Offences Pallet

The Offences Pallet is a critical component in the Substrate framework designed to detect, record, and manage misbehavior within the network. It ensures the integrity of the system by imposing penalties on validators and other actors who deviate from expected behavior, such as equivocation or inactivity.

Key functionalities:

• Misbehavior Detection: Facilitates the detection of offenses, such as double-signing or equivocation, leveraging integrated modules or external monitoring tools while it supports configurable offense types to adapt to specific network requirements and threat models.

• Offense Reporting and Recording: Provides a structured mechanism to report misbehavior, with offenses recorded on-chain for transparency and accountability. It also tracks offenders and their associated penalties to discourage repeated violations.

• Penalty Enforcement: Imposes penalties on validators or network participants based on the severity and frequency of their offenses. Penalties can include slashing, staking disqualifications, or temporary bans to maintain network integrity.

• Historical Tracking: Maintains a history of offenses and their resolutions to enable governance or runtime modules to make informed decisions regarding actors’ reliability. Supports configurable retention policies to manage storage efficiently while preserving essential historical data.