Referendum #41 · root · fact-checked

Timed-out proposal to set the validator count to 57

Original title: [Root] Referendum #41: Set ideal validators to 57

Governance: TimedOut · Not executed

Submitted 2025-01-04T15:53:24.000Z · 2025-01-18T16:07:36.000Z

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

What this referendum means

What was proposed?

This Root-track proposal would have set Vara's ideal active-validator count to 57, but it timed out without execution.

Why it mattered

The configured validator count determines how many elected validators may participate in an era, subject to election and nomination support.

An Aye vote meant…

An Aye vote would have supported setting the validator count to 57.

A Nay vote meant…

A Nay vote would have opposed that change.

What happened or is happening

The direct staking.setValidatorCount call encoded an absolute value of 57.

The referendum timed out and made no validator-count change.

Set Staking.ValidatorCount directly to 57.

No additional off-chain action is treated as verified unless explicitly stated.

Observable on-chain result

The referendum timed out and made no validator-count change.

Promised outcomes

Set the validator count to 57 if approved.

Verified outcomes

The proposal timed out without execution.

Follow-up: not-applicable

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	12
Delegating addresses	0
Raw capital (VARA)	188709
Weighted Aye power (VARA)	107700
Weighted Nay power (VARA)	139918
Approval (%)	43.49441478
Raw capital / captured electorate (%)	0.00188709
Support capital (VARA)	107200
Top-one share (%)	55.64123
Top-three share (%)	91.36236
HHI (0–10,000)	3766.98274
Gini (0–1)	0.77463316

Proposal history

Referendum	Governance	Execution	Direct addresses

Timeline

Submitted · 2025-01-04T15:53:24.000Z · block 18778594
TimedOut · 2025-01-18T16:07:36.000Z · block 19181794

Technical call tree

The direct staking.setValidatorCount call encoded an absolute value of 57.

{
  "call": {
    "callIndex": "0x0d09",
    "section": "staking",
    "method": "setValidatorCount",
    "args": [
      {
        "name": "new",
        "type": "Compact<u32>",
        "value": 57
      }
    ]
  },
  "nestedCalls": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "callIndex": "0x0d09",
      "section": "staking",
      "method": "setValidatorCount"
    }
  ],
  "limitations": []
}

Historical track parameters

{
  "maxDeciding": 1,
  "preparePeriodBlocks": 2400,
  "decisionPeriodBlocks": 403200,
  "confirmationPeriodBlocks": 28800,
  "minimumEnactmentBlocks": 28800,
  "decisionDeposit": {
    "planck": "1000000000000000000",
    "vara": "1000000"
  },
  "approvalCurve": {
    "reciprocal": {
      "factor": 222222224,
      "xOffset": 333333335,
      "yOffset": 333333332
    }
  },
  "supportCurve": {
    "linearDecreasing": {
      "length": 1000000000,
      "floor": 0,
      "ceil": 500000000
    }
  }
}

Deposits

Governance deposits are not proposal spending.

{
  "submission": {
    "depositor": "kGgQqLXhVVMv85XDy1v5AE6HVBG1tkAwURrdmq1ewbmGMCaGH",
    "amount": {
      "planck": "100000000000000",
      "vara": "100"
    }
  },
  "decision": null,
  "outcome": "unknown"
}

Sources

subsquare · retrieved 2026-10-14T00:46:33.897Z · block 18778594
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

No corrections recorded.

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