Moonriver Network is an Ethereum-compatible smart-contract parachain on Kusama Network that functions as the companion and canary network to Moonbeam Network. Moonriver Network's Twitter Score is 56 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of July 2026, ranking #18,176 (top 5%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Moonriver Network was designed to give new code a live testing environment under real economic conditions before that code is deployed on Moonbeam Network. Its native utility token, MOVR, powers gas metering, transaction fees, collator incentives, and on-chain governance. At network genesis, total MOVR supply stood at 10 million tokens, with 30% distributed through an initial crowdloan; notably, the PureStake team developing the network held no tokens at launch and no founders reward was allocated. Moonriver Network secured its initial parachain slot on Kusama Network by winning Kusama Auction 2, raising 205,935 KSM, with leasing beginning June 11, 2021. According to Parachains.info, Moonriver Network currently holds an active lease on Kusama with Core ID 7, running through August 5, 2028.
Moonriver Network has received backing from a range of prominent investors, including Coinbase Ventures, Binance Labs, HashKey, CoinFund, ParaFi Capital, Mechanism Capital, and Arrington XRP Capital. The project is affiliated with the Moonbeam Foundation, which oversees the broader ecosystem. A strategic update issued by Moonbeam in July 2026 indicated that Moonbeam Network and its GLMR token are migrating to Base and pivoting toward an AI-agent communication and settlement protocol, while Moonriver Network continues to be maintained as a listed MOVR network on the official site. Moonriver Network's account has published 1,657 posts and has been mentioned by 358 accounts a total of 1,340 times.
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Moonriver Network draws a technically engaged audience across the crypto ecosystem. The accounts that follow Moonriver Network include 201 founders, 45 angel investors, 177 influencers and 26 VCs. Among its notable followers are Ansem, Laura Shin, Larry Cermak, John Wang, DeFi Dad defidad.eth and 0xMaki.