From 0e42a35e4f72b7df38cf2321557a305e3d85f408 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trent Nelson Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2021 21:11:00 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Add validator SOL reqs --- docs/src/running-validator/validator-reqs.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/src/running-validator/validator-reqs.md b/docs/src/running-validator/validator-reqs.md index 813e89bbdfaa5c..59f658b282cec2 100644 --- a/docs/src/running-validator/validator-reqs.md +++ b/docs/src/running-validator/validator-reqs.md @@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ title: Validator Requirements --- +## Minimum SOL requirements + +There is no strict minimum amount of SOL required to run a validator on Solana. +However a vote account is required, which has a rent-exempt reserve of +0.02685864 SOL. Voting also requires sending a vote tranasaction for each block +the validator agrees with, which can cost up to 1.1 SOL per day. + ## Hardware Recommendations - CPU