Slash a Participant Deposit

The Trust Deposit linked to a participant can be slashed (MOD-PP-MSG-12, MsgSlashParticipantTrustDeposit) by:

• the validator ancestor that onboarded the participant;
• the Ecosystem controller (owner of the root participant of this credential schema).

A non-empty reason is required (MOD-PP-MSG-12-1). The slashed amount is burned and cannot be recovered.

Prerequisites

This is a delegable transaction executed on behalf of a Corporation. Before running it you need:

1. A Corporation (policy_address) that controls the validator participant or the schema's Ecosystem — see Create a Corporation.
2. The policy funded with uvna for fees.
3. An operator granted authorization for /verana.pp.v1.MsgSlashParticipantTrustDeposit via Grant Operator Authorization.

Sign with --from <operator> and pass the corporation with --corporation <policy_address>.

Message Parameters

Name	Description	Mandatory
id	Numeric ID of the participant whose deposit to slash.	yes
amount	Amount to slash (≤ the participant's current deposit).	yes
reason	Non-empty reason string, recorded in the event.	yes
--corporation	policy_address of the slashing Corporation.	yes

Post the Message

CLI

Usage

veranad tx pp slash-participant-td <id> <amount> <reason> \
  --corporation <policy_address> \
  --from <operator> --chain-id <chain-id> --keyring-backend test --fees 750000uvna --gas auto --node $NODE_RPC

Example

CORPORATION=verana1n64en27u7qckklkk4twkkun5h6v5dsur7g6l4pfmfhydvfru9upq5w4nlu
OPERATOR=verana1aesnnc4fvar4wyaryvj9y4sty9vsw69hgymw7q

veranad tx pp slash-participant-td 10 10 "journey 308 test slash" \
  --corporation $CORPORATION \
  --from $OPERATOR --chain-id $CHAIN_ID --keyring-backend test --fees 750000uvna --gas auto --node $NODE_RPC --yes

Real result

Succeeds with code: 0; the slashed amount is burned and the participant's slashed_deposit is recorded (txhash EE3FD47BD8E4824050F70D010849D7A047B63D7E8C4CE4E021C46F3FBAC89B36):

- type: burn
  attributes:
  - key: amount
    value: 10uvna
- type: slash_participant_trust_deposit
  attributes:
  - key: participant_id
    value: "10"
  - key: slashed_amount
    value: "10"
  - key: reason
    value: journey 308 test slash
  - key: corporation
    value: verana1n64en27u7qckklkk4twkkun5h6v5dsur7g6l4pfmfhydvfru9upq5w4nlu

Frontend

tip

TODO: When available in the UI, links and screenshots will be added here.

Verify

veranad query pp get-participant 10 --node $NODE_RPC --output json

Real testnet state shows the slash recorded (and later repaid):

{
  "participant": {
    "id": "10",
    "role": "ISSUER",
    "deposit": "20000000",
    "slashed": "2026-07-10T08:12:16.375173Z",
    "slashed_deposit": "10",
    "validator_participant_id": "9",
    "op_state": "VALIDATED",
    "corporation_id": "6"
  }
}

A slashed participant cannot be revived. To operate again, the owner must repay the slashed deposit (Repay a Slashed Participant Deposit) and request a new participant.

See also

• Repay a Slashed Participant Deposit
• Revoke a Participant