QNT utility, with sources
What the QNT token does and how it works.
Executive summary
- Required to use Quant's technology. Every Overledger licence and transaction is paid in QNT. 1 Fusion nodes run Overledger, and every Fusion transaction pays its fee in QNT. 2
- Fiat fees become locked QNT. Enterprises pay in fiat; Quant's Treasury converts the fee into QNT and locks it for the licence term. 3
- Fixed supply. 14,881,364 QNT, with no new issuance and nothing left to unlock. 4
1At a glance
2Key facts
- Total supply
- 14,881,364 QNT
- Scheduled unlocks
- None. All vesting ended in 2019 4
- Licence lock
- Set in fiat, rebalanced at renewal 6
- Developer licence
- £100 a year for retail developers, paid in QNT 7
- Fusion nodes
- Operators stake QNT 5
- Fusion mainnet
- Since June 2026, for selected institutions 8
How to read the labels
- Confirmed Current Quant source.
- Documented Quant source with a date.
- Announced Planned by Quant.
3Read next
Notes (8)
- Gilbert Verdian, Quant Community Channel on Telegram, 26 Jul 2022 (pinned). Screenshot, 230 KB · Source entry
- Gilbert Verdian, post on X announcing Overledger Fusion, 26 May 2025. Screenshot, 267 KB · Source entry
- Overledger Network for Community, v1.0. Quant Network, 30 Jun 2020 (community channel PDF). PDF, 741 KB · Source entry
- Quant token transparency filing. Blockworks, 28 Jul 2026 (compiled by Blockworks from Quant's 2018 documents). Source entry
- Why institutions need layer 2.5 (and why we built it). quant.network, 3 Jul 2025. Source entry
- Gilbert Verdian, community AMA, 20 May 2019 (community transcript, PDF). PDF, 330 KB · Source entry
- Introduction of Overledger licence fee. quant.network, Dec 2021. Source entry
- A new category of infrastructure: the Fusion Rollup is live on mainnet. quant.network, Jun 2026. Source entry