Quai Network (QUAI): What It Is, Uses and Risks

Quai Network describes itself as a merge-mined network of blockchains. It coordinates its chains through a consensus mechanism it calls Proof-of-Entropy-Minima (PoEM). QUAI is one of the network's two native tokens. The other is Qi. Project material describes QUAI as the scarce reserve asset and Qi as energy-denominated cash for everyday payments. A press item from February 2025 reported that QUAI had launched for trading that month. The token appears in several categories, including Layer 1, proof of work and privacy. The data supplied for this page does not say which chain or contract the token is issued on, so that point is left open here.

According to project material and search summaries, QUAI is meant to act as a reserve asset within a two-token design, with Qi handling payments. Search summaries also say users can generate QUAI through mining, which fits the proof-of-work category. Public sources do not describe staking, governance votes, fee payments or any other specific use for QUAI, so this page does not claim them. Any use case beyond the reserve role and mining should be checked against the project's own documentation before you rely on it. Holding a token does not by itself mean it has a working function in an app or service.

As of 2026-11-05, the data showed a price of about $0.0071 per QUAI at the time of writing. The market capitalisation was about $8.3 million, which ranked 1376th among tracked tokens. Trading volume over 24 hours was about $121,000. Circulating supply was about 1.167 billion tokens and total supply was about 1.167 billion. No maximum supply was listed. Over seven days the price was down about 1.6 percent, and over one year it was down about 70 percent. The all-time high was $0.3634 on 2025-02-23, and the all-time low was about $0.00613 on 2026-11-04. These figures change constantly and are shown only as a snapshot, not as a forecast.

The project says its PoEM design can coordinate a growing number of execution shards, which are separate blockchains, without the usual contention between them. It also claims throughput above 50,000 transactions per second and block production about every 1.1 seconds. These are the project's own claims and have not been verified for this page. One search summary says the network operates on the Ethereum platform. That conflicts with the project's description of its own parent chain, so readers should treat the chain question as unresolved and check the project's technical documentation directly.

The price has fallen sharply from its 2025 peak, and the market is small. Low daily volume can make it harder to buy or sell without moving the price. Proof-of-work mining involves real energy and hardware costs, and mining returns can change with network difficulty and the token price. The technical claims about throughput and scaling are not independently confirmed. Scams often copy the names of real projects, so confirm contract addresses and token details from official sources before trading. For storage, use a wallet that supports the correct network, keep recovery phrases offline and never share them, and send a small test transaction first. This page is general information, not financial advice.