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Why was my delegated INJ reduced?

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Injective Protocol
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Users may see their delegated amount of INJ reduced due to slashing. Slashing is a mechanism built into Proof-of-Stake blockchain protocols to discourage validator misbehavior. Slashing events are downtime and double-sign. Double-sign refers to double-spend or chain forks. Depending on the incident and the level of severity, both validator and delegators will lose different amounts of tokens bonded. When double-sign occurs, the validator is not able to re-enter the active validator set that participates in the consensus. The reward mechanism is designed to ensure that all stakers will receive rewards regardless of validator downtime.

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