Referendum #18 · whitelisted caller · fact-checked

Upgrade the Vara runtime from spec 1020 to 1030

Original title: [Whitelisted Caller] Referendum #18: Upgrade v1030

Governance: Executed · Dispatch succeeded

Submitted 2024-01-03T13:41:57.000Z · 2024-01-08T20:39:00.000Z

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 upgraded the live Vara runtime from specification version 1020 to 1030.

Why it mattered

A runtime upgrade changes the executable rules of the chain and can alter pallets, APIs, transaction behavior and governance mechanics.

An Aye vote meant…

An Aye vote supported installing runtime specification 1030.

A Nay vote meant…

A Nay vote opposed this runtime upgrade.

What happened or is happening

The archive compared state_getRuntimeVersion at blocks 8384814 and 8384815. specName remained “vara,” while specVersion changed from 1020 to 1030.

The whitelisted dispatch returned success, and the runtime version changed from 1020 to 1030 at the execution block.

Dispatch the whitelisted runtime-upgrade preimage that changed Vara's runtime spec version from 1020 to 1030.

Node operators still needed compatible software and operational procedures, but those actions were not encoded in the referendum call.

Observable on-chain result

Dispatch returned success.

At execution block 8384815, state_getRuntimeVersion changed from specVersion 1020 to 1030.

Promised outcomes

Install Vara runtime specification 1030.

Verified outcomes

Historical chain state confirms the 1020 → 1030 runtime transition at execution.

Follow-up: verified-complete

This verifies deployment of the runtime version, not a complete audit of the code changes within it.

Still unknown

The archived referendum metadata does not include release notes describing every behavioral change bundled into this runtime.

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	18
Delegating addresses	0
Raw capital (VARA)	1226147550
Weighted Aye power (VARA)	123513255
Weighted Nay power (VARA)	0
Approval (%)	100
Raw capital / captured electorate (%)	12.26147078
Support capital (VARA)	1226147550
Top-one share (%)	12.43636
Top-three share (%)	37.30907
HHI (0–10,000)	916.23502
Gini (0–1)	0.4069868

Proposal history

Referendum	Governance	Execution	Direct addresses

Timeline

Submitted · 2024-01-03T13:41:57.000Z · block 8232475
DecisionStarted · 2024-01-05T19:11:51.000Z · block 8296672
DecisionDepositPlaced · 2024-01-05T19:11:51.000Z · block 8296672
ConfirmStarted · 2024-01-07T20:29:00.000Z · block 8355815
Confirmed · 2024-01-07T20:39:00.000Z · block 8356015
Executed · 2024-01-08T20:39:00.000Z · block 8384815

Technical call tree

The archive compared state_getRuntimeVersion at blocks 8384814 and 8384815. specName remained “vara,” while specVersion changed from 1020 to 1030.

{
  "call": {
    "callIndex": "0x1503",
    "section": "whitelist",
    "method": "dispatchWhitelistedCallWithPreimage"
  },
  "nestedCalls": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "callIndex": "0x1503",
      "section": "whitelist",
      "method": "dispatchWhitelistedCallWithPreimage"
    }
  ],
  "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 8232475
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 2026-10-14T01:30:15.583Z · block 8384815
Runtime version compared at the parent and referendum execution blocks.

Corrections

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