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What Is the Risk of “Slashing” in a Proof-of-Stake Protocol?

Slashing is the automatic penalty of removing a portion of a validator's staked funds for malicious or negligent behavior.
Greeks.Live17.11.25

What Is the Risk of “Slashing” in a Proof-of-Stake Protocol?

Slashing is a punitive mechanism in PoS protocols designed to maintain network integrity and penalize validators who act maliciously or fail to perform their duties correctly. If a validator double-signs a block or goes offline for too long, a portion of their staked cryptocurrency is automatically taken away (slashed) by the protocol's smart contract.

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