{
  "id": 8071,
  "title": "EIP-8071: Prevent using consolidations as withdrawals",
  "status": "Draft",
  "type": "Standards Track",
  "category": "Core",
  "summary": "Prevents consolidation requests that would push the target validator's effective balance above the maximum.",
  "impacts": [
    "No explicit impact on everyday Ethereum users is described; only validator consolidation and withdrawal processing semantics are updated.",
    "The EIP describes no changes to application-layer behavior, so smart contracts and dapp logic are unaffected.",
    "No wallet-specific changes are specified; the proposal only alters how consensus clients process validator consolidation requests.",
    "No tooling or infrastructure modifications are mentioned; changes are limited to consensus clients' consolidation-handling logic.",
    "Layer 2 systems are not referenced; the change targets Ethereum mainnet consensus-layer validator consolidation only.",
    "Validators can no longer rely on consolidations as a faster withdrawal path; they must use the exit queue instead.",
    "Consensus clients must add a helper and update process_consolidation_request to cancel offending consolidations and cover new tests.",
    "No execution-layer implementation complexity is described; the specification only changes consensus-layer consolidation behavior.",
    "Prevents using consolidation queue as a faster, unintended withdrawal path.",
    "Aligns consolidation behavior with its intended purpose instead of behaving like exits."
  ],
  "discussion_url": "https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-8071-prevent-using-consolidations-as-withdrawals/26037",
  "source_markdown_url": "https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-8071.md",
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  "markdown_url": "/latest/eips/8071.md",
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      "snippet": "Prevents consolidation requests that would push the target validator's effective balance above the maximum."
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