Deposits

Storage Map v154 → v411 Changed in v411

Deposits reserved by accounts for entering or extending safe-mode.

Queried by: validatorsdevelopersanalytics

The Big Picture

This is the audit trail for safe-mode activations. Each deposit represents someone who put TAO at risk to protect the network. Governance uses this to decide which deposits to release (legitimate activations) or slash (abuse).

Why This Matters

If you activated safe-mode, your deposit is tracked here. After safe-mode ends and ReleaseDelay passes, you can call release_deposit to recover your funds.

Example Scenario

You entered safe-mode at block 1000000. Query Deposits(your_account, 1000000) returns 100000000000 (100 TAO in RAO). Your deposit is still reserved.

Common Questions

Why is the key (account, block)?: Supports multiple deposits per account at different times. Each deposit is tracked separately and released independently.

Use Cases

Check if your deposit is still reserved
Build governance dashboards showing outstanding deposits
Track who activated safe-mode and when

From Chain Metadata

Holds the reserve that was taken from an account at a specific block number. This helps governance to have an overview of outstanding deposits that should be returned or slashed.

Purpose & Usage

Purpose

Tracks who put up deposits to enter/extend safe-mode, and how much. Keyed by (account, block_number) to support multiple deposits per account and independent release timing.

Common Query Patterns

Query by (account, block) to check specific deposit
Iterate by account to find all deposits from an account
List all deposits for governance overview

Query Keys

#	Name	Type	Description
1	accountId account raw: key1	AccountId	key1 (AccountId) (hex -> SS58)
2	blockNumber block raw: key2	u32	key2 (u32)

Stored Value

u64

Value in RAO (÷10⁹ for TAO)

RAO -> TAO (/ 10^9)

Relationships

Modified By

enter extend force_release_deposit force_slash_deposit release_deposit

Code Examples

import { createClient, Binary } from "polkadot-api";
import { getWsProvider } from "polkadot-api/ws";
import { sub } from "@polkadot-api/descriptors"; // generated by: npx papi add sub -w wss://entrypoint-finney.opentensor.ai:443

const client = createClient(getWsProvider("wss://entrypoint-finney.opentensor.ai:443"));
const api = client.getTypedApi(sub);

// Query Deposits storage
const key1 = "5GrwvaEF5zXb26Fz9rcQpDWS57CtERHpNehXCPcNoHGKutQY";
const key2 = 0;

const result = await api.query.SafeMode.Deposits.getValue(key1, key2);
console.log("Deposits:", result);

Version History

Version:

v154 block 3,308,611 Added

v166–v194 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)

v195 block 3,791,350 Internal re-bind

v202 block 3,848,823 Internal re-bind

v203–v204 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)

v205 block 4,209,446 Internal re-bind

v207–v209 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)

v210 block 4,345,556 Internal re-bind

v213–v215 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)

v216 block 4,510,996 Internal re-bind

v220–v232 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)

v233 block 4,920,350 Internal re-bind

v235–v237 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)

v238 block 4,936,550 Internal re-bind

v253–v256 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)

v257 block 5,228,683 Internal re-bind

v259–v260 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)

v261 block 5,328,895 Internal re-bind

v266–v272 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)

v273 block 5,659,032 Internal re-bind

v275–v275 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)

v276 block 5,781,672 Internal re-bind

v278–v289 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)

v290 block 5,947,548 Internal re-bind

v293–v296 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)

v297 block 6,067,943 Internal re-bind

v316–v319 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)

v320 block 6,523,566 Internal re-bind

v324–v325 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)

v326 block 6,608,228 Internal re-bind

v327–v333 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)

v334 block 6,811,690 Internal re-bind

v353–v360 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)

v361 block 7,063,679 Internal re-bind

v363–v364 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)

v365 block 7,135,419 Internal re-bind

v378–v384 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)

v385 block 7,782,670 Internal re-bind

v386–v390 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)

v391 block 7,782,857 Internal re-bind

v394–v400 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)

v401 block 8,036,576 Internal re-bind

v403–v410 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)

v411 block 8,283,784 Internal re-bind Current

Runtime Info

Pallet: SafeMode
Storage Kind: Map
First Version: v154
Current Version: v411

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