Referendum #82 · bridge pauser · fact-checked

Rejected attempt to unpause the new VFT manager and bridge

No original public title was captured.

Governance: Rejected · Not executed

Submitted 2026-09-02T20:44:15.000Z · 2026-09-03T10:53:57.000Z

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

What this referendum means

What was proposed?

This proposal would have unpaused both the new VFT manager and Vara's Ethereum bridge, but voters rejected it before execution.

Why it mattered

The vote determined whether the newly migrated bridge components should return to service.

An Aye vote meant…

An Aye vote supported dispatching both unpause operations together.

A Nay vote meant…

A Nay vote opposed unpausing them through this referendum.

What happened or is happening

The Gear message targeted the officially documented current VFT manager 0x440e8faddaef7e9cc7230564fd062cd807d4a957d2dfe61da8638ee633d72f7f. The complete proposal hash is identical to #83.

The referendum was rejected, so neither call executed. Referendum #83 then proposed the identical batch and passed.

Atomically send VftManager.Unpause to 0x440e8faddaef7e9cc7230564fd062cd807d4a957d2dfe61da8638ee633d72f7f and call gearEthBridge.unpause.

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

Observable on-chain result

The referendum was rejected, so neither call executed. Referendum #83 then proposed the identical batch and passed.

Promised outcomes

Unpause the new VFT manager and Vara-side bridge if approved.

Verified outcomes

The referendum was rejected and did not execute.
Referendum #83 reused the same proposal hash and later executed.

Follow-up: not-applicable

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

Still unknown

No public proposal body explains why the first attempt was rejected or what changed before the immediate resubmission.

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	0
Delegating addresses	0
Raw capital (VARA)	0
Weighted Aye power (VARA)	0
Weighted Nay power (VARA)	0
Approval (%)	Unavailable
Raw capital / captured electorate (%)	0
Support capital (VARA)	0
Top-one share (%)	Unavailable
Top-three share (%)	Unavailable
HHI (0–10,000)	Unavailable
Gini (0–1)	Unavailable

Proposal history

Referendum	Governance	Execution	Direct addresses
#83 Unpause the new VFT manager and Vara–Ethereum bridge This referendum passed the same unpause batch rejected in #82, reopening the Vara-side bridge pallet and submitting the new manager's unpause command.	Executed	Dispatch succeeded	24

Timeline

Submitted · 2026-09-02T20:44:15.000Z · block 35912113
DecisionDepositPlaced · 2026-09-02T20:44:27.000Z · block 35912117
DecisionStarted · 2026-09-02T20:47:48.000Z · block 35912173
Rejected · 2026-09-03T10:53:57.000Z · block 35926573

Technical call tree

The Gear message targeted the officially documented current VFT manager 0x440e8faddaef7e9cc7230564fd062cd807d4a957d2dfe61da8638ee633d72f7f. The complete proposal hash is identical to #83.

{
  "call": {
    "callIndex": "0x0802",
    "section": "utility",
    "method": "batchAll",
    "args": [
      {
        "name": "calls",
        "type": "Vec<Call>",
        "value": [
          {
            "callIndex": "0x6803",
            "section": "gear",
            "method": "sendMessage",
            "args": [
              {
                "name": "destination",
                "type": "GprimitivesActorId",
                "value": "0x440e8faddaef7e9cc7230564fd062cd807d4a957d2dfe61da8638ee633d72f7f"
              },
              {
                "name": "payload",
                "type": "Bytes",
                "value": "0x285666744d616e616765721c556e7061757365"
              },
              {
                "name": "gasLimit",
                "type": "u64",
                "value": "250000000000"
              },
              {
                "name": "value",
                "type": "u128",
                "value": "0"
              },
              {
                "name": "keepAlive",
                "type": "bool",
                "value": false
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "callIndex": "0x6e01",
            "section": "gearEthBridge",
            "method": "unpause",
            "args": []
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "nestedCalls": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "callIndex": "0x0802",
      "section": "utility",
      "method": "batchAll"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "callIndex": "0x6803",
      "section": "gear",
      "method": "sendMessage"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "callIndex": "0x6e01",
      "section": "gearEthBridge",
      "method": "unpause"
    }
  ],
  "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 35912113
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.

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