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Re:Evolution of the Ethereum Proof-of-Stake Consensus Protocol by stickfigure on Sunday December 25, 2022 @10:28AM (#34128016)
You're describing the current software. Think one meta level up. In a hard fork, the software can change in any arbitrary way.
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Re:Evolution of the Ethereum Proof-of-Stake Consensus Protocol by DennisP on Sunday December 25, 2022 @11:41AM (#34128623)
Technically, sure, but if you remove the slashing penalty then you entirely break the protocol.
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