Introduction
Hello Moonbeam Community Members. Myself and @maciej_baj are new to the core team and are working on business activities (myself) and protocol development (@maciej_baj). We are leading strategic work and look forward to exciting new growth initiatives to bring to the Moonbeam community.
Summary
The Moonbeam Foundation is requesting the transfer of the balance of the on-chain Moonriver treasury funds to the Foundation. This proposal reflects the reality that the anticipated transition of core infrastructure costs from the Foundation to the treasury never fully materialized, leaving the Foundation to continue absorbing these expenses directly. Rather than allow treasury funds to sit idle while the Foundation manages these costs independently, we believe it is more efficient and transparent to use these resources under Foundation management, where they can be deployed purposefully to sustain operations and fund ecosystem growth.
Background
In a prior governance discussion, the Moonbeam Foundation proposed (https://forum.moonbeam.network/t/ext-grant-program-forum-post-part-2-macroeconomics-and-tokenomics/1795/2\_) and the community broadly supported, redirecting 80% of Parachain Bond Reserve (PBR) inflation to the on-chain treasury. The intent was that this treasury would, over time, assume responsibility for funding core infrastructure costs such as node operations, tooling, and network services, with the community gaining greater transparency and input over how those funds are spent.
The rationale was sound: as the ecosystem matures, moving to a model where identifiable costs flow through a community-governed treasury improves accountability, invites competition among service providers, and gives token holders a meaningful voice in how network resources are allocated.
However, the transition of operational costs from the Foundation to the treasury has not occurred. The infrastructure and services that underpin Moonbeam and Moonriver continue to be funded directly by the Foundation. As a result, treasury funds have accumulated without being deployed against the costs they were originally intended to offset, while the Foundation continues to bear those expenses from its own resources.
Proposal
The Moonbeam Foundation proposes the transfer of the remaining on-chain treasury balance in full to the Foundation.
These funds will be used to:
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Sustain core network operations: covering ongoing infrastructure costs for Moonbeam and Moonriver, including node services, RPC infrastructure, security, tooling, and monitoring.
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Extend operational runway: providing the Foundation greater certainty to plan and execute multi-quarter initiatives without dependency on volatile token markets or the timing of future inflation.
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Invest in ecosystem growth: allocating resources toward developer grants, technical integrations, and initiatives that drive adoption and decentralization of both networks.
The Foundation commits to publishing transparent reporting on how these funds are deployed, consistent with its existing accountability practices.
Rationale
We want to be direct with the community: the model proposed in the original PBR discussion where the treasury assumes responsibility for infrastructure costs through a maturing governance process was a reasonable long-term vision. We still believe in that direction. But the interim reality is that the Foundation is funding the network’s operational costs while treasury funds accumulate unused.
Given the current environment where capital efficiency matters, running costs are real, and the ecosystem needs continued investment to grow, it is more responsible to deploy these funds through the Foundation now than to maintain the status quo. Allowing treasury funds to sit while the Foundation absorbs costs from other sources is not a better outcome for the community; it is simply a less visible one.
This proposal does not foreclose a future treasury governance model. If and when the community builds the institutional infrastructure to responsibly manage operational expenditures on-chain, the Foundation would support transitioning back to that model. This proposal addresses the present reality.
Receiving wallet address:
0x4c3Bf24c4597Dea110A7D6c4D41D5fc161e139E7