Upgrading Ethereum | 2.8.6 Inactivity leak

A technical handbook on Ethereum's move to proof of stake and beyond.

Upgrading Ethereum | 2.8.6 Inactivity leak Part 2: Technical Overview The Incentive Layer Inactivity leak When the beacon chain is not finalising it enters a special "inactivity leak" mode. Attesters receive no rewards. Non-participating validators receive increasingly large penalties based on their track records. This is designed to restore finality in the event of the permanent failure of large numbers of validators. Introduction If the beacon chain hasn't finalised a checkpoint for longer than MIN_EPOCHS_TO_INACTIVITY_PENALTY (4) epochs, then it enters "inactivity leak" mode 1 . The inactiv

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