This referendum proposes closing 10 HRMP channels (5 bidirectional pairs) between Astar (paraID 2006) and Polkadot parachains where XCM activity has gone dormant or never reached meaningful volume.

Channels to close (both directions):

out = Astar → counterparty, in = counterparty → Astar.

Why close them:

1. Misuse prevention. An open channel into a parachain whose team, validators, or governance has gone quiet is a latent risk. If the counterparty is ever compromised, the XCM path into Astar is already there.
2. Maintenance reduction. Every runtime upgrade and XCM version bump has to account for every open channel. Removing inactive ones shrinks the matrix engineering has to validate against.
3. Security posture. Astar's XCM trust surface should match its active integrations, not its historical ones.

Closure is reversible. If any of these counterparties becomes relevant again, a future referendum can reopen the channel.

On-chain artifacts:

• Preimage hash: 0xaa25cc3da11962abac0039854d33a312db6019a523eb4816a4fcc9b987ff1965
• Call data: 0x3300030100031400040000000002286bee130000000002286bee0006000700bca06501420d03009d011a02283c02d6070000d20700003c02d2070000d60700003c02d6070000e90700003c02e9070000d60700003c02d6070000fe0700003c02fe070000d60700003c02d6070000f00700003c02f0070000d60700003c02d6070000e30700003c02e3070000d6070000140d0100000100591f

Reference: Full context and discussion on the Astar forum: https://forum.astar.network/t/closing-unused-xcm-channels-with-five-polkadot-parachains/9482

Vote AYE to approve the closures, NAY to reject.