Shiden Network is a Kusama-based smart-contract blockchain that serves as the canary network for Astar Network, running an early-release, unaudited version of the Astar codebase. Shiden Network's Twitter Score is 23 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #48,117 (top 10%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Shiden Network was founded by Sota Watanabe and was previously affiliated with Stake Technologies Pte Ltd. The network launched its mainnet in July 2021 as the third community parachain on Kusama, secured through a crowdloan of 138,457 KSM. As a dApp hub on Kusama, it supports both Ethereum Virtual Machine and WebAssembly-based smart contracts, giving developers flexibility in how they build and deploy decentralized applications.
Shiden Network uses its native SDN token for dApp staking, distributing block-inflation rewards between developers and stakers. The network has received backing from Binance, OKEx, Huobi, Fenbushi, and HashKey. Shiden Network remained operational into 2025, with a scheduled migration to the Kusama Asset Hub on the roadmap.
Shiden Network has published 1,026 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 143 accounts a total of 643 times. Shiden Network's portfolio includes sqd.ai.
Who follows Shiden Network on X?
The accounts that follow Shiden Network include 109 founders, 16 angel investors, 63 influencers and 12 VCs, among them Ansem, Gavin Wood, Yu Hu, Jane Lippencott, KuCoin and HTX.