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May 15, 2026 4:01 PM

QuarryLabs Opens 'Genesis Quarry Miner' Initiative; Strategic Partners Invited to Secure DPoS Network Ahead of $5M Seed Completion

Salt Lake City, UTAH, May 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QuarryLabs Inc., the team building the QuarryChain Layer-1 protocol and the Quarry (QRY) utility token, today opened applications for its Genesis Quarry Miner Initiative, a strategic partner program inviting a limited group of operators to help secure the network during testnet and through mainnet launch. The announcement arrives as the QuarryLabs Inc. Seed Round nears its $5 million target, with founding partners receiving early validator slots, allocations from the QRY Token Presale, and direct collaboration with the engineering team led by founder Alec Arrambide.

QuarryLabs builds Layer-1 blockchain infrastructure using a next-generation Delegated Proof of Stake consensus model.

The Genesis Quarry Miner Initiative is designed to bring a vetted set of infrastructure providers, ecosystem builders, and capital partners into QuarryChain ahead of public network availability. Selected partners will operate genesis validator nodes, receive priority technical support during the Layer-1 Blockchain Testnet Launch, and participate in shaping governance parameters for the production network. QuarryLabs is opening the program now to help ensure the chain reaches mainnet with a geographically distributed and reliable set of operators.

QuarryChain is built around a next-gen Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) consensus model, which the company describes as a more scalable and energy-efficient alternative to traditional Proof of Stake architectures. ...