In a recent blog post, Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, proposed an anti-correlation incentive program to enhance decentralization in staking. With this proposal, validators would face penalties for common mistakes like missing an attestation.

The concept behind this initiative stems from the idea that mistakes made by one individual in a decentralized blockchain setting are likely to be replicated by other identities controlled by the same individual. To address this issue, Ethereum introduced the anti-correlation incentive program. Buterin emphasized the program's goal of promoting genuine decentralization and discouraging superficial compliance.