Quark, the ARC20 token that is mined by almost the entire Bitcoin ecosystem, has its English meaning quark, which is the basic unit of matter. Similar to sats, the smallest unit that makes up bitcoin, quark has meme attributes to a certain extent. Because of its high initial market value, large number of coin-holding addresses, and strong basic consensus, many community members believe that Quark is expected to become a meme currency that can break out of the Atomics ecosystem.
From the perspective of participation, on the one hand, the total number of quarks is 500,000, which will take a long time to mine. This allows many people to participate and build a certain consensus. On the other hand, Quark mining difficulty is 6, which is simpler than Electron and Neutron. Coupled with recent multi-thread optimization, most people have the opportunity to experience the thrill of mining.
Currently, the total supply of Quarks is 500,000, with 20,000 coins each. According to Atomic Market data, as of the time of writing, the price of one Quark is US$25, the market value exceeds US$420,000, and the 24-hour trading volume exceeds US$50,000.
Readers with programming background and ability are more recommended to build an environment to play, which is more efficient and cheaper. BlockBeats BlockBeats has compiled an article on the simplest mining and casting method for beginners in this article.
Tool preparation:
1. Wizz Wallet (former ATOM Wallet) wallet ;
2. Foundry production platform ;
3. Atomic Market trading market ;
5. Mempool block generation query on Bitcoin chain
1. Register wallet
You can choose Unisat wallet or Wizz wallet (original atom wallet) address to receive. Currently, it is recommended to use Wizz wallet, which can better identify Atomics ecological assets.
Open the Wizz Wallet official website , click "Install" and add it to the chrome browser extension.
In the chrome browser extension, open the Wizz Wallet (Formerly Atom) plugin. New users select "Create new wallet" on this interface. After entering the password to register, a 12-digit seed phrase will pop up. Back up the seed phrase, select the address followed by m/86/0/0/0/0, and click "Continue" to create it successfully.
Transfer Bitcoins to the Wizz wallet address as a handling fee. The current cost of one coin is about 20U. It is recommended to prepare some more Bitcoins as GAS fees to prevent insufficient handling fees.
2. Enter Satsx
Enter the proxy printing website satsx and link your wallet. On the Inscribe page, select Atomics on the left, select Mint under the FT tab, and fill in "quark" in the "Ticker" field. If you need to receive by other address, check "Receive by Other Address" and fill in the new address.
3. Click Preview
After filling in the basic information, click "Preview". In the "Content" code fill-in box, check mint_ticker in the third line of code and then "quark".
3. Select gas
In "Transaction Fees", select the appropriate fee based on the current Bitcoin gas fee. Different fees have different casting speeds, which are 1 hour, 30 minutes and 10 minutes respectively.
At present, the total cost of using the proxy printing website is about 25U, of which 1,000 sats is for the proxy printing platform, the cost of casting the inscription itself is 20,000 sats, and the rest is transaction fees.
4. Click Inscribe
If the code information is wrong, you can click "Revious Step" to modify the basic information. Confirm that the information is correct and click "Inscribe" after selecting gas. The system will check your UTXOs to see if you have sufficient funds. After checking that UTXOs are sufficient, construction of the transaction will begin.
5. Start casting
This process will take a long time and you need to wait patiently. The time consumed depends on the difficulty of Bitwork. QUARK mining difficulty is 6. According to DUNE data , the current QUARK minting progress is 2.92%. According to community feedback, the current time required to mine a QUARK is about 1.5-2 hours.
6. Wallet signature
After successfully mining QUARK, the Wizz wallet will pop up the signature box. After completing the signature, wait for the transaction to be blocked in the transaction pool.
7. Wait for the block to pass
Click "View History" in the Wizz wallet to enter the latest transaction. When the mempool displays the block as blue and purple and the transaction is confirmed, a QUARK is successfully minted.
