#dusk $DUSK @Dusk
Most staking guides skim over @Dusk_Foundation 's penalty mechanics with a single sentence claiming soft slashing does not burn stake.
While technically true, that summary misses the operational reality for provisioner nodes. Soft slashing shifts funds from active stake to the locked rewards pool rather than burning them outright but as consecutive consensus duties are missed, your node's score degrades rapidly. This process moves a substantial portion of your active stake into locked status, which immediately shrinks your usable balance, drops your sortition selection weight and slashes your block reward probability before an operator can step in. The tokens remain intact but the functional impact on overall staking yield is instant and severe.
What's your node monitoring strategy for consecutive uptime drops?
#dusk $DUSK @Dusk
Most staking guides skim over @Dusk_Foundation 's penalty mechanics with a single sentence claiming soft slashing does not burn stake.
While technically true, that summary misses the operational reality for provisioner nodes. Soft slashing shifts funds from active stake to the locked rewards pool rather than burning them outright but as consecutive consensus duties are missed, your node's score degrades rapidly. This process moves a substantial portion of your active stake into locked status, which immediately shrinks your usable balance, drops your sortition selection weight and slashes your block reward probability before an operator can step in. The tokens remain intact but the functional impact on overall staking yield is instant and severe.
What's your node monitoring strategy for consecutive uptime drops?
#dusk $DUSK @Dusk