getInflationGovernor

Returns the current inflation governor configuration, which controls the inflation schedule of the Solana network. This includes the initial inflation rate, terminal rate, taper rate, and the proportion of inflation allocated to the foundation and validators. Understanding these parameters is critical for staking yield calculations, tokenomics analysis, and financial projections.

Parameters

#TypeRequiredDescription
1objectNoConfiguration object

Configuration object fields:

FieldTypeDescription
commitmentstringCommitment level: processed, confirmed, or finalized

Response

Returns an object:

FieldTypeDescription
initialf64Initial inflation percentage from time 0
terminalf64Terminal inflation percentage
taperf64Rate per year at which inflation is lowered
foundationf64Percentage of total inflation allocated to the foundation
foundationTermf64Duration of foundation pool inflation in years

Code Examples

cURL

1curl http://[IP_ADDRESS]:[PORT] -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
2  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3  "id": 1,
4  "method": "getInflationGovernor",
5  "params": []
6}'

TypeScript

1const response = await fetch("http://[IP_ADDRESS]:[PORT]", {
2  method: "POST",
3  headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
4  body: JSON.stringify({
5    jsonrpc: "2.0",
6    id: 1,
7    method: "getInflationGovernor",
8    params: []
9  }),
10});
11const { result } = await response.json();
12console.log("Initial inflation:", (result.initial * 100) + "%");

Python

1import requests
2
3response = requests.post("http://[IP_ADDRESS]:[PORT]", json={
4    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
5    "id": 1,
6    "method": "getInflationGovernor",
7    "params": []
8})
9result = response.json()["result"]
10print(f"Initial inflation: {result['initial']*100}%")

Rust

1use reqwest::Client;
2use serde_json::json;
3
4#[tokio::main]
5async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
6    let client = Client::new();
7    let res = client.post("http://[IP_ADDRESS]:[PORT]")
8        .json(&json!({
9            "jsonrpc": "2.0",
10            "id": 1,
11            "method": "getInflationGovernor",
12            "params": []
13        }))
14        .send().await?
15        .text().await?;
16    println!("{}", res);
17    Ok(())
18}

Example Response

1{
2  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3  "result": {
4    "initial": 0.08,
5    "terminal": 0.015,
6    "taper": 0.15,
7    "foundation": 0.05,
8    "foundationTerm": 7.0
9  },
10  "id": 1
11}
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