Referendum #79 · bridge pauser · fact-checked

Pause the intermediate VFT manager and bridge before migration

No original public title was captured.

Governance: Executed · Dispatch succeeded

Submitted 2026-08-28T11:04:12.000Z · 2026-08-28T13:43:51.001Z

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 attempted to pause both the intermediate VFT manager and the Vara-side Ethereum bridge before the next migration stage.

Why it mattered

Pausing both layers reduces activity while bridge authority and program relationships are being changed.

An Aye vote meant…

An Aye vote supported attempting both pause operations in the same forceBatch.

A Nay vote meant…

A Nay vote opposed that combined pre-migration pause.

What happened or is happening

Unlike batchAll, forceBatch continues after an inner failure. The outer success therefore cannot establish that each inner call succeeded without the corresponding item-result events.

The outer forceBatch dispatch returned success after attempting the program message and bridge-pallet pause.

Use utility.forceBatch to send VftManager.Pause to 0xc97d76b9aa85ca7738ac2b9eb30756edb985abd93a65834438e751bd0a5237af and call gearEthBridge.pause.

Cross-chain delivery, destination-program processing and Ethereum finality remain separate from Vara governance dispatch unless independently verified.

Observable on-chain result

Dispatch returned success.

The outer forceBatch dispatch returned success after attempting the program message and bridge-pallet pause.

Promised outcomes

Attempt to pause the intermediate VFT manager and Vara-side bridge pallet.

Verified outcomes

The outer forceBatch referendum dispatch returned success.

Follow-up: partially-verified

Review distinguishes referendum dispatch success from asynchronous Gear-program processing and Ethereum-side execution.

Still unknown

The archive has not yet attached the individual forceBatch item-completion events.
Gear message submission would still not by itself prove destination-program processing.

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	24
Delegating addresses	0
Raw capital (VARA)	1208099892.088431136496
Weighted Aye power (VARA)	120809989.208843113648
Weighted Nay power (VARA)	0
Approval (%)	100
Raw capital / captured electorate (%)	11.94700273
Support capital (VARA)	1208099892.088431136496
Top-one share (%)	12.87974
Top-three share (%)	30.77204
HHI (0–10,000)	660.94776
Gini (0–1)	0.36093333

Proposal history

Referendum	Governance	Execution	Direct addresses

Timeline

Submitted · 2026-08-28T11:04:12.000Z · block 35779111
DecisionDepositPlaced · 2026-08-28T11:04:33.000Z · block 35779117
DecisionStarted · 2026-08-28T11:07:42.000Z · block 35779171
ConfirmStarted · 2026-08-28T13:43:45.000Z · block 35781821
Confirmed · 2026-08-28T13:43:48.001Z · block 35781822
Executed · 2026-08-28T13:43:51.001Z · block 35781823

Technical call tree

Unlike batchAll, forceBatch continues after an inner failure. The outer success therefore cannot establish that each inner call succeeded without the corresponding item-result events.

{
  "call": {
    "callIndex": "0x0804",
    "section": "utility",
    "method": "forceBatch",
    "args": [
      {
        "name": "calls",
        "type": "Vec<Call>",
        "value": [
          {
            "callIndex": "0x6803",
            "section": "gear",
            "method": "sendMessage",
            "args": [
              {
                "name": "destination",
                "type": "GprimitivesActorId",
                "value": "0xc97d76b9aa85ca7738ac2b9eb30756edb985abd93a65834438e751bd0a5237af"
              },
              {
                "name": "payload",
                "type": "Bytes",
                "value": "0x285666744d616e61676572145061757365"
              },
              {
                "name": "gasLimit",
                "type": "u64",
                "value": "250000000000"
              },
              {
                "name": "value",
                "type": "u128",
                "value": "0"
              },
              {
                "name": "keepAlive",
                "type": "bool",
                "value": false
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "callIndex": "0x6e00",
            "section": "gearEthBridge",
            "method": "pause",
            "args": []
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "nestedCalls": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "callIndex": "0x0804",
      "section": "utility",
      "method": "forceBatch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "callIndex": "0x6803",
      "section": "gear",
      "method": "sendMessage"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "callIndex": "0x6e00",
      "section": "gearEthBridge",
      "method": "pause"
    }
  ],
  "limitations": []
}

Historical track parameters

{
  "maxDeciding": 5,
  "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

Governance deposits are not proposal spending.

{
  "submission": {
    "depositor": "kGgQqLXhVVMv85XDy1v5AE6HVBG1tkAwURrdmq1ewbmGMCaGH",
    "amount": {
      "planck": "1500000000000000",
      "vara": "1500"
    }
  },
  "decision": {
    "depositor": "kGhAjUA3Uke6UmWwMRRwFHuxisCgm7dab61sL1tKqA15NXQVX",
    "amount": {
      "planck": "3750000000000000000",
      "vara": "3750000"
    }
  },
  "outcome": "unknown"
}

Sources

subsquare · retrieved 2026-10-14T00:46:33.897Z · block 35779111
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-documentation · retrieved 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z
Official bridge deployment documentation used to identify current Vara programs and Ethereum contracts.
vara-documentation · retrieved 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z
Official bridge source used to verify service and governance-message encodings.

Corrections

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