Welcome to the official newsletter from Beam.
In our previous newsletter, we went live with Beam Nodes, shared a new treasury report and invited you all to our annual community event in Amsterdam. Since then, Beam Nodes’ first season has concluded and the rewards are available to claim, Forgotten Playland launched and we’re only a couple of days away from our community event!
Read on for a summary of what’s been happening and what’s to come!
Water Toren 3.0 - BEAMFEST 2025 – Happening this Saturday 17th of May🗼
This Saturday, May 17th, we're gathering in Amsterdam (14:00-23:00) to celebrate Beam and show you what’s coming up. There will be plenty of games to play, presentations to watch, drinks to drink and food to eat! Oh and, there will be some merchandise present! With perfect weather forecasts and hundreds already confirmed, you can still RSVP to join our annual community celebration!
First season of Beam Nodes successfully concluded
The first season of Beam Nodes has been wrapped up. Ranging from the 1st of April to the 1st of May, it’s been fascinating to see thousands of people show up and start spinning up validators, delegating their Node Tokens and BEAM tokens. After a seven-day period where the rewards were verified, the first rewards have been claimed.
Ready for the next season? It’s in full swing!
Want to understand the rewards better? Check out this article: Explaining rewards
Claim your Node Tokens: nodes.onbeam.com/claim
Delegation dashboard: nodes.onbeam.com
Documentation: docs.onbeam.com
Discord: discord.gg/beamgamers
Please be cautious with links from anything outside the above claiming to be official.
Beam Tactile is now live – Beam Merchandise is here
After a long time waiting, we’re proud to present a new edition of the Beam Merchandise. We worked together with Tactile once again, but this time we shook things up a bit. In a variety of drops, a total of 12 items will be made available. All items can be claimed by those who meet the requirements in the taken snapshot. For the first drop, that was holding BEAM tokens. The more you hold, the higher your Tier and the more available items.
All items are free, only pay for shipping. Want to cop some yourself? Check out the available items on the website right here.
Forgotten Playland has launched on the Epic Games store
It’s been a wild ride for Forgotten Playland, the social party game that’s been in development for quite some time now. After proudly showing their game at our last community event, the game’s been growing in size and popularity for sure. Over 200,000 people have downloaded the game and the daily player count has been steadily increasing.
Want to try it out for yourself? Download the game on the Epic Games store today!
Treasury report Q1, 2025 🏦
During the past quarter, the Treasury value decreased from $238,678,709 as at December 31st 2024 to $186,681,934 as at March 31st 2025. This represents a decrease of 19.7% compared to the previous quarter.
In addition, the current BEAM holdings in the Treasury distributed across Ethereum, Beam Network, BNB Smart Chain, and Avalanche is 13,520,575,930.46 tokens. There were 200,421,263 BEAM tokens burned during Q1 2025.
Read the full report here.
New game(s) building on Beam
We’re thrilled to continuously have a large influx of exciting games joining the Beam network. Following names such as TrialXtreme, Forgotten Playland, Castle of Blackwater, Edenhorde and many others, we have recently added just one game publicly. The rest is still cooking up behind the scenes and will be announced in due course.
How to build a game on Beam series
We recently released a five-part series on how to build a game on the Beam Network. The series delves into various subjects, including the functionalities available on Beam and a hypothetical scenario of World of Warcraft being on-chain.
For those interested in the first article, it can be found here.
Together, we grow
We are thrilled that the first Beam Nodes season is behind us, and the next one’s already well under way. The system that we dreamt of is now happening, and we couldn’t be more proud of everyone involved. On top of that, we have a community event right around the corner, where we hope to see many smiling faces wearing their fresh Beam Tactile.
Together, we’re changing the game!
Our next newsletter will be sent July 2025.