Welcome to Quai Network
Accelerating humanity with the world's first energy based monetary system
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The currency of Quai Network
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Where energy meets money
Payments without volatility
Qi is the first decentralized energy dollar, providing stable purchasing power connected to the cost of energy. With 100 MH/s per day = 1 QI, it directly links crypto to computational energy for stable purchasing power. A non-fiat alternative for everyday transactions.
Explore the Quai/Qi controller→Decentralized commerce
Discover merchants accepting Quai and Qi tokens. Explore innovative projects building on the network's scalable infrastructure.
Browse merchants→Massive scale
255,000+ TPS with horizontal sharding. The only blockchain that scales without sacrificing decentralization.
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EVM-compatible smart contracts with parallel processing. Build without limitations on proven infrastructure.
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Quai at a Glance
The world's first truly decentralized monetary system, unifying all three functions of money with breakthrough scalability.
Key Technical Facts
Tickers
QUAI & QI
Consensus
Proof-of-Entropy-Minima
Genesis Supply
3 billion QUAI
Block Time
~5 seconds per shard
Cross-Shard Settlement
~30s (vs. days for L2s)
Peak Capacity
255,000+ TPS
Core Features
Complete Digital Monetary System
QUAI functions like Bitcoin for storing value, while QI provides cash-like privacy for transactions.
EVM-Compatible Smart Contracts
Deploy Ethereum-compatible smart contracts with enhanced scalability and energy efficiency.
Energy Dollar Alternative
The first decentralized dollar derived from energy expenditure through Proof-of-Work mining.
Sharded Address Space
Horizontal scaling through geographic subnets that process transactions in parallel.
Dual-Ledger Architecture
EVM and UTXO systems working together to optimize for different use cases.
Built for Global Adoption
No Layer-2s required. Handles global transaction volume with 255 shards at ~1,000 TPS each.
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Connect with developers, creators, and innovators building the future of decentralized networks.
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This ecosystem is open source with hundreds of community contributors. You can propose edits to any of the content on this site, suggest new features, or help us squash bugs.
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