# Give Borrowers a chance to redeem their liquidations, while still incentivizing liquidators

**URL:** <https://forum.anchorprotocol.com/t/give-borrowers-a-chance-to-redeem-their-liquidations-while-still-incentivizing-liquidators/1706>\
**Category:** Community Initiatives\
**Created:** [December 9, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.anchorprotocol.com/t/give-borrowers-a-chance-to-redeem-their-liquidations-while-still-incentivizing-liquidators/1706 "2021-12-09T14:02:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![bitn8](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.anchorprotocol.com/bitn8/32/61_2.png) [@bitn8](https://forum.anchorprotocol.com/u/bitn8)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.anchorprotocol.com/t/give-borrowers-a-chance-to-redeem-their-liquidations-while-still-incentivizing-liquidators/1706/4 "2021-12-13T16:08:05Z")

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> [@Anchor Flash Shield - ANC utility and user built peace of mind against flash crashes](https://forum.anchorprotocol.com/t/anchor-flash-shield-anc-utility-and-user-built-peace-of-mind-against-flash-crashes/1722/1):
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> To tackle both issues, I am proposing a new mechanism. Users deposit ANC into this mechanism, the value of that ANC is then used to shield user from liquidation for a set period of time (5 minutes - 30 minutes?), after which the user is liquidated as normal

This is somewhat similar to the idea @PFC was talking about. Probably worth having the community brainstorm on this idea over on the Anchor discord stage sometime soon.

Some thoughts: Flashloans actually solve this problem in a more capital-efficient way. Anchor could look at using flashloans in a similar way to give users access to a flashloan mechanism whereby Anchor charges a fee to allow users to opt into flashloan protection and takes a fee on the flashloan if executed. This would be an all-around win-win for users and the platform. The other option would be to work with whitewhale to provide this function. Ideally, though the protocol would want the revenue.

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