On September 13, the TON validator channel announced that a penalty system for validators was launched on September 9. The TON network analyzes the number of blocks a validator should have processed within a certain period of time against the actual number of blocks processed using the checkloadall command in the lite-client tool. If a validator processes fewer than 90% of the expected number of blocks, it is deemed to be performing poorly and is subject to penalties.

The penalty is fixed at 101 TON, which is equivalent to the validator's earnings per round. The penalty is distributed to other validators, deducting network fees and a small reward (approximately 8 TON) for the person who initiated the complaint.

TON Network implemented this measure to address the network outages in August due to two surges in DOGS transactions.