From 58d36dcad5dbcf3094bca79c6237dcb839b21041 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shawn <44221603+shaspitz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 10:25:11 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Update service.go

---
 p2p/pkg/rpc/bidder/service.go | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/p2p/pkg/rpc/bidder/service.go b/p2p/pkg/rpc/bidder/service.go
index 7b3eb4cce..93ec87524 100644
--- a/p2p/pkg/rpc/bidder/service.go
+++ b/p2p/pkg/rpc/bidder/service.go
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ func (s *Service) SendBid(
 	}
 
 	if bid.SlashAmount == "" {
-		bid.SlashAmount = "0"
+		s.logger.Info("slash amount is empty, using bid amount as slash amount", "bid", bid)
+		bid.SlashAmount = bid.Amount
 	}
 
 	var optBuf []byte

From 116094a430b4fbd217b7503b9fce41905d3b254f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shawn <44221603+shaspitz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 10:36:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] test

---
 p2p/pkg/rpc/bidder/service_test.go | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+)

diff --git a/p2p/pkg/rpc/bidder/service_test.go b/p2p/pkg/rpc/bidder/service_test.go
index 537f42243..7f8bc7105 100644
--- a/p2p/pkg/rpc/bidder/service_test.go
+++ b/p2p/pkg/rpc/bidder/service_test.go
@@ -565,6 +565,56 @@ func TestSendBid(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSendBidSlashAmount(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	client := startServer(t)
+
+	t.Run("slash amount not specified - should default to bid amount", func(t *testing.T) {
+		rcv, err := client.SendBid(context.Background(), &bidderapiv1.Bid{
+			TxHashes:            []string{common.HexToHash("0x0000ab").Hex()[2:]},
+			Amount:              "1000000000000000000",
+			SlashAmount:         "",
+			BlockNumber:         1,
+			DecayStartTimestamp: 10,
+			DecayEndTimestamp:   20,
+			RevertingTxHashes:   []string{},
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error sending bid: %v", err)
+		}
+		preconf, err := rcv.Recv()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error receiving preconf: %v", err)
+		}
+		if preconf.SlashAmount != "1000000000000000000" {
+			t.Fatalf("expected slash amount to default to bid amount 1000000000000000000, got %s", preconf.SlashAmount)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("slash amount specified - should use provided amount", func(t *testing.T) {
+		rcv, err := client.SendBid(context.Background(), &bidderapiv1.Bid{
+			TxHashes:            []string{common.HexToHash("0x0000ab").Hex()[2:]},
+			Amount:              "1000000000000000000",
+			SlashAmount:         "500000000000000000",
+			BlockNumber:         1,
+			DecayStartTimestamp: 10,
+			DecayEndTimestamp:   20,
+			RevertingTxHashes:   []string{},
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error sending bid: %v", err)
+		}
+		preconf, err := rcv.Recv()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error receiving preconf: %v", err)
+		}
+		if preconf.SlashAmount != "500000000000000000" {
+			t.Fatalf("expected slash amount 500000000000000000, got %s", preconf.SlashAmount)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 func TestClaimSlashedFunds(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 

From 6f5c87ec0ec2714896f516fc8c69e084c60d98f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shawn <44221603+shaspitz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 10:42:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update service.go

---
 p2p/pkg/rpc/bidder/service.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/p2p/pkg/rpc/bidder/service.go b/p2p/pkg/rpc/bidder/service.go
index 93ec87524..0d5db387f 100644
--- a/p2p/pkg/rpc/bidder/service.go
+++ b/p2p/pkg/rpc/bidder/service.go
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func (s *Service) SendBid(
 	}
 
 	if bid.SlashAmount == "" {
-		s.logger.Info("slash amount is empty, using bid amount as slash amount", "bid", bid)
+		s.logger.Info("slash amount is empty in bid, using bid amount as slash amount", "bid amount", bid.Amount)
 		bid.SlashAmount = bid.Amount
 	}