Referendum #72 · bridge pauser · fact-checked
Pause the Vara–Ethereum bridge and its VFT administration program
No original public title was captured.
Governance: Executed · Dispatch succeeded
Submitted 2026-08-04T09:20:27.000Z · 2026-08-04T09:37:06.000Z
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 paused both the Vara-side bridge pallet and the associated VFT administration program in one atomic batch.
Why it mattered
Pausing both layers reduces the risk that one bridge component remains active while another is being stopped or maintained.
An Aye vote meant…
An Aye vote supported pausing both bridge components together.
A Nay vote meant…
A Nay vote opposed that combined pause.
What happened or is happening
The second call sent the SCALE-encoded service route “VftAdmin” and method “Pause” to 0xe01ddc667f80cf57704352b557668b710c345395abcac0752c01402d16e3e81b.
The batch returned success after calling gearEthBridge.pause and sending the encoded VftAdmin.Pause message.
Atomically pause the Gear Ethereum bridge pallet and send a VftAdmin.Pause message to program 0xe01ddc667f80cf57704352b557668b710c345395abcac0752c01402d16e3e81b.
The call did not itself operate off-chain relayers or Ethereum infrastructure; those components remained separately operated.
Observable on-chain result
Dispatch returned success.
The batch returned success after calling gearEthBridge.pause and sending the encoded VftAdmin.Pause message.
Promised outcomes
- Pause the Vara-side bridge pallet and the specified VFT administration program together.
Verified outcomes
- The atomic batch dispatch returned success.
Follow-up: verified-complete
- This review verifies the encoded action and referendum dispatch result, not continuous bridge-service availability.
Still unknown
- The public proposal record does not provide a narrative explanation for the pause or identify a specific incident.
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 | 27 |
|---|---|
| Delegating addresses | 0 |
| Raw capital (VARA) | 1184200200 |
| Weighted Aye power (VARA) | 118420020 |
| Weighted Nay power (VARA) | 0 |
| Approval (%) | 100 |
| Raw capital / captured electorate (%) | 11.74040174 |
| Support capital (VARA) | 1184200200 |
| Top-one share (%) | 13.13968 |
| Top-three share (%) | 33.64298 |
| HHI (0–10,000) | 613.01315 |
| Gini (0–1) | 0.3566433 |
Proposal history
Proposal history
| Referendum | Governance | Execution | Direct addresses |
|---|
Timeline
Timeline
- Submitted · 2026-08-04T09:20:27.000Z · block 35168346
- DecisionDepositPlaced · 2026-08-04T09:23:00.000Z · block 35168394
- DecisionStarted · 2026-08-04T09:23:36.000Z · block 35168406
- ConfirmStarted · 2026-08-04T09:36:30.000Z · block 35168638
- Confirmed · 2026-08-04T09:36:33.000Z · block 35168639
- Executed · 2026-08-04T09:37:06.000Z · block 35168649
Technical call tree
Technical call tree
The second call sent the SCALE-encoded service route “VftAdmin” and method “Pause” to 0xe01ddc667f80cf57704352b557668b710c345395abcac0752c01402d16e3e81b.
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"call": {
"callIndex": "0x0802",
"section": "utility",
"method": "batchAll",
"args": [
{
"name": "calls",
"type": "Vec<Call>",
"value": [
{
"callIndex": "0x6e00",
"section": "gearEthBridge",
"method": "pause",
"args": []
},
{
"callIndex": "0x6803",
"section": "gear",
"method": "sendMessage",
"args": [
{
"name": "destination",
"type": "GprimitivesActorId",
"value": "0xe01ddc667f80cf57704352b557668b710c345395abcac0752c01402d16e3e81b"
},
{
"name": "payload",
"type": "Bytes",
"value": "0x2056667441646d696e145061757365"
},
{
"name": "gasLimit",
"type": "u64",
"value": "500000000000"
},
{
"name": "value",
"type": "u128",
"value": "0"
},
{
"name": "keepAlive",
"type": "bool",
"value": false
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
"nestedCalls": [
{
"depth": 0,
"callIndex": "0x0802",
"section": "utility",
"method": "batchAll"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"callIndex": "0x6e00",
"section": "gearEthBridge",
"method": "pause"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"callIndex": "0x6803",
"section": "gear",
"method": "sendMessage"
}
],
"limitations": []
}Historical track parameters
Historical track parameters
{
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"preparePeriodBlocks": 60,
"decisionPeriodBlocks": 14400,
"confirmationPeriodBlocks": 1,
"minimumEnactmentBlocks": 1,
"decisionDeposit": {
"planck": "3750000000000000000",
"vara": "3750000"
},
"approvalCurve": {
"linearDecreasing": {
"length": 214285714,
"floor": 750000000,
"ceil": 750000000
}
},
"supportCurve": {
"linearDecreasing": {
"length": 500000000,
"floor": 100000000,
"ceil": 100000000
}
}
}Deposits
Deposits
Governance deposits are not proposal spending.
{
"submission": {
"depositor": "kGhAjUA3Uke6UmWwMRRwFHuxisCgm7dab61sL1tKqA15NXQVX",
"amount": {
"planck": "1500000000000000",
"vara": "1500"
}
},
"decision": {
"depositor": "kGhAjUA3Uke6UmWwMRRwFHuxisCgm7dab61sL1tKqA15NXQVX",
"amount": {
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"vara": "3750000"
}
},
"outcome": "unknown"
}Sources
Sources
Corrections
Corrections
No corrections recorded.