# Online/Offline accounts and participation key

**URL:** <https://forum.algorand.co/t/online-offline-accounts-and-participation-key/474>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [April 29, 2019, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/online-offline-accounts-and-participation-key/474 "2019-04-29T07:37:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChaseHunter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.algorand.co/chasehunter/32/63_2.png) [@ChaseHunter](https://forum.algorand.co/u/ChaseHunter)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/online-offline-accounts-and-participation-key/474/5 "2019-05-02T16:28:49Z")

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> [@liz](#):
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> it might cause your nodes to inadvertently equivocate votes

What do you mean by this, @liz?

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