Call for Proposals — RPC Service Provisioning Q4 2025 & Q1 2026

A Foundation of Connectivity

A robust infrastructure of high-quality RPC services continues to be the backbone of the Moonbeam ecosystem. These services provide the critical bridge that enables developers and applications to seamlessly interact with the Moonriver, Moonbeam, and Moonbase Alpha networks. As we approach a new 6-months funding cycle, we’re again reaching out to both our valued existing RPC service providers and potential new partners.

Recent Developments

For Q2 and Q3 2025, the Treasury Council settled on funding proposals from UnitedBlock and Dwellir, supporting their continued great service to Moonbeam’s RPC robust infrastructure. The quality and reliability of these services have been a fundamental building block, contributing to our ecosystem’s growth, stability and success in development activity.

Call for New Proposals

The Treasury Council now invites all RPC service providers — both current partners and newcomers — to submit proposals for the upcoming Q4 2025 + Q1 2026 funding period.

Proposal Requirements

Your submission should include:

  • Detailed description of core services to be provided
  • Estimated call volumes and comprehensive cost breakdown
  • Pricing in USD denomination
  • Inclusion of the eth_getLogs RPC method (required)
  • Information about bootnode operation on all three networks (if applicable)

Important Dates & Submission Process

  • Submission Deadline: October 10th, 2025, 11:59 PM UTC.
  • Submission Location: Create a new topic under the Governance — Treasury Proposals section here in the Forum.

Evaluation Criteria

Finding the balance between service quality, decentralization, and expenditure responsibility remains our top priority. Submitted proposals will be evaluated on:

  • Cost efficiency and value proposition
  • Service quality metrics and guarantees
  • Decentralization strategy, redundancy measures, and geographic distribution
  • Proven track record in blockchain RPC service provisioning
  • History of cost optimization while maintaining service excellence
  • Past contributions to the Moonbeam ecosystem
  • Adherence to the Moonbeam Code of Conduct
  • For incumbents, disruption costs if services were to be curtailed
  • Trace & Trace API service capabilities
  • Implementation of the eth_getLogs RPC method

Treasury Flow and Funding Mechanism

Following the enactment of RT3401 on Moonriver and Moonbeam earlier this year, our improved New Treasury Flow will affect the funding process.

  • Funding requests are to be submitted USD-denominated only
  • The Treasury Council will convert the USD amounts requested into GLMR and MOVR tokens using 30-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) prices captured through Subscan (price data from CoinGecko API) on the day of on-chain submission
  • The Treasury will distribute funding in a 60/40 ratio between GLMR and MOVR tokens, respectively
  • Funding will be paid out upfront and separately for each quarter

This refined approach reduces price-volatility uncertainty by shortening the timeframe between USD denomination and actual token payments. Furthermore, it decreases efforts of submitting a proposal and removes the requirement for any funds to be locked up, eliminating the risk of slashed deposits.

Outlook: We are in the midst of transitioning the Treasury to stablecoin payments. The first phase of this transition is expected to conclude early next year. This means that the upfront funding for RPC services in Q1 2026 will likely be the last cycle paid out in native GLMR and MOVR tokens.

Post-Submission Process

After the submission period closes:

  1. The Treasury Council will review all proposals internally
  2. We may reach out with questions and clarification requests in comments below your forum post
    Please monitor the forum closely during this review period to address any inquiries promptly
  3. The Council will publicly signal its support or non-support for each proposal and give reasoning on its assessments
  4. With the New Treasury Flow in place now, selected winners will be asked to submit a beneficiary address for Moonbeam and Moonriver
  5. We will then inform the beneficiaries once we have put the proposals on-chain and approved them on-chain
  6. Approved proposal payouts will be executed at the end of each networks current spend period (6 day intervalls)

Building Together

The bi-annual proposal cycle ensures an equitable, transparent process for all stakeholders while allowing the Treasury Council to maintain predictability in long-term expenditures. We remain committed to supporting high-quality infrastructure that powers our growing ecosystem.

Let’s Hear From You!

The @TreasuryCouncil highly appreciates all proposal submissions! — From established RPC service providers in our ecosystem to prospective new partners, we are looking forward to reviewing and evaluating all RPC service proposals.

Special shoutout to:
UnitedBlock @blackk_magiik, Blast @Mihai_BwareLabs, Dwellir @benn_69, Onfinality @Daniel_Vulinovich, GetBlock @0xpcgb and Radiumblock @Abhayan_RadiumBlock

Questions? Drop them below or in DM.

Best regards :sparkles:
Yaron on behalf of the Treasury Council

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Can count UB in of course!

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