vcxproj
index 961225f9ba..32ea070a05 100644
--- a/build_msvc/libbitcoinconsensus/libbitcoinconsensus.vcxproj
+++ b/build_msvc/libbitcoinconsensus/libbitcoinconsensus.vcxproj
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>false</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\secp256k1\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <ExceptionHandling>Sync</ExceptionHandling>
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
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       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>false</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\secp256k1\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <ExceptionHandling>Sync</ExceptionHandling>
diff --git a/build_msvc/libleveldb/libleveldb.vcxproj b/build_msvc/libleveldb/libleveldb.vcxproj
index 6de3a2b282..545508001e 100644
--- a/build_msvc/libleveldb/libleveldb.vcxproj
+++ b/build_msvc/libleveldb/libleveldb.vcxproj
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;NOMINMAX;LEVELDB_PLATFORM_WINDOWS;LEVELDB_ATOMIC_PRESENT;WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;NOMINMAX;LEVELDB_PLATFORM_WINDOWS;LEVELDB_ATOMIC_PRESENT;WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src\leveldb;..\..\src\leveldb\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
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       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;NOMINMAX;LEVELDB_PLATFORM_WINDOWS;LEVELDB_ATOMIC_PRESENT;WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;NOMINMAX;LEVELDB_PLATFORM_WINDOWS;LEVELDB_ATOMIC_PRESENT;WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src\leveldb;..\..\src\leveldb\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
diff --git a/build_msvc/libsecp256k1/libsecp256k1.vcxproj b/build_msvc/libsecp256k1/libsecp256k1.vcxproj
index 699c7d6871..b4c9ec28ee 100644
--- a/build_msvc/libsecp256k1/libsecp256k1.vcxproj
+++ b/build_msvc/libsecp256k1/libsecp256k1.vcxproj
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
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       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>ENABLE_MODULE_ECDH;ENABLE_MODULE_RECOVERY;HAVE_CONFIG_H;WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>ENABLE_MODULE_ECDH;ENABLE_MODULE_RECOVERY;HAVE_CONFIG_H;WIN32;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src\secp256k1;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
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       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>ENABLE_MODULE_ECDH;ENABLE_MODULE_RECOVERY;HAVE_CONFIG_H;WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
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