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How do AVS slashing dynamics compare to standard Ethereum staking?
AVS slashing dynamics are fundamentally more complex and varied than standard Ethereum staking. Ethereum's slashing is primarily for consensus-level violations: equivocation and surround voting. The conditions are well-defined, globally consistent, and the penalties are predictable. In contrast, AVS slashing is modular and application-specific. Each AVS defines its own slashing conditions, which can range from liveness faults and double-signing to more nuanced failures like submitting incorrect data for an oracle or failing a bridge validation. This means an operator faces a portfolio of unique, non-standardized risks rather than a single, well-understood set of rules, making risk assessment and management exponentially more difficult.
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