# Anchor Slow Burn Redemption Process

**URL:** <https://forum.anchorprotocol.com/t/anchor-slow-burn-redemption-process/1001>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [August 4, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.anchorprotocol.com/t/anchor-slow-burn-redemption-process/1001 "2021-08-04T22:46:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![ColonelSanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@ColonelSanders](https://forum.anchorprotocol.com/u/ColonelSanders)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.anchorprotocol.com/t/anchor-slow-burn-redemption-process/1001/1 "2021-08-04T22:46:17Z")

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“Default bLuna redemptions take at least 21 days to process. Slashing events during the 21 days may affect the final amount withdrawn. Redemptions are processed in 3-day batches and may take up to 24 days.”

Why are redemptions processed in 3 day batches? Is there a manual process that must be kicked off to begin slow burns of bLUNA? Are there any plans to process redemptions more often than once every 3 days? Is there anything that must occur other than undelegating the staked LUNA from validators?

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**Author:** ![ryanology045](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.anchorprotocol.com/ryanology045/32/14_2.png) [@ryanology045](https://forum.anchorprotocol.com/u/ryanology045)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.anchorprotocol.com/t/anchor-slow-burn-redemption-process/1001/2 "2021-08-09T18:18:32Z")

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The 3-day batch is due to the limitation imposed by the Terra blockchain, which only allows up to 7 undelegations at any point in time. Dividing the undelegation period (21 days) with 7 yields 3 days, which was chosen to be the period of batch creation