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What Is the Difference between ‘Jailing’ and ‘Slashing’ in PoS Protocols?

'Jailing' is a temporary, less severe penalty where a validator is temporarily removed from the active set and prevented from participating in block validation, often for minor infractions like extended downtime. 'Slashing' is the severe, permanent penalty that results in the forced removal of a portion of the validator's staked funds, reserved for provably malicious behavior like double-signing.

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