Newsroom

Announcements & Updates

The latest news, information, and technical releases for the Moonbeam project, all in one place.

Project Milestones

Since Moonbeam was announced in April 2020, the development team has been hard at work to meet engineering milestones and deliver on the stated project goals.

In the first six months following the announcement, the team has delivered a working Ethereum-compatible TestNet, called Moonbase Alpha, and been awarded a Web3 Foundation grant for their work building a Web3 RPC for the Frontier projects.

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October 13, 2020
Moonbeam Network Upgrades TestNet to Moonbase Alpha v2, Adds Publish-Subscribe Capabilities
September 23, 2020
PureStake Closes $1.4M Seed Round for Moonbeam Network
September 21, 2020
Moonbase Alpha, the Moonbeam Network TestNet, is Now Available
June 1, 2020
PureStake Awarded a Web3 Foundation Grant for Moonbeam Ethereum Compatibility
June 23, 2020
PureStake Announces Plans to Build Moonbeam on Kusama
April 27, 2020
PureStake Announces Moonbeam, a Smart Contract Platform for the Polkadot Network

Recent News Coverage

A sampling of recent press coverage for Moonbeam.