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# Why Attenuated Redelegation?
A blank-check approval is convenient and dangerous: the agent can move the whole balance, and the only thing stopping it is its own code. Redelegator inverts that. Authority is a budget that **shrinks** as it passes from agent to agent, and the shrinking is enforced by the chain — not by trust.
Each hop signs a new delegation that points back to its parent and adds an `Erc20TransferAmount` caveat sized to exactly what the next leg needs. The DelegationManager verifies the whole chain when it redeems, so a compromised middle agent **cannot** grant more than it received.
> Attenuation turns "trust the agent" into "the math won't let it overspend."
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