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Are rate limit abuses in governance able to induce downtime slashes? Yes, rate limiting is a critical governance parameter that, if abused, could induce downtime slashes. Many AVSs have rate limits for operations like submitting transactions or heartbeats to prevent spam. A malicious governance proposal could set these rate limits to an impractically low level, effectively throttling all operators and preventing them from performing their required duties. If operators cannot submit their attestations or proofs within the required time frame because of an artificially imposed bottleneck, they would be slashed for liveness failures. This demonstrates how even a seemingly minor technical parameter, when controlled by governance, can be weaponized to cause widespread and "artificial" slashing across the entire network.

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