the slashed stake is no longer wasted. the idea behind slashing is simple, punish bad actors. on eigencloud, operators run services (avs), and in return they get delegated stake from restakers. but that comes with a promise: follow the rules, or get slashed. until now, when slashing happened, the staked capital was simply burned. it was meant to be punitive. but it punished everyone equally, even honest restakers who didn’t know what they signed up for. and it left value on the table. with re...

the slashed stake is no longer wasted. the idea behind slashing is simple, punish bad actors. on eigencloud, operators run services (avs), and in return they get delegated stake from restakers. but that comes with a promise: follow the rules, or get slashed. until now, when slashing happened, the staked capital was simply burned. it was meant to be punitive. but it punished everyone equally, even honest restakers who didn’t know what they signed up for. and it left value on the table. with re...