From 6c49270664eb5a77cc6a99992fe1f99c15810ad0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vbuterin Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 08:00:12 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Added minimum slashing penalty of ~1 ETH (#624) --- specs/core/0_beacon-chain.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/specs/core/0_beacon-chain.md b/specs/core/0_beacon-chain.md index 45e707585..32e705d35 100644 --- a/specs/core/0_beacon-chain.md +++ b/specs/core/0_beacon-chain.md @@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ Code snippets appearing in `this style` are to be interpreted as Python code. | `WHISTLEBLOWER_REWARD_QUOTIENT` | `2**9` (= 512) | | `INCLUDER_REWARD_QUOTIENT` | `2**3` (= 8) | | `INACTIVITY_PENALTY_QUOTIENT` | `2**24` (= 16,777,216) | +| `MIN_PENALTY_QUOTIENT` | `2**5` (= 32) | * The `BASE_REWARD_QUOTIENT` parameter dictates the per-epoch reward. It corresponds to ~2.54% annual interest assuming 10 million participating ETH in every epoch. * The `INACTIVITY_PENALTY_QUOTIENT` equals `INVERSE_SQRT_E_DROP_TIME**2` where `INVERSE_SQRT_E_DROP_TIME := 2**12 epochs` (~18 days) is the time it takes the inactivity penalty to reduce the balance of non-participating [validators](#dfn-validator) to about `1/sqrt(e) ~= 60.6%`. Indeed, the balance retained by offline [validators](#dfn-validator) after `n` epochs is about `(1-1/INACTIVITY_PENALTY_QUOTIENT)**(n**2/2)` so after `INVERSE_SQRT_E_DROP_TIME` epochs it is roughly `(1-1/INACTIVITY_PENALTY_QUOTIENT)**(INACTIVITY_PENALTY_QUOTIENT/2) ~= 1/sqrt(e)`. @@ -2063,7 +2064,10 @@ def process_penalties_and_exits(state: BeaconState) -> None: total_at_start = state.latest_penalized_balances[(epoch_index + 1) % LATEST_PENALIZED_EXIT_LENGTH] total_at_end = state.latest_penalized_balances[epoch_index] total_penalties = total_at_end - total_at_start - penalty = get_effective_balance(state, index) * min(total_penalties * 3, total_balance) // total_balance + penalty = max( + get_effective_balance(state, index) * min(total_penalties * 3, total_balance) // total_balance, + get_effective_balance(state, index) // MIN_PENALTY_QUOTIENT + ) state.validator_balances[index] -= penalty def eligible(index):