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Transaction Fee
The total SOL cost to submit a transaction on Solana, composed of the base fee (5,000 lamports per signature) plus any optional priority fee (compute unit price × compute units consumed). Unlike Ethereum, Solana fees are not purely dynamic gas auctions — the base fee is fixed and priority fees are additive. Fees are deducted from the fee-payer account before execution; if the account lacks sufficient SOL, the transaction fails.
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3Network
Base Fee
The fixed, non-negotiable minimum fee charged per transaction signature on Solana, currently set at 5,000 lamports (0.00...
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Priority Fee
An optional additional fee paid on top of the base fee to increase the likelihood that a transaction is processed quickl...
Solana Programming
Lamport
The smallest unit of SOL, named after Leslie Lamport. 1 SOL = 1,000,000,000 (10^9) lamports. All balances and transfers...