Quai Network

Quai Network is a sharded, EVM-compatible proof-of-work Layer-1 blockchain built by Dominant Strategies, featuring two native assets: QUAI, a smart-contract account-model asset, and Qi, a UTXO-model privacy asset. Quai uses Proof-of-Entropy-Minima (PoEM) consensus with merged mining across a hierarchical structure of Prime, Region, and Zone chains braided into one network. For developers, Quai exposes an Ethereum-compatible JSON-RPC API in the `quai_` namespace (plus a GraphQL endpoint and Postman collection), the Quais SDK (a fork of Ethers v6) for JavaScript/TypeScript dApps and wallets, and the go-quai node/CLI for running nodes and miners. The canonical active zone is Cyprus-1 (chainId 9 on mainnet, 15000 on the Orchard testnet).

Quai Network publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: JSON-RPC API. Tagged areas include Company, Layer 1, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and Web3.

Quai Network’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, CLI, authentication, and 15 more developer resources.

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27.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 29/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

1 APIs 1 MCP Servers

CompanyLayer 1BlockchainCryptocurrencyWeb3Smart ContractsEVMJSON-RPCProof of WorkDeveloper Tools

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Composite quality — 27.7/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 15.7 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 9.3 / 10

Agent readiness — 29/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Quai Network JSON-RPC API

Ethereum-compatible JSON-RPC API for Quai Network in the `quai_` namespace. Query balances, code, storage and proofs; read blocks, headers and uncles; look up and send transacti...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

MCPServer

MCPServer

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conformance

Build 5

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

Postman

Packages

SDKs

CLI

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Grants

Grants

Source (apis.yml)

aid: quai-network
name: Quai Network
description: 'Quai Network is a sharded, EVM-compatible proof-of-work Layer-1 blockchain built by Dominant Strategies, featuring
  two native assets: QUAI, a smart-contract account-model asset, and Qi, a UTXO-model privacy asset. Quai uses Proof-of-Entropy-Minima
  (PoEM) consensus with merged mining across a hierarchical structure of Prime, Region, and Zone chains braided into one network.
  For developers, Quai exposes an Ethereum-compatible JSON-RPC API in the `quai_` namespace (plus a GraphQL endpoint and Postman
  collection), the Quais SDK (a fork of Ethers v6) for JavaScript/TypeScript dApps and wallets, and the go-quai node/CLI for
  running nodes and miners. The canonical active zone is Cyprus-1 (chainId 9 on mainnet, 15000 on the Orchard testnet).'
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54382906?v=4
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quai-network/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- polychain
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Layer 1
- Blockchain
- Cryptocurrency
- Web3
- Smart Contracts
- EVM
- JSON-RPC
- Proof of Work
- Developer Tools
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- name: Quai Network JSON-RPC API
  description: 'Ethereum-compatible JSON-RPC API for Quai Network in the `quai_` namespace. Query balances, code, storage
    and proofs; read blocks, headers and uncles; look up and send transactions (Protobuf-encoded); inspect the txpool; read
    gas and fee history; and perform Quai <-> Qi conversions. Served over HTTPS and WSS per zone (canonical zone: Cyprus-1).'
  humanURL: https://docs.qu.ai/build/playground/overview
  baseURL: https://rpc.quai.network/cyprus1
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.qu.ai/build/introduction
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.qu.ai/build/playground/overview
  - type: GraphQL
    url: https://graph.quai.network
  - type: Postman
    url: https://docs.qu.ai/build/apis/postman/setup
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/quai-network-authentication.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/quai-network-conventions.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/quai-network-problem-types.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/quai-network-conformance.yml
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/quai-network-mcp.yml
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://qu.ai
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.qu.ai
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.qu.ai/build/introduction
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.qu.ai/build/playground/overview
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.qu.ai/build/introduction
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/dominant-strategies
- type: Blog
  url: https://quainetwork.com/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://discord.com/invite/ngw88VXXnV
- type: Grants
  url: https://docs.qu.ai/build/grants
- type: Postman
  url: https://docs.qu.ai/build/apis/postman/setup
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/quai-network-llms.txt
- type: Packages
  url: packages/quai-network-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/quai-network-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/quai-network-cli.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/quai-network-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/quai-network-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/quai-network-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/quai-network-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/quai-network-conformance.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/quai-network-mcp.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/quai-network-changelog.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/quai-network-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 12
  pass: local-v1