EigenLayer Activates Mainnet Slashing on April 17, Implementing ELIPs 002–004 and Achieving Feature-Complete Status

EigenLayer launched its slashing mechanism on mainnet on April 17, 2025, achieving feature-complete status. The upgrade was executed by the EigenLayer Protocol Council, which is implementing ELIPs 002, 003, and 004 to enable secure, onchain slashing.

With slashing now live, EigenLayer enforces accountability and programmable trust for over 190 actively validated services (AVSs) and more than 80,000 stakers. The mechanism penalizes validators and providers for protocol violations, such as failing to fulfill commitments or acting maliciously, by reducing their staked assets.

The mev-commit protocol, integrated with EigenLayer, uses slashing to incentivize honest behavior and penalize non-compliance. However, mev-commit will not enable slashing on EigenLayer at this time for validators earning preconf rewards.

This release is described as the first working implementation of programmable trust at scale. The activation of slashing is widely recognized by infrastructure partners and developers, with integrations underway and the $EIGEN token referenced in related communications.

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