getStakeMinimumDelegation

Returns the stake minimum delegation in lamports. This is the minimum amount of SOL that can be delegated to a validator. Knowing this value is important when creating stake accounts or building staking UIs, as attempting to delegate less than this amount will result in a transaction failure. The value may change across network upgrades.

Parameters

#TypeRequiredDescription
1objectNoConfiguration object

Configuration object fields:

FieldTypeDescription
commitmentstringCommitment level: processed, confirmed, or finalized

Response

Returns an RpcResponse object:

FieldTypeDescription
context.slotu64The slot at which the value was read
valueu64Minimum delegation amount in lamports

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": "getStakeMinimumDelegation",
5  "params": [
6    { "commitment": "finalized" }
7  ]
8}'

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: "getStakeMinimumDelegation",
8    params: [
9      { commitment: "finalized" }
10    ]
11  }),
12});
13const { result } = await response.json();
14console.log("Min delegation:", result.value / 1e9, "SOL");

Python

1import requests
2
3response = requests.post("http://[IP_ADDRESS]:[PORT]", json={
4    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
5    "id": 1,
6    "method": "getStakeMinimumDelegation",
7    "params": [
8        {"commitment": "finalized"}
9    ]
10})
11result = response.json()["result"]
12print(f"Min delegation: {result['value'] / 1e9} SOL")

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": "getStakeMinimumDelegation",
12            "params": [
13                {"commitment": "finalized"}
14            ]
15        }))
16        .send().await?
17        .text().await?;
18    println!("{}", res);
19    Ok(())
20}

Example Response

1{
2  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3  "result": {
4    "context": { "slot": 166974442 },
5    "value": 1000000000
6  },
7  "id": 1
8}
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