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Do shared dependencies (e.g., Ethereum consensus clients) cause correlated slashes? Yes, shared dependencies are a major source of correlated slashing risk. The most prominent example is the Ethereum consensus layer. A bug in a popular Ethereum consensus client (like Prysm or Lighthouse) could cause all validators using that client—regardless of which AVSes they are securing—to behave incorrectly and be slashed on the Beacon Chain. This would simultaneously impact their ability to perform duties for any AVS they are registered with, potentially causing a cascade of liveness faults across the restaking ecosystem. This creates a powerful argument for client diversity not just within a single AVS, but across the entire base layer upon which the AVS ecosystem is built.

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