When the most popular startup of Ethereum from last year, Eigenlayer, was launched a year ago in massive expectations – many members of the community quickly criticized that it lacked a critical characteristic.
An announcement of the project said Wednesday that the functionality – Slashing – should finally arrive on April 17. The introduction of Slashing will mark the first “complete” version of the protocol.
Eigenlayer launched the concept of replenishment, a means for Ethereum users to secure additional protocols beyond the base layer by reducing their marked ether. Slashing was supposed to be part of this system, offering applications a way to punish bad players by entering part of their capital.
The implementation of Slashing will allow actively validated services (AVSS) – applications built at the top of the Eigenlayer replenishment system – to define personalized conditions penalizing operators who do not fulfill the pre -established conditions and reward those who do so.
“This is a major step in the Eigenlayer protocol because it allows a free market where operators can earn rewards for their work and AVSS can launch verifiable services,” said Eigenlayer in a blog article.
Eigenlayer attracted more than $ 15 billion to the platform in a year and has generated a massive beating for the Eigen token, which was launched in October.
The Eigenlayer ecosystem has developed, with “more” AVSS in development, according to its website. The notable services include EIGENA, an availability service of data operated by Eigen Labs and Arpa Network, which specializes in randomization without confidence.
While Eigenlayer was the pioneer of replenishment, the lack of reduction in the left square so that the competitors gain market share. Symbiotic, which allows the restart of any active, was used by early adopters of clean cheerfulness, in particular hyperlan, an interoperability framework, and Ethena, a popular synthetic dollar protocol.
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