Redistribution is Live on Testnet Eigen Labs is pleased to announce the Redistribution feature is now available on Holesky, Sepolia, and Hoodi Testnets.  AVSs will be able to repurpose and distribute slashed funds instead of burning them. This change expands the expressivity of slashing on EigenLayer, opening up new use

Ava Protocol eliminates the need for custom bots and fragile offchain infrastructure. Built on EigenLayer, it validates agent decisions and executes them onchain through a decentralized network—letting developers focus on logic while Ava handles the rest.

An “AVS archetype” is a design pattern for building AVSs on EigenLayer that defines how work is generated, tracked, and settled - helping developers quickly conceptualize and implement their AVS designs.

Redistribution is coming to EigenLayer. Soon, AVSs can repurpose slashed funds instead of burning them, unlocking new possibilities for verifiable services. This opt-in upgrade creates more expressive slashing mechanics with better incentives for all participants.

Infura's DIN harnesses EigenLayer's slashing to create blockchain infrastructure with real economic stakes. Providers back their promises with staked ETH, creating the first marketplace where reliability failures have financial consequences—bringing trustless security to web3's connection points.

Slashing goes live on EigenLayer mainnet April 17th. Get essential details on what slashing is, the implementation timeline, key reminders for all users, and specific guidance for AVSs, Operators, and Stakers in this comprehensive update.

Eigen Labs expands EigenLayer protocol testing capabilities with multiple new testnets and developer tools. Explore Hoodi deployment, improved CLI, Self Slasher AVS, and local devnet toolchains—empowering AVS builders with robust, versatile environments for seamless integration.

2024 was a monumental year for EigenLayer. Since launching our first staking contracts in June 2023, and following the full mainnet deployment of the EigenLayer protocol in April 2024, we’ve made great strides toward our vision of building coordination engines for driving open innovation.  We launched the EigenLayer protocol,

We are excited to introduce Slashing, a proposed protocol upgrade detailed in ELIP-002: Slashing, and the next significant step in the evolution of the EigenLayer protocol. This powerful upgrade introduces slashing, a critical tool for AVSs to enforce cryptoeconomic commitments. This proposed upgrade is the second EigenLayer Improvement Proposal (ELIP)

We are excited to announce the arrival of the Rewards v2 protocol upgrade on Mainnet. It is designed to bring greater flexibility, efficiency, and customization to rewards within the EigenLayer ecosystem. This upgrade is also the first EigenLayer Improvement Proposal (ELIP), ELIP-001: Rewards v2, using the EigenLayer Governance process (EigenGov)

The Eigen Foundation is excited to announce the upcoming Programmatic Incentives v1 release, a new EigenLayer protocol feature, providing programmatic EIGEN rewards to stakers and operators for their active participation in supporting AVSs. What Programmatic Incentives v1 will enable weekly programmatic rewards of newly-minted EIGEN tokens to qualifying stakers and

Eigen Labs is excited to introduce the EigenLayer Security Model, an evolution of our previous model, in preparation for the upcoming ‘Slashing’ protocol feature release. This blog post is a simple description of how EigenLayer empowers AVSs to operate more efficiently and create economically aligned incentives using three foundational concepts:

Eigen Labs is pleased to announce the EigenPod upgrade, a major update to the EigenLayer protocol, making native ETH restaking on EigenLayer easier and more rewarding. What The EigenPod upgrade introduces a novel balance checkpointing system for managing Ethereum validator and EigenPod balances. When All EigenPods on mainnet have been

CoinDesk published an article on airdrops in our ecosystem and Eigen Labs employee participation in those airdrops. We’ve written a community update on what happened, why it happened, and steps we’ve taken.  We want to make clear that we have no knowledge or evidence of any employee at

Eigen Labs is proud to introduce Permissionless Token Support, an upcoming update, to the EigenLayer protocol. This feature will enable any ERC-20 token to be permissionlessly added as a restakable asset, significantly broadening the scope of assets that can contribute to the security of decentralized networks, and unlocking the cryptoeconomic