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		stickfigure on Dec 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Evolution of the Ethereum proof-of-stake consensus... You're describing the current software. Think one meta level up. In a hard fork, the software can change in any arbitrary way.

DennisP on Dec 25, 2022 [–]

Technically, sure, but if you remove the slashing penalty then you entirely break the protocol.

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