The specific rules that determine when a validator's staked tokens get partially destroyed as punishment.
The specific rules that determine when a validator's staked tokens get partially destroyed as punishment. Common slashing offenses include double-signing blocks, extended downtime, and submitting invalid proofs. Slashing makes attacks expensive and incentivizes validators to behave honestly and maintain good uptime.
A penalty where validators lose part of their staked tokens for misbehavior.
A node operator who validates transactions and creates blocks on a proof-of-stake network.
A consensus mechanism where validators stake tokens as collateral to secure the network.
Application Binary Interface.
A way to make crypto wallets behave more like normal apps by turning every account into a smart contract.
The Ethereum standard for account abstraction without changing the core protocol.
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