Foresight News reports that the Ethereum restaking protocol EigenLayer has released its second EigenLayer Improvement Proposal (ELIP-002) and introduced a penalty mechanism. This proposal introduces a slashing mechanism to the EigenLayer protocol to enhance economic commitments in crypto and provides tools for AVS (Active Validation Services) to innovate and reward high-quality service operators.
The penalty mechanism designed in the proposal integrates two new concepts proposed by Eigen Labs: Unique Stake and Operator Sets, enabling AVS to penalize operators for unfulfilled commitments (such as computation errors or liveness issues). Unique Stake ensures that each AVS exclusively holds specific punishable stakes, reducing systemic risk. Operator Sets allow AVS to segment tasks and operators for better accountability and reward distribution.