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getMinimumBalanceForRentExemption RPC Method

Returns minimum balance required to make account rent exempt.

Updated on
Apr 30, 2025

Parameters

usize
integer

The account data length

object
object

The configuration object with the following fields:

commitment
string

The level of commitment required for the query. The options include:

finalized
string

The node will query the most recent block confirmed by the supermajority of the cluster as having reached maximum lockout, meaning the cluster has recognized this block as finalized

confirmed
string

The node will query the most recent block that has been voted on by the supermajority of the cluster

processed
string

The node will query its most recent block. Note that the block may not be complete

Returns

result

The minimum lamports required in an account to remain rent free, which is encoded as u64, 64-bit unsigned integer

Request
Response
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{
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"jsonrpc": "2.0",
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"result": 1238880,
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"id": 1
5
}
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{
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"jsonrpc": "2.0",
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"result": 1238880,
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"id": 1
5
}
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