Quai Network

The moment has finally arrived. Quai Network Mainnet will be launching on January 29th, 2025. Thank you to the community and early supporters who have followed this journey and believed in something. Thank you to those who believed in us. The Revolution Has Just Started https://lnkd.in/gxcAft_w

Our partnership with Frictionless Markets was picked up by Business Wire - if you're interested in learning more about the broad impacts that RWAfi is going to unlock as one of the main narratives, now is the time to learn! You can study Quai here - qu.ai/litepaper ?? https://lnkd.in/gHs6S8ej

?? Breaking News ?? Quai Network?is proud to announce a new integration with?Frictionless Markets, a leader in institutional cash solutions and tokenized financial products. This collaboration brings regulated financial instruments on-chain, setting the stage for a Quai-yielding Money Market Fund (MMF) and opening new opportunities for institutional and decentralized finance (DeFi) participants. Frictionless Markets specializes in tokenized financial solutions tailored for institutional adoption. The partnership with Quai Network enables institutional capital to access decentralized markets efficiently, providing stable, yield-generating opportunities directly integrated into a scalable Proof-of-Work (PoW) ecosystem. Read More: https://lnkd.in/gZ-QNFav Study Quai: https://qu.ai/litepaper

?? Exciting news! In the constantly evolving crypto landscape, independent, in-depth research plays a critical role in distilling complex innovations and guiding the broader conversation about where the space is headed. Today, we’re excited to highlight the latest comprehensive report by?Memento Research;?“Stablecoins: The Future of Payment Finance (PayFi)”. Memento’s work in this report focuses and elevates?Quai Network, highlighting its potential to fundamentally transform payment finance. Rather than simply describing Quai’s technology, they step the reader through each innovation and examine why?Quai Network’s?technology is pivotal in creating a truly decentralized, scalable, and censorship-resistant financial system. By exploring?Quai Network’s?innovations in a broader economic and historical context, Memento offers a compelling narrative for why PayFi and the next evolution of decentralized payment systems requires solutions like?$QI. You can read the full report here - https://lnkd.in/gqSDDWXH

While in Denver, our Co-Founder Dr. K gave a thorough and prescient presentation of Quai Network at the DNA Fund event which succinctly covered the current stablecoin paradigm, and how we're looking to innovate and disrupt it. Check out the full video by follow the link, and a warm shout out to the DNA Fund team for hosting us and providing us time to dive deep with your audience!

Our co-founder joined Jamil Hasan on the Crypto Hipster podcast to discuss the what it takes to build the rails for a new financial system, the complexities of designing a system that is censorship resistant while maintaining privacy-perserving properties, and how to scale a blockchain to billions of people.

?? New Research Paper Published: We are excited to announce the publication of our latest paper on the foundation of workshares, a key feature already implemented in the core Quai Network protocol. Workshares are low-effort computational objects miners generate, allowing us to accurately measure their contributions even when they don’t mine a full block. Best of all, they’re already enhancing Quai Network’s security, fairness, and efficiency. If you're a solo miner in the Quai ecosystem - you don't have to feel like you need to win the lottery in order to earn rewards, another network deficiency solved by Quai ?? Explore the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/gK6reaqE

Yesterday, the Quai team sponsored a SXSW event downtown in conjunction with Texas Blockchain Council and The Open Source AI Foundation. Thanks to everyone who joined us and listen to our impactful presentation given by our co-founder Alan Orwick, and a special shoutout to Texas House and William August Herrmann for hosting what proved to be a massively successful inaugural event. Looking forward doing more of these together!

Liquid Mining Token (LMT) Support is Live! Liquid Mining Tokens (LMTs) unlock new opportunities for miners and traders by turning locked PoW rewards into tradable assets, boosting both network security and DeFi integration. ???How LMTs work ?? -- 1. By mining into an LMTs smart contract, miners can choose to lock their rewards for up to 12 months earning up to 25% extra yield.? 2. For their locked tokens, they receive LMTs, which represent claims on locked rewards. **Today, Quai Network has enabled support adding a data field to a coinbase transaction to make LMTs possible.** LMTs can then be traded on a secondary market for instant liquidity offering energy-backed yields. We are looking forward to teams, such as Lithium DeFi and others, to start offering this opportunity in the near future! Read more about LMTs: https://lnkd.in/gcbtCcsa ???You can already use protocol-native lockups without mining into an LMT smart contract. To do that, you configure your mining lockup period for 3, 6, or 12 months earning up to 25% yield. Read more on protocol lockups in the https://lnkd.in/gXRpaxAP

The Evolution of Stablecoins: From Fiat-Backed Tokens to Intrinsic Value Coins Stablecoins have come a long way since their inception, bridging the gap between traditional finance and blockchain innovation. Our latest timeline captures this journey in it's totality: -- The Journey So Far -- - Fiat-Backed Era (2015-2018): Tether (USDT) launched in February 2015, introducing stability via a 1:1 peg to the U.S. dollar. USDC followed in October 2018, growing to a $142 billion market cap by 2025 (CoinMarketCap). These stablecoins offered utility but relied on centralized reserves, exposing them to risks like the 2023 banking crisis when Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse tied to USDC’s reserves caused a temporary depeg. - Decentralized Shift (2019-2023): MakerDAO’s DAI (Dec 2019) introduced crypto-collateralization, using over-collateralized ETH to back its value. Terra (Jan 2021) and UST (Aug 2023) experimented with algorithmic stability, but UST’s $50+ billion implosion in 2022 highlighted the fragility of such models. - Flatcoins (2022-2023): Tokens, such as RAI (Dec 2022), tracked inflation rates, aiming for stability in purchasing power, yet remained tied to external economic signals. - Energy-Backed Innovation (2025): Quai Network is launching $QI in April 2025, tying stability to the fundamental cost of energy via our Proof-of-Work (PoW) system. Official launch in April 2025 marks the next milestone in this evolution. Why Energy? A Return to Fundamental Value -- Energy is the lifeblood of economic activity powering everything from humans to AI. Unlike fiat, which can be printed at will, energy is a scarce, measurable resource tied to physical reality. $QI leverages Quai’s scalable PoW architecture (50,000+ TPS) to anchor its value to electricity costs, offering stability without centralized intermediaries or volatile crypto collateral. This makes $QI resistant to inflation, government control, and the kind of systemic risks seen in the 2008 financial crisis, where global bank bailouts exceeded $10 trillion. Market Context -- Stablecoins now represent over $225 billion market (as of Q1 2025), with USDT alone holding a $142 billion market cap (CoinMarketCap). Yet, their reliance on fiat rails leaves them vulnerable to banking instability, as seen in 2023 when Signature Bank’s failure impacted stablecoin liquidity. A crypto-native stablecoin like $QI, tied to energy, offers a hedge against such risks, aligning with the growing demand for truly decentralized financial systems. The Future of Stability -- As we move toward a tokenized economy, value must be rooted in something tangible. Energy is universal, verifiable, and immune to political manipulation. $QI isn’t just a stablecoin; it’s a decentralized energy dollar, paving the way for a financial system that’s truly independent. Join the revolution at Quai Network, where energy becomes money for the digital age. Litepaper: qu.ai/litepaper