# slashing

## `x/slashing` <a href="#x-slashing" id="x-slashing"></a>

### Abstract <a href="#abstract" id="abstract"></a>

This section specifies the slashing module of the Cosmos SDK, which implements functionality first outlined in the [Cosmos Whitepaper ](https://cosmos.network/about/whitepaper)in June 2016.

The slashing module enables Cosmos SDK-based blockchains to disincentivize any attributable action by a protocol-recognized actor with value at stake by penalizing them ("slashing").

Penalties may include, but are not limited to:

* Burning some amount of their stake
* Removing their ability to vote on future blocks for a period of time.

This module will be used by the Cosmos Hub, the first hub in the Cosmos ecosystem.


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