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+## EigenLayer
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+### tl; dr
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+* currently, only a limited set of protocols can incentivize service-providers reliably
+* restaking means taking staked ethereum and re-staking it on some other protocol, which can be slashed
+* eigenlayer comes as a market between protocols and restakers, choosing from many different protocols
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