Wu said that Helius announced the introduction of programmatic slashing in Solana to enhance network security. Slashing incentivizes decentralized and reliable infrastructure by burning the staked assets of malicious or negligent validators. Related proposals include: SIMD-0204 (verifiable slashing events) coming soon, initially focusing on detecting duplicate block production, with future expansion to voting violations; SIMD-0180 will change the leader schedule key from identity address to voting account address, ensuring accurate attribution of slashing, and is coming soon; SIMD-0212 defines the implementation rules for slashing, which is still under discussion and requires community governance voting. The current proposal suggests a secondary penalty function based on the Nakamoto coefficient line to avoid over-penalizing small mistakes, with severe violations resulting in a 100% slashing of stake. To prevent penalty evasion, a cooling-off period needs to be introduced. Slashing poses risks to stakers, DeFi, etc., necessitating an insurance mechanism. Compared to Ethereum and Cosmos, Solana's slashing requires community governance approval, balancing punishment with fairness.

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