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Marinade's Blacklist Policy for Validators

Marinade will blacklist validators that are identified as harming the network. A validator can get blacklisted for:

  • Slow voting (also known as vote lagging)
  • Commission rugs
  • Failure to restart the node within 36 hours following a cluster restart aftera halt, if this happens at least two times
  • Active engagement in sandwiching or other forms of malicious MEV behavior
Validators on the blacklist will be excluded from delegation and may have their bonds penalized where applicable.

To be removed from the blacklist, the process is the following:

  1. If a validator is blacklisted by Marinade's unjustly (e.g. validator's poor networking performance made us believe the validator was vote-lagging), the validator will be removed from the blacklist upon reviewing and approving the claim

  2. If a validator, once rightfully blacklisted, chooses to reform their behavior and demonstrate compliance, they will be removed from the blacklist only after an observation period of at least 1 month.

  3. Repeat offenders will be permanently blacklisted and prohibited from receiving Marinade stake. Rule 2 does not apply.

  4. Validators blacklisted for commission rugs are blacklisted permanently. Rule 2 does not apply.