You can protect your transactions from toxic MEV threats like sandwich attacks and front-running by enabling MEV protection. To know more on how to enable it, check out our MEV Protection documentation. For an in-depth guide on MEV, see What is MEV (Maximum Extractable Value) and How to Protect Your Transactions on Solana.

Use sendTransaction when you want a single RPC call that:

• broadcasts your signed transaction
• optionally runs preflight simulation to catch common failures
• optionally retries submission during congestion

The standard sendTransaction RPC method available through our Core API provides reliable transaction submission through Quicknode's globally distributed infrastructure. sendTransaction leverages our optimized node architecture to propagate your transaction to the Solana network efficiently.

Stake-Weighted Quality of Service (SWQoS) applies when transaction best practices are followed, as outlined in Quicknode’s Solana transaction guidelines.

Best for: General-purpose applications, development environments, and standard dApp operations where consistent, reliable performance is needed without specialized requirements.

Version 1 Transactions

Version 1 transactions carry their compute and fee settings in the message's transactionConfig object rather than in ComputeBudget instructions. Set computeUnitLimit and loadedAccountsDataSizeLimit explicitly: version 1 has no default for either, so leaving one unset sends zero and the transaction fails. An unset computeUnitLimit fails with ComputationalBudgetExceeded, and an unset loadedAccountsDataSizeLimit fails with MaxLoadedAccountsDataSizeExceeded before execution begins.

ComputeBudget instructions are still accepted in a version 1 transaction, but they are ignored. A SetComputeUnitLimit instruction does not raise the limit; only transactionConfig does.

Parameters

transaction

string

The fully signed transaction as an encoded string. Legacy and version 0 transactions are capped at 1,232 bytes decoded, version 1 at 4,096.

object

object

The configuration object with the following fields:

skipPreflight

boolean

(default: false) If true, skip the preflight transaction checks

preflightCommitment

string

(default: finalized) The commitment level to use for preflight

encoding

string

(Default: base58) The encoding of the supplied transaction. It can be base58 (slow) or base64. base58 is capped at 1,232 bytes decoded whatever the version, so a version 1 transaction over 1,232 bytes must be sent as base64

maxRetries

usize

The maximum number of times for the RPC node to retry sending the transaction to the leader. If this parameter is not provided, the RPC node will retry the transaction until it is finalized or until the blockhash expires

minContextSlot

integer

The minimum slot at which the request can be evaluated

Returns

result

The First Transaction Signature embedded in the transaction, as base-58 encoded string (transaction id)

Request

1
curl https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ \
2
  -X POST \
3
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
4
  --data '{"method":"sendTransaction","params":["ENTER_ENCODED_TRANSACTION_ID",{"encoding":"base64"}],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'

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curl https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ \
2
  -X POST \
3
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
4
  --data '{"method":"sendTransaction","params":["ENTER_ENCODED_TRANSACTION_ID",{"encoding":"base64"}],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'

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require "uri"
2
require "json"
3
require "net/http"
4

5
url = URI("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")
6

7
https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
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https.use_ssl = true
9

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request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
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request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
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request.body = JSON.dump({
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  "method": "sendTransaction",
14
  "params": [
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    "ENTER_ENCODED_TRANSACTION_ID",
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    {
17
      "encoding": "base64"
18
    }
19
  ],
20
  "id": 1,
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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})
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response = https.request(request)
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puts response.read_body
26

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require "uri"
2
require "json"
3
require "net/http"
4

5
url = URI("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")
6

7
https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
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https.use_ssl = true
9

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request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
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request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
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request.body = JSON.dump({
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  "method": "sendTransaction",
14
  "params": [
15
    "ENTER_ENCODED_TRANSACTION_ID",
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    {
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      "encoding": "base64"
18
    }
19
  ],
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  "id": 1,
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
22
})
23

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response = https.request(request)
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puts response.read_body
26

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const web3 = require("@solana/web3.js");
2
(async () => {
3
  const solana = new web3.Connection("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/");
4
  // Replace fromWallet with your public/secret keypair, wallet must have funds to pay transaction fees.
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  const fromWallet = await web3.Keypair.generate();
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  const toWallet = await web3.Keypair.generate();
7
  const transaction = new web3.Transaction().add(
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    web3.SystemProgram.transfer({
9
      fromPubkey: fromWallet.publicKey,
10
      toPubkey: toWallet.publicKey,
11
      lamports: web3.LAMPORTS_PER_SOL / 100,
12
    })
13
  );
14
  console.log(await solana.sendTransaction(transaction, [fromWallet]));
15
})();
16

1
const web3 = require("@solana/web3.js");
2
(async () => {
3
  const solana = new web3.Connection("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/");
4
  // Replace fromWallet with your public/secret keypair, wallet must have funds to pay transaction fees.
5
  const fromWallet = await web3.Keypair.generate();
6
  const toWallet = await web3.Keypair.generate();
7
  const transaction = new web3.Transaction().add(
8
    web3.SystemProgram.transfer({
9
      fromPubkey: fromWallet.publicKey,
10
      toPubkey: toWallet.publicKey,
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      lamports: web3.LAMPORTS_PER_SOL / 100,
12
    })
13
  );
14
  console.log(await solana.sendTransaction(transaction, [fromWallet]));
15
})();
16

1
import {
2
    createSolanaRpc,
3
    generateKeyPairSigner,
4
    lamports,
5
    sendAndConfirmTransactionFactory,
6
    pipe,
7
    createTransactionMessage,
8
    setTransactionMessageFeePayer,
9
    setTransactionMessageLifetimeUsingBlockhash,
10
    appendTransactionMessageInstruction,
11
    signTransactionMessageWithSigners,
12
    getSignatureFromTransaction,
13
} from "@solana/kit";
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import { getTransferSolInstruction } from "@solana-program/system";
15

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const LAMPORTS_PER_SOL = BigInt(1_000_000_000);
17

18
(async () => {
19
    try {
20

21
        const rpc = createSolanaRpc("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/");
22

23
        // 2 - Generate signers
24
        const user1 = await generateKeyPairSigner();
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        console.log(`✅ - New user1 address created: ${user1.address}`);
26

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        const user2 = await generateKeyPairSigner();
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        console.log(`✅ - New user2 address created: ${user2.address}`);
29

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        // 3 - Airdrop SOL to user1
31
        const airdropTx = await rpc.requestAirdrop(
32
            user1.address,
33
            lamports(LAMPORTS_PER_SOL),
34
            { commitment: 'processed' }
35
        ).send();
36
        console.log(`✅ - Airdropped 1 SOL to user1. Transaction: ${airdropTx}`);
37

38
        // 4 - Create transfer transaction
39
        const { value: latestBlockhash } = await rpc.getLatestBlockhash().send();
40
        const transactionMessage = pipe(
41
            createTransactionMessage({ version: 0 }),
42
            tx => setTransactionMessageFeePayer(user1.address, tx),
43
            tx => setTransactionMessageLifetimeUsingBlockhash(latestBlockhash, tx),
44
            tx => appendTransactionMessageInstruction(
45
                getTransferSolInstruction({
46
                    amount: lamports(LAMPORTS_PER_SOL / BigInt(2)),
47
                    destination: user2.address,
48
                    source: user1,
49
                }),
50
                tx
51
            )
52
        );
53

54
        // 5 - Sign and send transaction
55
        const signedTransaction = await signTransactionMessageWithSigners(transactionMessage);
56
        const sendAndConfirmTransaction = sendAndConfirmTransactionFactory({ rpc, rpcSubscriptions });
57

58
        await sendAndConfirmTransaction(
59
            signedTransaction,
60
            { commitment: 'finalized', skipPreflight: true }
61
        );
62

63
        const signature = getSignatureFromTransaction(signedTransaction);
64
        console.log(`✅ - Transfer transaction signature: ${signature}`);
65
    } catch (error) {
66
        console.error('Error occurred:', error);
67
    }
68
})();
69

1
import {
2
    createSolanaRpc,
3
    generateKeyPairSigner,
4
    lamports,
5
    sendAndConfirmTransactionFactory,
6
    pipe,
7
    createTransactionMessage,
8
    setTransactionMessageFeePayer,
9
    setTransactionMessageLifetimeUsingBlockhash,
10
    appendTransactionMessageInstruction,
11
    signTransactionMessageWithSigners,
12
    getSignatureFromTransaction,
13
} from "@solana/kit";
14
import { getTransferSolInstruction } from "@solana-program/system";
15

16
const LAMPORTS_PER_SOL = BigInt(1_000_000_000);
17

18
(async () => {
19
    try {
20

21
        const rpc = createSolanaRpc("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/");
22

23
        // 2 - Generate signers
24
        const user1 = await generateKeyPairSigner();
25
        console.log(`✅ - New user1 address created: ${user1.address}`);
26

27
        const user2 = await generateKeyPairSigner();
28
        console.log(`✅ - New user2 address created: ${user2.address}`);
29

30
        // 3 - Airdrop SOL to user1
31
        const airdropTx = await rpc.requestAirdrop(
32
            user1.address,
33
            lamports(LAMPORTS_PER_SOL),
34
            { commitment: 'processed' }
35
        ).send();
36
        console.log(`✅ - Airdropped 1 SOL to user1. Transaction: ${airdropTx}`);
37

38
        // 4 - Create transfer transaction
39
        const { value: latestBlockhash } = await rpc.getLatestBlockhash().send();
40
        const transactionMessage = pipe(
41
            createTransactionMessage({ version: 0 }),
42
            tx => setTransactionMessageFeePayer(user1.address, tx),
43
            tx => setTransactionMessageLifetimeUsingBlockhash(latestBlockhash, tx),
44
            tx => appendTransactionMessageInstruction(
45
                getTransferSolInstruction({
46
                    amount: lamports(LAMPORTS_PER_SOL / BigInt(2)),
47
                    destination: user2.address,
48
                    source: user1,
49
                }),
50
                tx
51
            )
52
        );
53

54
        // 5 - Sign and send transaction
55
        const signedTransaction = await signTransactionMessageWithSigners(transactionMessage);
56
        const sendAndConfirmTransaction = sendAndConfirmTransactionFactory({ rpc, rpcSubscriptions });
57

58
        await sendAndConfirmTransaction(
59
            signedTransaction,
60
            { commitment: 'finalized', skipPreflight: true }
61
        );
62

63
        const signature = getSignatureFromTransaction(signedTransaction);
64
        console.log(`✅ - Transfer transaction signature: ${signature}`);
65
    } catch (error) {
66
        console.error('Error occurred:', error);
67
    }
68
})();
69

1
const web3 = require("@solana/web3.js");
2
(async () => {
3
  const solana = new web3.Connection("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/");
4
  // Replace fromWallet with your public/secret keypair, wallet must have funds to pay transaction fees.
5
  const fromWallet = web3.Keypair.generate();
6
  const toWallet = web3.Keypair.generate();
7
  const transaction = new web3.Transaction().add(
8
    web3.SystemProgram.transfer({
9
      fromPubkey: fromWallet.publicKey,
10
      toPubkey: toWallet.publicKey,
11
      lamports: web3.LAMPORTS_PER_SOL / 100,
12
    })
13
  );
14
  console.log(await solana.sendTransaction(transaction, [fromWallet]));
15
})();
16

1
const web3 = require("@solana/web3.js");
2
(async () => {
3
  const solana = new web3.Connection("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/");
4
  // Replace fromWallet with your public/secret keypair, wallet must have funds to pay transaction fees.
5
  const fromWallet = web3.Keypair.generate();
6
  const toWallet = web3.Keypair.generate();
7
  const transaction = new web3.Transaction().add(
8
    web3.SystemProgram.transfer({
9
      fromPubkey: fromWallet.publicKey,
10
      toPubkey: toWallet.publicKey,
11
      lamports: web3.LAMPORTS_PER_SOL / 100,
12
    })
13
  );
14
  console.log(await solana.sendTransaction(transaction, [fromWallet]));
15
})();
16

1
from solana.rpc.api import Client
2
from solana.account import Account
3
from solana.system_program import TransferParams, transfer
4
from solana.transaction import Transaction
5
#Make sure to paste sender, reciever addresses and public key.
6
solana_client = Client("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")
7
sender, reciever = Account(1), Account(2)
8
json_request = solana_client.get_recent_blockhash()
9
recent_blockhash = json_request["result"]["value"]["blockhash"]
10
txn = Transaction(fee_payer=sender.public_key(), recent_blockhash=recent_blockhash)
11
txn.add(
12
    transfer(
13
        TransferParams(
14
            from_pubkey=sender.public_key(),
15
            to_pubkey=reciever.public_key(), 
16
            lamports=1000
17
        )
18
    )
19
)
20
txn.sign(sender)
21
print(solana_client.send_transaction(txn, sender))

1
from solana.rpc.api import Client
2
from solana.account import Account
3
from solana.system_program import TransferParams, transfer
4
from solana.transaction import Transaction
5
#Make sure to paste sender, reciever addresses and public key.
6
solana_client = Client("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")
7
sender, reciever = Account(1), Account(2)
8
json_request = solana_client.get_recent_blockhash()
9
recent_blockhash = json_request["result"]["value"]["blockhash"]
10
txn = Transaction(fee_payer=sender.public_key(), recent_blockhash=recent_blockhash)
11
txn.add(
12
    transfer(
13
        TransferParams(
14
            from_pubkey=sender.public_key(),
15
            to_pubkey=reciever.public_key(), 
16
            lamports=1000
17
        )
18
    )
19
)
20
txn.sign(sender)
21
print(solana_client.send_transaction(txn, sender))

1
use reqwest::header;
2
use reqwest::Client;
3
use std::error::Error;
4

5
#[tokio::main]
6
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
7
    let mut headers = header::HeaderMap::new();
8
    headers.insert("Content-Type", "application/json".parse().unwrap());
9

10
    let client = Client::new();
11
    let json_data = r#"
12
    {
13
        "method": "sendTransaction",
14
        "params": [
15
            "ENTER_ENCODED_TRANSACTION_ID",
16
            {
17
                "encoding": "base64"
18
            }
19
        ],
20
        "id": 1,
21
        "jsonrpc": "2.0"
22
    }
23
    "#;
24
    let response = client
25
        .post("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")
26
        .headers(headers)
27
        .body(json_data)
28
        .send()
29
        .await?; 
30

31
    let body = response.text().await?;
32
    println!("{}", body);
33

34
    Ok(())
35
}

1
use reqwest::header;
2
use reqwest::Client;
3
use std::error::Error;
4

5
#[tokio::main]
6
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
7
    let mut headers = header::HeaderMap::new();
8
    headers.insert("Content-Type", "application/json".parse().unwrap());
9

10
    let client = Client::new();
11
    let json_data = r#"
12
    {
13
        "method": "sendTransaction",
14
        "params": [
15
            "ENTER_ENCODED_TRANSACTION_ID",
16
            {
17
                "encoding": "base64"
18
            }
19
        ],
20
        "id": 1,
21
        "jsonrpc": "2.0"
22
    }
23
    "#;
24
    let response = client
25
        .post("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")
26
        .headers(headers)
27
        .body(json_data)
28
        .send()
29
        .await?; 
30

31
    let body = response.text().await?;
32
    println!("{}", body);
33

34
    Ok(())
35
}

1
import { QuicknodeSdk } from '@quicknode/sdk'
2

3
const qn = new QuicknodeSdk({})
4

5
const result = await qn.rpc.call(
6
  'sendTransaction',
7
  [
8
  "ENTER_ENCODED_TRANSACTION_ID",
9
  {
10
    "encoding": "base64"
11
  }
12
],
13
  undefined,
14
  'https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/'
15
)
16

17
console.log(result)

1
import { QuicknodeSdk } from '@quicknode/sdk'
2

3
const qn = new QuicknodeSdk({})
4

5
const result = await qn.rpc.call(
6
  'sendTransaction',
7
  [
8
  "ENTER_ENCODED_TRANSACTION_ID",
9
  {
10
    "encoding": "base64"
11
  }
12
],
13
  undefined,
14
  'https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/'
15
)
16

17
console.log(result)

1
import asyncio
2
from quicknode_sdk import QuicknodeSdk, SdkFullConfig
3

4
async def main():
5
    qn = QuicknodeSdk(SdkFullConfig(api_key=None))
6
    result = await qn.rpc.call(
7
        "sendTransaction",
8
        [
9
            "ENTER_ENCODED_TRANSACTION_ID",
10
            {
11
                "encoding": "base64"
12
            }
13
        ],
14
        endpoint_url="https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/",
15
    )
16
    print(result)
17

18
asyncio.run(main())

1
import asyncio
2
from quicknode_sdk import QuicknodeSdk, SdkFullConfig
3

4
async def main():
5
    qn = QuicknodeSdk(SdkFullConfig(api_key=None))
6
    result = await qn.rpc.call(
7
        "sendTransaction",
8
        [
9
            "ENTER_ENCODED_TRANSACTION_ID",
10
            {
11
                "encoding": "base64"
12
            }
13
        ],
14
        endpoint_url="https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/",
15
    )
16
    print(result)
17

18
asyncio.run(main())

1
require "quicknode_sdk"
2

3
qn = QuicknodeSdk::SDK.from_config(api_key: nil)
4

5
result = qn.rpc.call(
6
  method: "sendTransaction",
7
  params: [
8
    "ENTER_ENCODED_TRANSACTION_ID",
9
    {
10
      "encoding" => "base64"
11
    }
12
  ],
13
  endpoint_url: "https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/"
14
)
15

16
puts result

1
require "quicknode_sdk"
2

3
qn = QuicknodeSdk::SDK.from_config(api_key: nil)
4

5
result = qn.rpc.call(
6
  method: "sendTransaction",
7
  params: [
8
    "ENTER_ENCODED_TRANSACTION_ID",
9
    {
10
      "encoding" => "base64"
11
    }
12
  ],
13
  endpoint_url: "https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/"
14
)
15

16
puts result

1
use quicknode_sdk::{QuicknodeSdk, SdkFullConfig};
2

3
#[tokio::main]
4
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
5
    let qn = QuicknodeSdk::new(&SdkFullConfig::keyless())?;
6
    let result = qn
7
        .rpc
8
        .call(
9
            "sendTransaction",
10
            Some(serde_json::json!([
11
    "ENTER_ENCODED_TRANSACTION_ID",
12
    {
13
        "encoding": "base64"
14
    }
15
])),
16
            None,
17
            Some("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/".into()),
18
        )
19
        .await?;
20

21
    println!("{result}");
22
    Ok(())
23
}

1
use quicknode_sdk::{QuicknodeSdk, SdkFullConfig};
2

3
#[tokio::main]
4
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
5
    let qn = QuicknodeSdk::new(&SdkFullConfig::keyless())?;
6
    let result = qn
7
        .rpc
8
        .call(
9
            "sendTransaction",
10
            Some(serde_json::json!([
11
    "ENTER_ENCODED_TRANSACTION_ID",
12
    {
13
        "encoding": "base64"
14
    }
15
])),
16
            None,
17
            Some("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/".into()),
18
        )
19
        .await?;
20

21
    println!("{result}");
22
    Ok(())
23
}

Response

1
{
2
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3
  "result": "2id3YC2jK9G5Wo2phDx4gJVAew8DcY5NAojnVuao8rkxwPYPe8cSwE5GzhEgJA2y8fVjDEo6iR6ykBvDxrTQrtpb",
4
  "id": 1
5
}

1
{
2
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3
  "result": "2id3YC2jK9G5Wo2phDx4gJVAew8DcY5NAojnVuao8rkxwPYPe8cSwE5GzhEgJA2y8fVjDEo6iR6ykBvDxrTQrtpb",
4
  "id": 1
5
}

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