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getStakeMinimumDelegation

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getStakeMinimumDelegation returns the smallest amount of stake, in lamports, that a stake account is allowed to delegate to a validator. Delegating less than this threshold is rejected by the runtime, so you should query it before building a StakeProgram.delegate instruction and size the delegation at or above the returned value.

The minimum is a cluster-wide parameter that changes only with a feature activation, so the result is effectively constant on a given cluster and is safe to cache. Use it together with the rent-exempt reserve when deciding how much to fund a new stake account: a stake account must hold at least the rent-exempt minimum plus the delegation minimum to be both rent-exempt and delegatable.

Unlike getMinimumBalanceForRentExemption, this method returns an RpcResponseU64 object — the lamports value lives under value, wrapped in the standard context envelope that reports the slot the result was evaluated at.

Parameters

getStakeMinimumDelegation parameters
NameTypeRequiredDescription
configCommitmentConfigNo

Returns

getStakeMinimumDelegation return value
FieldType
resultobject

Examples

curl https://triport.io/sol \
  -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <api-key>' \
  -d '{"id":1,"method":"getStakeMinimumDelegation","params":["<config>"],"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'
const res = await fetch("https://triport.io/sol", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json", Authorization: "Bearer <api-key>" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "id": 1,
  "method": "getStakeMinimumDelegation",
  "params": [
    "<config>"
  ],
  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
}),
});
const data = await res.json();
import requests
resp = requests.post(
    "https://triport.io/sol",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer <api-key>"},
    json={"id":1,"method":"getStakeMinimumDelegation","params":["<config>"],"jsonrpc":"2.0"},
)
print(resp.json())

Usage

  1. Transport: HTTP (JSON-RPC).
  2. Networks: mainnet, devnet, testnet.
  3. Credit cost: 1 per call.

FAQ

What does getStakeMinimumDelegation do?
Returns the minimum number of lamports required to delegate a Solana stake account.
How many credits does getStakeMinimumDelegation cost?
getStakeMinimumDelegation costs 1 credit(s) per call on Triport by default.
Is getStakeMinimumDelegation available over WebSocket?
getStakeMinimumDelegation is an HTTP JSON-RPC method.