Aug 25, 2025 | Developer AMA with Quai Network Core Devs _ Blockchain, Consensus, Crypto | Quai Network AMA Archive

In this highly technical and timely bi-weekly Q&A session, we sit down with Dr. K, the co-founder of Quai Network, on the very day of a major protocol update: the Singularity Hard Fork.If you want to understand how Quai Network is engineering the future of decentralized global money, this episode is a goldmine. Dr. K directly addresses the community’s biggest questions regarding the recent hard fork, explaining how the protocol is shifting from an inflationary environment to a deflationary drift to protect the network's tokenomics in an inefficient market.We also dive deep into the core mechanics of Qi, its relation to Quai, and how this update creates market discontinuities designed to incentivize arbitrageurs and miners (shoutout to Alphamine and the ambassador initiatives led by Kishore!).But that’s not all. Dr. K doesn't hold back as he delivers a masterclass on Proof-of-Work consensus, breaking down why traditional chains like Monero struggle with consensus delays and why Kaspa's single-threaded TPS limits cannot scale to replace global payment systems without sharding. Learn how Quai’s hierarchical structure (Prime, Region, Zone) uses Work Shares and PoEM (Proof of Entropy Minima) to achieve unprecedented throughput without sacrificing decentralization.Topics covered:The mechanics of the new Hard Fork & Negative Drift.Qi vs. Wrapped Qi: Spurring independent market formation.Parallelization within a single Zone via Access Lists (Addresses & Storage Slots).Why storage is the least of a blockchain's scaling concerns.Quai Network vs. Monero & Kaspa: Bandwidth, Latency, and N-squared complexity.Tangem Hardware Wallet community updates.For more technical updates, deep dives, and articles, check out Quai Magazine.And if you enjoyed this episode, make sure to follow the podcast and leave a 5-star review!===============================Stay connected with Quai Network:Website: https://qu.ai/Docs: https://docs.qu.ai/learn/introductionX (Twitter): https://x.com/QuaiNetworkDiscord: https://discord.gg/quai===============================Stay connected with Quai Magazine:X (Twitter): https://x.com/QuaiMagazineTelegram: https://t.me/QuaiMagazineMedium: https://medium.com/@quaimagazineGravatar: https://gravatar.com/quaimagazineInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quaimagazine/