Referendum #42 · root · fact-checked
Timed-out proposal to add seven validator slots
Original title: [Root] Referendum #42 Set ideal validators to 64.
Governance: TimedOut · Not executed
Submitted 2025-01-06T01:43:33.000Z · 2025-01-20T01:51:33.000Z
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 was described as taking the ideal validator count to 64 by adding seven slots, but it timed out without execution.
Why it mattered
Adding slots can broaden the active set, but only validators with sufficient election support become elected.
An Aye vote meant…
An Aye vote would have supported adding seven active-validator slots.
A Nay vote meant…
A Nay vote would have opposed the increase.
What happened or is happening
The encoded call was staking.increaseValidatorCount with additional=7; 64 came from the proposal title's assumed starting count.
The referendum timed out and made no validator-count change.
Increase Staking.ValidatorCount by seven.
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
- Add seven validator slots 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
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 | 8 |
|---|---|
| Delegating addresses | 0 |
| Raw capital (VARA) | 120350 |
| Weighted Aye power (VARA) | 31770 |
| Weighted Nay power (VARA) | 12000 |
| Approval (%) | 72.58396162 |
| Raw capital / captured electorate (%) | 0.0012035 |
| Support capital (VARA) | 116350 |
| Top-one share (%) | 87.24553 |
| Top-three share (%) | 98.87827 |
| HHI (0–10,000) | 7692.58372 |
| Gini (0–1) | 0.82753427 |
Proposal history
Proposal history
| Referendum | Governance | Execution | Direct addresses |
|---|
Timeline
Timeline
- Submitted · 2025-01-06T01:43:33.000Z · block 18819071
- TimedOut · 2025-01-20T01:51:33.000Z · block 19222271
Technical call tree
Technical call tree
The encoded call was staking.increaseValidatorCount with additional=7; 64 came from the proposal title's assumed starting count.
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}
]
},
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}
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"limitations": []
}Historical track parameters
Historical track parameters
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}Deposits
Deposits
Governance deposits are not proposal spending.
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"decision": null,
"outcome": "unknown"
}Sources
Sources
Corrections
Corrections
No corrections recorded.