The text "At most, all slashing does is makes Step 3 take more time." makes it pretty clear that I understand that completely. If you can suggest a revision to

The text "At most, all slashing does is makes Step 3 take more time." makes it pretty clear that I understand that completely. If you can suggest a revision to my comment that makes it more clear I'd be happy to mae it. > has already been finalized. This is presuming the existance of an external consensus mechanism.