# Risks of Validating

Once the new epoch starts and your node score is in the top 32:

```elixir
API.Epoch.score()

[
  ["7DXyX5siLBPbkwhW2aaV4WRuLAHu7LTn2BJFNvprZ5wt9jtrXXusrys7qKmJdBhx1n", 82307],
  ["6u6Ym7mx3aqajGZHqdYP4eF8pNrFHx9vCEWNRa71ijTQhxSqTnjsR8RJc4DYTYUuxo", 9504],
  ["5zU13Q4iNrcxYenX5oUU8h7YAzM7XqQAzMe9fHs9dyxf58HMnA4JMX9vC7q5GiGpKa", 9493],
  ["6L9Tuur76iEd862SoERbuhHFFjWh2V5kMLAZhdKL5aYiQivCNfYYniPxogu4yLwpQ9", 9178],
  ["6bntFSNoGRQtaJkqD9czp9RxkiajVYg9mdnYd6h8gV3CFZKUd4eC6vCGWWfXHjMUXX", 9098],
  ["6V7zuE9Ci4RHWVDZxrKDK6sKR6QMEHdW7BrwadTR5N8dqyvE1VYEEGq9gWapPdy461", 9042],
  ["71botgABuPbNq8rfTtcEB4yrpo8SfLP22eos6cHTr2okmraU8TrFk7yzSBMhFfhRnq", 8997],
  ["6AK24JHCvsSvrVd9e1nntUd6ViKKq96cfnQpfvSDYivxt6MFvsGMb6DHRkQmP3huZU", 8783],
  ["7eQUenPHLRKvYGgCFS5CU1Si6qa4HnQps4uxXiQo587xu8aBHRXZRFpUPzNSAM2Fdj", 8693],
  ["667rUL2QG8EjedXzrmuHuBVoACQqmYgGxi65KR7JwJE1m9DXMXtrZ9hwSqcawvZrXo", 8598],
  ["7pGZFZpfJbUf8NwqSw84cRvNGabvDdd2SafxvNdTUh7Peus2S1tBv21ETiq46Xg4kb", 8338],
  ["6Z1xwWG5fNudY81gfL695DfJWh3uhmGvNsv2Q6aUotZudUHPqLeAjCxeDt5WXj7MBz", 8316],
  ["7VgGc6ZfALjrRyK6fxQeV6gZeeGpByoPx1uU5gdb1y1DVgLxyBFSa9vSQQFVhiprEp", 8202],
  ["6H3pRBo5snb5qNaehR9DBcm57YCvPaBDED5sRQ1LT7oSZuBpnib7VdsduHR2ojweFz", 8137],
  ["5qYZD8HVJzXX4UJDCe6gHdAu4or2jWdnkUX1ZLdGxBx3cKj6NkbXNz46CGxMjqyuL1", 8088],
  ["6ddsvp1auJ2zWqDwFJdoHvijEsHyXLfS2yFnxmyCBfgU7PsNRoeMgJSRhdforShBk5", 8077],
  ["7SswepNgUigEMiaxtVPHCU8pCJjNXAqp1ZZgEaqZGAtZZThqmg9JnjPPJ4fzJTHhHY", 8070],
  ["7nZ1tCQtfMBeFeJ8DGYX55QkWB7CtNpDfKgoehXrmUetVN68bAPNSzLYU76Bkz8kDv", 8025],
  ["7WH7ZHYwQZ6Fq3E95gzMohb2qpb4rbisFC4dtnWyQeheu6EgrbnpGHBc1mkzYbxkqb", 8015],
  ["6PAzwkAhjNPFrXDBE2Ew9YovvAZ3Z3abFEA6xFuRAgRDT2dsNyxDvrLLX7HVQwWht7", 7968],
  ["7FM7CE9wLpbFn317a7LcPvTRCcBx4jPb4NMmnM9zngo42JNK9aA1SETBufE6VkWaFj", 7952],
  ["5wXoFWTZAfrGZEyL2TzWGr2XQGSgdqbEbTGTWdhX9ciNEyh8yJoNWV7zBbWP2YcYYY", 7932],
  ["6YCDJ4f6dD8c5WuxDRp82ZYdho2Ha5qSeFTAZ3688y485hzH1WKViWwtFXm2qKdQEu", 7912],
  ["7SGTxaLStDPbLKnjcXC1fqN3xaGBs4oFEPVa6UVDwt5N63C7US4vf8wP9hB4p9Fdku", 7674],
  ["6yGYBgPmnvRfL8PuEECxkzpjCkdYwyTUP5abeqzKBB7BYfb2nU3YkUzC1KBNLwJRFd", 7605],
  ["78LByD8m22fAkAUxmpWf67WihHCeHX3SW2URN5H7zN2gqBdDy86LrKVxU9NR7DgCdK", 7590],
  ["5nooK1aeaUdD84oFsjUymzCiHRWNHzD6NBY5CSrZgSFNRwQUj7h3jA9gf62FcPPRWb", 7484],
  ["7HmEZ2zBKAaky3pfa3BjNiqDMoFgdzBpdkZfM5fH96hh8DhWE8nwpSPFE5KHMMaAmG", 7348],
  ["6PBwYc68quDCZFvi3qDwVHwEWWHUasAYZtbwzm6RX189pLXR7m8G3gDCNRMmVxxYJY", 7339],
  ["5t1jmA1tc68UFrBBfyGFJ6DUEpXUfUAMUfd65YqzfMkX7TcG2MvcNvoWMEyVh4tuYq", 7151],
  ["5kfTrgNrVFzkGAkQXDsPTreinAyPEE9szp8jvkBv44UnyHjpEZLm1xWpNNvLMSHCg9", 6998],
  ["6bmQpVDCyPBj3eNQ4Bz7zjGCC52rZ2PgtBANazbkESPVjxoHyGkJuPmmyB15ikekTH", 4904],
  ["72F3MbVLuUzxALsXAsTEJptYFGL9ewrHFhktZCGvj7JhWXnKJScpVqbbVTAEvU9Tok", 167],
  ["77PbahMBp91VnyQsBc3f59JvEiGoSuS6JUUtYmm1i3XZHxYyekgNoaoifJ5NLHA7sJ", 139]
]

```

You make it as validator into the next epoch. Your goal now is to produce entries on-time within the 500ms window until the epoch ends.

If you fail to produce an entry on-time or are stalling the network by producing late entries you are candidate for slashing. 

If you:

* Over the last 10 entries your average slot time is higher than 700ms 
* Do not produce an entry when it is your slot within 8seconds

Any validator can now call an on-chain special meeting and produce the proof plus agenda with the topic to vote for your removal, if consensus from other validators is reached via voting you are immediately dropped from the epoch and forfeit all accumulated score, any further calculations at epoch-end count your score as if it was 0. 

We are thinking to make this less harsh as there has been cases where honest nodes were being attacked and illegally DOSed to bring them offline and make candidates for slashing out of them. The benefit was their score was removed from the calculation of the emission so the attacker got a bigger piece for themselves at epoch end.


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