What QuarkChain is
QuarkChain (QKC) is a Layer-1 smart-contract platform, currently ranked 455th by market capitalization among the assets we track. QuarkChain is a Layer-1 smart-contract platform secured by proof-of-stake: validators lock QKC as collateral, and the protocol slashes anyone who misbehaves. The token is simultaneously gas, collateral, and a claim on staking yield.
QuarkChain (QKC) is a blockchain platform designed to enable high throughput and scalable decentralized applications through a sharding technology. It aims to combine the benefits of both public and private blockchains.
How consensus and the token economy connect
Because security is bought with bonded QKC rather than hardware, the share of supply staked is a useful gauge of conviction — and of how much float is effectively locked.
QKC is not mined; it is issued as a token rather than secured by its own mining or staking layer.
Background & fundamentals
QuarkChain operates under a centralized structure, which concentrates protocol decisions in an identifiable issuer or foundation. A documented core team of 14 contributors is listed publicly, a depth of disclosed staffing many long-tail tokens lack. Its codebase is open-source, meaning the implementation can be audited rather than taken on trust.
The project publishes a whitepaper documenting its original design, which is worth reading before sizing any position in QKC. CoinPaprika classifies the project's development status as "On-going development". In sector terms it is most often filed under Smart Contracts, Ethereum (ETH) Token (ERC-20), and Scalable.
Where QuarkChain sits in the market
At $0.00208300, QuarkChain carries a market capitalization of $14.92M. Around $1.77M changes hands across exchanges in a typical 24-hour window. That is a turnover of about 11.84% of the float — elevated, often a sign of narrative-driven trading.
QuarkChain carries no fixed maximum supply; issuance follows a programmatic schedule rather than a hard cap. QKC remains -99% beneath its all-time high of $0.3416, the kind of gap that historically takes a full cycle or a fresh catalyst to close.
What the price history shows
Recent moves read 24-hour -0.84%, 7-day -12.74%, 30-day -20.50%, 1-year -51.12%. Within its stored 365-day daily history, QKC mounted a low-to-high run of roughly 66% at its strongest stretch.
Volatility profile
Recent action puts QuarkChain in the Moderate-volatility band — it shows the kind of price movement common in mid-cap crypto assets — meaningful but not unusual. Over the last 30 days the move totals -20.50%, a useful input for stop placement and position sizing.
How to evaluate QuarkChain
A grounded read on QKC comes down to three questions:
- Real usage — active addresses, fees paid, and total value locked — does on-chain demand justify the valuation?
- Staking economics — the share of QKC staked, the yield, and unlock/queue dynamics that govern liquid supply.
- Ecosystem depth — how many applications and how much liquidity have chosen QuarkChain over competing Layer-1s.
This page pulls live market data, on-chain stats where available, exchange-by-exchange volume, and our forecast model into one view so you can work through those questions in a single place. None of it is investment advice — it is a structured starting point for your own research.
