Welcome to The Singularity - A Structural Shift in Quai Network's Tokenomics

Prime Block 1,530,500 has been reached, activating The Singularity Fork. This milestone represents a fundamental restructuring of the network's monetary policy, alongside a significant base-layer upgrade to throughput and mining infrastructure.

With this release, Quai Network transitions into a strictly defined macroeconomic framework, officially decoupling from the standard, high-inflation models typical of early-stage protocols.

Here is a comprehensive breakdown of the architectural and economic changes now active on the network.

1. The Token Burn: ~1.67B QUAI Removed

The defining component of the Singularity Fork is the permanent removal of ~1.67 billion QUAI from the Genesis block. This supply reduction is the direct result of a multilateral agreement reached between a set of investors, Dominant Strategies, and the Quai Foundation to voluntarily forgo their future vested unlocks.

Technical Execution

This is executed at the protocol level: moving forward, the monthly emission schedule will simply skip these designated addresses, meaning no further tokens will ever be released to them.

• Impact: Eliminates 81.1% of all future genesis unlocks.
• Result: Shifts the network's vested baseline down to ~1.33 billion QUAI.

The New Supply Equation

The total supply is now governed by a strictly defined mathematical framework:

Total Supply = Genesis Unlocks + Mining Emissions - SOAP Burns

With the Genesis Unlocks variable permanently reduced, the network relies on the Subsidized Open-market Acquisition Protocol (SOAP) engine to manage ongoing mining emissions. Because SOAP continuously buys back and burns QUAI, net protocol emissions are structured to approach zero over time, securing a non-dilutive monetary base.

2. Workshare Improvements: Doubled Inclusion Limits

To accommodate growing network demand and improve capital efficiency for node operators, the go-quai v0.51.0 release implements a 100% increase in workshare inclusion limits across the board:

• Total workshares per block: Increased from 16 to 32
• SHA shares per block: Increased from 8 to 16
• Scrypt shares per block: Increased from 8 to 16

For miners, the ability to include more workshares per block directly improves mining rewards. For the network, this architectural upgrade immediately enhances base-layer transaction throughput.

3. Bug Fixes & Infrastructure Upgrades

Alongside the economic and throughput improvements, the Singularity Fork introduces several critical infrastructure optimizations designed for node stability and developer experience:

• New RPC Subscription: Introduced NewChainBlocks to efficiently track all blocks in a chain event.
• Accurate Gas Calculations: Fixed the estimateGas function to properly include access lists, ensuring precise gas estimations.
• P2P Stability: Implemented graceful P2P stream manager shutdowns to improve node health.
• API Optimization: Added workshare classification caching, resulting in significantly faster API response times.

Looking Forward

The fiat system prints money to pay off its debt, silently taxing you in the process. Quai Network just burned 1.66 billion tokens to ensure your value stays yours.

The activation of the Singularity Fork ensures that the network operates as an objective, energy-backed economy with a responsibly managed supply. If you hold QUAI today, the Singularity Fork means you are holding an asset with a soft supply cap of ~1.4 billion tokens.

Welcome to the Singularity.