QuarkChain Devnet Shard 7 is a mainnet EVM shard secured by QuarkChain’s root chain, using QKC as the native gas token and supporting Solidity smart contracts with native cross-shard transactions. It targets high-throughput dApps (DeFi, gaming, micro-payments) that need low fees and fast confirmations, plus asset/message routing across shards with L1-finality. For performance comparison, expect seconds-level block cadence, low average gas cost versus monolithic L1s, and high effective TPS as activity is parallelized across shards (check the official explorer for real-time avg gas, block speed, TPS, and activity).
It is unique for its native L1 sharding: atomic cross-shard transactions, a unified account space, and shared security via the root chain—so intra-network transfers don’t require external bridges. Horizontal scalability lets throughput scale by adding shards, isolating congestion to keep average gas low and confirmations fast while retaining full EVM compatibility and standard tooling. In practice this yields seconds-level per-shard block times, high aggregate TPS across shards, and distributed on-chain activity that remains stable under load (verify current metrics—avg gas, block speed, TPS, activity—on the official explorer).
QuarkChain Devnet Shard 7 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 7, connect your wallet to thirdweb bridge, select your source chain, choose the token you want to bridge, select QuarkChain Devnet Shard 7 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 7 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 7 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 7, ensure your wallet is connected to the QuarkChain Devnet Shard 7 network, enter the recipient's address, specify the amount of QKC to send, review the gas fee, and confirm the transaction in your wallet.
