An EVM-compatible QuarkChain shard (Devnet Shard 2) offering high throughput, low fees, and seamless cross-shard transactions on mainnet, secured by the root chain using QKC.
QuarkChain Devnet Shard 2 is an EVM-compatible shard on the QuarkChain mainnet that uses QKC for gas, designed for deploying and testing high-throughput dApps and cross-chain bridge flows. Key metrics for comparison: seconds-level block times, low-cost QKC-denominated gas, and throughput that scales with shard count; activity is variable on devnets, making it ideal for benchmarking DeFi, gaming, NFTs, and micropayments.
It’s unique because QuarkChain’s two-layer sharded architecture (root chain + multiple shards) enables native cross-shard transactions, elastic resharding, and horizontal scaling while preserving full EVM compatibility. In practice, this delivers higher aggregate TPS under load, consistently low gas fees, and fast cross-shard finality without relying on external bridges—advantages over monolithic L1s and many rollup-based designs.
QuarkChain Devnet Shard 2 uses QKC as the gas token for transaction fees. You can obtain QKC by bridging from other chains or purchasing using thirdweb Bridge.
To bridge QKC to QuarkChain Devnet Shard 2, connect your wallet to thirdweb bridge, select your source chain, choose the token you want to bridge, select QuarkChain Devnet Shard 2 as the destination, enter the amount, and confirm the transaction. The bridge will handle the cross-chain transfer instantly.
To build on QuarkChain Devnet Shard 2 you can use thirdweb, which provides an easy way to build, monetize and scale your apps, games or agents. You can find detailed guides and documentation on https://portal.thirdweb.com to get started quickly.
To add QuarkChain Devnet Shard 2 to your wallet, you can connect your wallet and click on [Add to Wallet] button at the top of the page. Alternatively, you can add the network manually using the RPC URL and chain details and add it to your wallet's network settings.
To send QKC on QuarkChain Devnet Shard 2, ensure your wallet is connected to the QuarkChain Devnet Shard 2 network, enter the recipient's address, specify the amount of QKC to send, review the gas fee, and confirm the transaction in your wallet.