Referendum #0 · whitelisted caller · translated

Set Vara's validator count to 25

Original title: [Whitelisted Caller] Referendum #0: Set validators count to 25

Governance: TimedOut · Not executed

Submitted 2023-08-24T20:42:45.001Z · 2023-09-07T21:35:03.001Z

Verification date in this record: 2026-10-13. This is not a live chain status check.

What this referendum means

What was proposed?

This referendum asked Vara to set the network's validator count to 25.

Why it mattered

The configured validator count affects how many validators the network attempts to elect into its active set.

An Aye vote meant…

An Aye vote supported changing the validator-count setting to 25 if the referendum passed and executed.

A Nay vote meant…

A Nay vote opposed this specific change, leaving the validator-count setting unchanged through this referendum.

What happened or is happening

Although the referendum used the Whitelisted Caller track, the captured proposal decodes directly to staking.setValidatorCount with a value of 25.

The proposed call was staking.setValidatorCount(25).

Call staking.setValidatorCount with the new validator count set to 25.

No separate off-chain action was required by the encoded call.

Promised outcomes

  • Increase the validator count to 25.

Verified outcomes

  • The referendum timed out and did not execute.

Follow-up: not-applicable

  • No state change was authorized by this referendum because it did not pass.

Still unknown

  • The surviving proposal material does not explain why 25 was selected.
Further explanation and reporting

No additional reporting has been published for this referendum.

Details and evidence

Participation

Participation

Calculation status: complete. Address-level figures are not counts of distinct people or organizations.

  • Individual vote rows reconcile to the aggregate capital total. Concentration treats delegated capital as controlled by the account casting the direct vote.
Direct addresses0
Delegating addresses0
Raw capital (VARA)0
Weighted Aye power (VARA)0
Weighted Nay power (VARA)0
Approval (%)Unavailable
Raw capital / captured electorate (%)0
Support capital (VARA)0
Top-one share (%)Unavailable
Top-three share (%)Unavailable
HHI (0–10,000)Unavailable
Gini (0–1)Unavailable
Proposal history

Proposal history

ReferendumGovernanceExecutionDirect addresses
Timeline

Timeline

  1. Submitted · 2023-08-24T20:42:45.001Z · block 4448484
  2. TimedOut · 2023-09-07T21:35:03.001Z · block 4851684
Technical call tree

Technical call tree

Although the referendum used the Whitelisted Caller track, the captured proposal decodes directly to staking.setValidatorCount with a value of 25.

{
  "call": {
    "callIndex": "0x0d09",
    "section": "staking",
    "method": "setValidatorCount",
    "args": [
      {
        "name": "new",
        "type": "Compact<u32>",
        "value": 25
      }
    ]
  },
  "nestedCalls": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "callIndex": "0x0d09",
      "section": "staking",
      "method": "setValidatorCount"
    }
  ],
  "limitations": []
}
Historical track parameters

Historical track parameters

{
  "maxDeciding": 100,
  "preparePeriodBlocks": 600,
  "decisionPeriodBlocks": 403200,
  "confirmationPeriodBlocks": 200,
  "minimumEnactmentBlocks": 200,
  "decisionDeposit": {
    "planck": "200000000000000000",
    "vara": "200000"
  },
  "approvalCurve": {
    "reciprocal": {
      "factor": 270899180,
      "xOffset": 389830523,
      "yOffset": 305084738
    }
  },
  "supportCurve": {
    "reciprocal": {
      "factor": 8650766,
      "xOffset": 18867926,
      "yOffset": 41509433
    }
  }
}
Deposits

Deposits

Governance deposits are not proposal spending.

{
  "submission": {
    "depositor": "kGgQqLXhVVMv85XDy1v5AE6HVBG1tkAwURrdmq1ewbmGMCaGH",
    "amount": {
      "planck": "200000000000000",
      "vara": "200"
    }
  },
  "decision": null,
  "outcome": "unknown"
}
Sources

Sources

  • subsquare · retrieved 2026-10-14T00:46:33.897Z · block 4448484

    Public server-rendered page data captured before editorial translation.

  • subsquare · retrieved 2026-10-14T00:56:36.175Z

    Public final vote rows used for voter counts, conviction values, delegation aggregates, and concentration calculations.

Corrections

Corrections

No corrections recorded.

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