An EVM-compatible shard of the QuarkChain mainnet, offering high-throughput, low-cost transactions and native cross-shard transfers, secured by a root chain and powered by QKC.
QuarkChain Shard 0 is an EVM-compatible shard on the QuarkChain mainnet (native currency: QKC) secured by a root chain, often used by wallets and dApps as a default execution shard. It targets high-throughput, low-fee use cases such as DeFi swaps, micro-payments, gaming, and NFT minting, benefiting from low average gas costs (often fractions of a cent in QKC), seconds-level block confirmations, and high per-shard TPS; check the QuarkChain explorer for live activity metrics.
It uniquely supports native cross-shard transactions secured by a root chain, letting one account operate across shards without external bridges—delivering atomic transfers and fast finality. Horizontal sharding scales throughput by adding shards while keeping fees low; on Shard 0 this translates into consistently low gas, seconds-level blocks, and higher TPS versus legacy L1s, with EVM compatibility for seamless Ethereum tooling. See quarkchain.io and the mainnet explorer for up-to-date gas, block speed, TPS, and activity data for Shard 0.
QuarkChain Shard 0 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 Shard 0, connect your wallet to thirdweb bridge, select your source chain, choose the token you want to bridge, select QuarkChain Shard 0 as the destination, enter the amount, and confirm the transaction. The bridge will handle the cross-chain transfer instantly.
To build on QuarkChain Shard 0 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 Shard 0 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 Shard 0, ensure your wallet is connected to the QuarkChain Shard 0 network, enter the recipient's address, specify the amount of QKC to send, review the gas fee, and confirm the transaction in your wallet.