Referendum #76 · bridge pauser · fact-checked
Unpause the Vara–Ethereum bridge
No original public title was captured.
Governance: Executed · Dispatch succeeded
Submitted 2026-08-06T14:54:57.000Z · 2026-08-06T15:42:12.000Z
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 reopened the Vara-side Ethereum bridge pallet after the August 2026 pause sequence.
Why it mattered
Unpausing restored the Vara-side bridge pallet's ability to process permitted cross-chain activity.
An Aye vote meant…
An Aye vote supported unpausing the bridge pallet.
A Nay vote meant…
A Nay vote opposed reopening the bridge pallet through this referendum.
What happened or is happening
This referendum changed only the bridge pallet's paused flag; program-level VFT-manager state was handled through separate messages and later migration calls.
The direct gearEthBridge.unpause call returned success.
Unpause the Gear Ethereum bridge pallet.
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 direct gearEthBridge.unpause call returned success.
Promised outcomes
- Unpause the Vara-side Ethereum bridge pallet.
Verified outcomes
- The 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 call alone does not prove that all bridge services and relayers resumed operation at the same moment.
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 | 26 |
|---|---|
| Delegating addresses | 0 |
| Raw capital (VARA) | 1365062740.123027763049 |
| Weighted Aye power (VARA) | 136506274.012302776302 |
| Weighted Nay power (VARA) | 0 |
| Approval (%) | 100 |
| Raw capital / captured electorate (%) | 13.53071568 |
| Support capital (VARA) | 1365062740.123027763049 |
| Top-one share (%) | 11.39875 |
| Top-three share (%) | 32.63879 |
| HHI (0–10,000) | 617.28505 |
| Gini (0–1) | 0.38232208 |
Proposal history
Proposal history
| Referendum | Governance | Execution | Direct addresses |
|---|
Timeline
Timeline
- Submitted · 2026-08-06T14:54:57.000Z · block 35225701
- DecisionDepositPlaced · 2026-08-06T14:55:09.000Z · block 35225704
- DecisionStarted · 2026-08-06T14:58:27.000Z · block 35225761
- ConfirmStarted · 2026-08-06T15:42:03.000Z · block 35226537
- Confirmed · 2026-08-06T15:42:06.000Z · block 35226538
- Executed · 2026-08-06T15:42:12.000Z · block 35226539
Technical call tree
Technical call tree
This referendum changed only the bridge pallet's paused flag; program-level VFT-manager state was handled through separate messages and later migration calls.
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"call": {
"callIndex": "0x6e01",
"section": "gearEthBridge",
"method": "unpause",
"args": []
},
"nestedCalls": [
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"depth": 0,
"callIndex": "0x6e01",
"section": "gearEthBridge",
"method": "unpause"
}
],
"limitations": []
}Historical track parameters
Historical track parameters
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"decisionPeriodBlocks": 14400,
"confirmationPeriodBlocks": 1,
"minimumEnactmentBlocks": 1,
"decisionDeposit": {
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"vara": "3750000"
},
"approvalCurve": {
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}
},
"supportCurve": {
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}
}
}Deposits
Deposits
Governance deposits are not proposal spending.
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"amount": {
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},
"decision": {
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"amount": {
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}
},
"outcome": "unknown"
}Sources
Sources
Corrections
Corrections
No corrections recorded.