Referendum #8 · whitelisted caller · fact-checked

Increase Vara's validator count from 53 to 55

No original public title was captured.

Governance: Executed · Dispatch succeeded

Submitted 2023-11-27T15:11:30.000Z · 2023-12-03T21:12:30.001Z

Verification date in this record: 2026-10-14. This is not a live chain status check.

What this referendum means

What was proposed?

This referendum increased Vara's configured validator count by 2, from 53 to 55.

Why it mattered

The configured validator count affects how many validators can participate in the active set, influencing decentralization, nomination competition and the distribution of validation rewards.

An Aye vote meant…

An Aye vote supported increasing the configured validator count to 55.

A Nay vote meant…

A Nay vote opposed this validator-count increase.

What happened or is happening

The call used staking.setValidatorCount(55). Historical staking state confirms the target changed from 53 to 55.

The call executed successfully and Staking.ValidatorCount changed from 53 to 55.

Set Staking.ValidatorCount to 55.

No validator was individually appointed or funded by this call. Validator election still depended on staking, nominations and the network's election process.

Observable on-chain result

Dispatch returned success.

Staking.ValidatorCount changed from 53 to 55 at the execution block.

Promised outcomes

Set Vara's configured validator count to 55.

Verified outcomes

The dispatch returned success.
Historical staking state changed from 53 to 55.

Follow-up: verified-complete

Validator identities and subsequent election results are separate from this parameter change.

Still unknown

The configured count does not by itself establish which validators entered or left the elected set at the next election.

Further explanation and reporting

No additional reporting has been published for this referendum.

Details and evidence

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 addresses	21
Delegating addresses	0
Raw capital (VARA)	743372760
Weighted Aye power (VARA)	74337276
Weighted Nay power (VARA)	0
Approval (%)	100
Raw capital / captured electorate (%)	7.43372474
Support capital (VARA)	743372760
Top-one share (%)	5.98668
Top-three share (%)	17.96003
HHI (0–10,000)	519.47057
Gini (0–1)	0.14158814

Proposal history

Referendum	Governance	Execution	Direct addresses

Timeline

Submitted · 2023-11-27T15:11:30.000Z · block 7169213
DecisionDepositPlaced · 2023-11-27T15:13:27.000Z · block 7169252
DecisionStarted · 2023-11-27T15:41:30.001Z · block 7169813
ConfirmStarted · 2023-12-03T20:52:30.000Z · block 7348821
Confirmed · 2023-12-03T21:02:30.000Z · block 7349021
Executed · 2023-12-03T21:12:30.001Z · block 7349221

Technical call tree

The call used staking.setValidatorCount(55). Historical staking state confirms the target changed from 53 to 55.

{
  "call": {
    "callIndex": "0x1503",
    "section": "whitelist",
    "method": "dispatchWhitelistedCallWithPreimage",
    "args": [
      {
        "name": "call",
        "type": "Call",
        "value": {
          "callIndex": "0x0d09",
          "section": "staking",
          "method": "setValidatorCount",
          "args": [
            {
              "name": "new",
              "type": "Compact<u32>",
              "value": 55
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "nestedCalls": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "callIndex": "0x1503",
      "section": "whitelist",
      "method": "dispatchWhitelistedCallWithPreimage"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "callIndex": "0x0d09",
      "section": "staking",
      "method": "setValidatorCount"
    }
  ],
  "limitations": []
}

Historical track parameters

{
  "maxDeciding": 100,
  "preparePeriodBlocks": 600,
  "decisionPeriodBlocks": 403200,
  "confirmationPeriodBlocks": 200,
  "minimumEnactmentBlocks": 200,
  "decisionDeposit": {
    "planck": "500000000000000000",
    "vara": "500000"
  },
  "approvalCurve": {
    "reciprocal": {
      "factor": 270899180,
      "xOffset": 389830523,
      "yOffset": 305084738
    }
  },
  "supportCurve": {
    "reciprocal": {
      "factor": 8650766,
      "xOffset": 18867926,
      "yOffset": 41509433
    }
  }
}

Deposits

Governance deposits are not proposal spending.

{
  "submission": {
    "depositor": "kGgQqLXhVVMv85XDy1v5AE6HVBG1tkAwURrdmq1ewbmGMCaGH",
    "amount": {
      "planck": "500000000000000",
      "vara": "500"
    }
  },
  "decision": {
    "depositor": "kGhAjUA3Uke6UmWwMRRwFHuxisCgm7dab61sL1tKqA15NXQVX",
    "amount": {
      "planck": "500000000000000000",
      "vara": "500000"
    }
  },
  "outcome": "unknown"
}

Sources

subsquare · retrieved 2026-10-14T00:46:33.897Z · block 7169213
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.
vara-chain · retrieved 2026-10-14T18:25:38.101Z · block 7349221
Historical Staking.ValidatorCount comparison: 53 at the parent block and 55 at the execution block.

Corrections

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