Referendum #21 · whitelisted caller · fact-checked

Upgrade the Vara runtime from spec 1040 to 1050

Original title: [Whitelisted Caller] Referendum #21: Upgrade v1050

Governance: Executed · Dispatch succeeded

Submitted 2024-01-21T12:09:36.000Z · 2024-01-22T10:36:57.000Z

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 1040 to 1050.

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 1050.

A Nay vote meant…

A Nay vote opposed this runtime upgrade.

What happened or is happening

The archive compared state_getRuntimeVersion at blocks 8775624 and 8775625. specName remained “vara,” while specVersion changed from 1040 to 1050.

The whitelisted dispatch returned success, and the runtime version changed from 1040 to 1050 at the execution block.

Dispatch the whitelisted runtime-upgrade preimage that changed Vara's runtime spec version from 1040 to 1050.

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 8775625, state_getRuntimeVersion changed from specVersion 1040 to 1050.

Promised outcomes

Install Vara runtime specification 1050.

Verified outcomes

Historical chain state confirms the 1040 → 1050 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	34
Delegating addresses	0
Raw capital (VARA)	1957753945
Weighted Aye power (VARA)	196823984.5
Weighted Nay power (VARA)	0
Approval (%)	100
Raw capital / captured electorate (%)	19.57753191
Support capital (VARA)	1957753945
Top-one share (%)	7.86841
Top-three share (%)	23.60523
HHI (0–10,000)	486.8405
Gini (0–1)	0.42180484

Proposal history

Referendum	Governance	Execution	Direct addresses

Timeline

Submitted · 2024-01-21T12:09:36.000Z · block 8748686
DecisionDepositPlaced · 2024-01-21T12:11:39.000Z · block 8748727
DecisionStarted · 2024-01-21T12:39:36.001Z · block 8749286
ConfirmStarted · 2024-01-22T10:16:57.000Z · block 8775225
Confirmed · 2024-01-22T10:26:57.000Z · block 8775425
Executed · 2024-01-22T10:36:57.000Z · block 8775625

Technical call tree

The archive compared state_getRuntimeVersion at blocks 8775624 and 8775625. specName remained “vara,” while specVersion changed from 1040 to 1050.

{
  "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": "100000000000000000",
    "vara": "100000"
  },
  "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 8748686
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 8775625
Runtime version compared at the parent and referendum execution blocks.

Corrections

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