getMinimumBalanceForRentExemption

getMinimumBalanceForRentExemption RPC Method

post

Returns the minimum balance required to make an account rent exempt on the Solana blockchain.

Rent is a mechanism on Solana that ensures efficient usage of blockchain resources by requiring accounts to maintain a minimum balance proportional to the amount of data they store. Accounts that maintain this minimum balance are "rent exempt" and will never have their balance reduced by the network.

Authorizations

AuthHeaderURLParameter

Body

jsonrpcstring · enumRequired

JSON-RPC protocol version

Example: 2.0Possible values:

idone ofRequired

Request identifier that will be returned in the response

Example: 1

stringOptional

or

numberOptional

methodstring · enumRequired

The RPC method name

Example: getMinimumBalanceForRentExemptionPossible values:

Responses

200

Successful Response

application/json

401

Unauthorized

text/plain

403

Forbidden

text/plain

429

Too Many Requests

text/plain

500

Internal Server Error

text/plain

post

cURLSolana Kitweb3.jsRust

curl -X POST https://public.rpc.solanavibestation.com \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "getMinimumBalanceForRentExemption",
    "params": [165]
  }'

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": 1461600,
  "id": 1
}