Energy Based Money: Quai Network's Vision for the 21st Century
Energy based money is money tied to the real energy spent to create it. See how Quai Network's QUAI and QI tokens turn Proof-of-Work into money.
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Crypto Resources
23 articles tagged under Crypto Resources.
QUAI Tokenomics: Supply, Emissions and Unlock Schedule (2026)
How QUAI's supply works in 2026: circulating supply, the genesis unlock schedule, mining emissions, SOAP burns, and the Singularity and Polaris forks.
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What Is QI? The Energy Dollar for the AI Economy
QI is Quai Network's energy dollar: digital cash minted by Proof-of-Work and designed to track the cost of energy. Why the AI economy needs it.
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Getting Started with Quai Network - How to Get QUAI and Explore the Ecosystem
Your complete guide to buying QUAI, setting up a wallet, exploring the ecosystem, and going deeper with mining and development on Quai Network.
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Introducing StratumX: Fast, Non-Custodial, Non-KYC, Zero-Fee Solo Mining Infrastructure Optimized for Quai Network
Solo mine Quai with StratumX: no node to run and no pool fees. Point SHA-256, Scrypt or KawPow miners at a StratumX endpoint and keep 100% of rewards.
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Understanding Lockups for Mining Rewards in the Quai Network Golden Age Testnet
How mining reward lockups worked in the Quai Golden Age testnet: configurable lockup periods with reward boosts, conversion lockups, and balancing the two.
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Maximizing Mining Strategy in Quai Network: Choosing Between Quai and Qi Tokens
Quai miners choose between QUAI and QI, two energy based money tokens with different emission rules. How to set your preference and balance both.
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The Next Evolution in Proof of Work: Quai Network’s Workshares
Workshares are smaller, more frequent proofs Quai Network miners submit between blocks. Learn how they speed finality and help smaller miners compete.
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The Case for an Energy Dollar
Why money should be tied to energy production: how an energy dollar on Proof-of-Work could fix inflation, track real value and fit the age of AI.
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Quai Network FAQs
Answers to common questions about Quai Network: QUAI and QI, energy based money, mining, SOAP, the Singularity and Polaris forks, wallets and more.
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A Deep Dive into the Quai Hierarchy: Header Chains, Coincident Blocks, and Cross-Chain Transactions
Unlike traditional blockchains, where all transactions pass through a single chain, Quai Network functions as a network of many blockchains.
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Web 3.0: A Beginner's Guide to the Decentralized Future
Uncover Web 3.0: Explore its decentralized future, privacy, security, blockchains, DeFi, DAOs, NFTs, and the contrast with Web 1.0 & 2.0.
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Crypto Payments and Transactions On The Blockchain 101
A crypto payments primer: how blockchain transactions work, payment gateways, privacy, legality and taxes, and what to know before accepting crypto.
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What Is The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)?
The Ethereum Virtual Machine, or EVM, is a distributed state machine that allows users to encumber code execution to the processing of a transaction.
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The Blockchain Trilemma — What Is It And Can It Be Solved?
The blockchain trilemma explained: why decentralization, security and scalability trade off, and how Quai Network uses sharding and merged mining to scale.
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What Are Monolithic And Multithreaded Blockchains?
What is a multithreaded blockchain, and what benefits can they provide over traditional monolithic blockchains?
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A Brief History Of Decentralization
Decentralization is a centuries-old topic, originally used to describe the ebb and flow of a central government’s power.
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Proof-of-Work, Proof-of-Stake, and Proof-of-Entropy-Minima Explained
Proof-of-Work vs Proof-of-Stake vs Quai's Proof-of-Entropy-Minima: how each consensus handles 51% attacks and rule changes, and who controls the network.
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What Are Layer 1 And Layer 2 Blockchains?
Layer 1 vs Layer 2 blockchains explained: how off-chain scaling like Lightning and rollups works, and how Quai Network scales Layer 1 with merged mining.
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Intro To Quai Network
An intro to quai network addressing common questions, such as: What is Quai Network? What makes Quai different than other Layer 1s?
Read Article +Merged Mining: A History & Introduction
While Quai is one of the few projects exploring the potentials of merged mining, the technology itself has a long and storied history.
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The Prime, Region, and Zone Chains in Quai Network
Quai Network's blockchains are all categorized as either a Prime, Region, or Zone chain. Read about the differences and functionality of each chain.
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Breaking The Blockchain Trilemma
The blockchain trilemma attempts to define the limitations of blockchain technology. Learn about how Quai Network is breaking out of these limitations.
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