From 426be3d82d5fbc049ca6324e5d32469f9645234c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brooks Prumo Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 13:14:01 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Accounts must be rent exempt (#29256) --- docs/src/storage_rent_economics.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/src/storage_rent_economics.md b/docs/src/storage_rent_economics.md index 87194a688..4b65b250e 100644 --- a/docs/src/storage_rent_economics.md +++ b/docs/src/storage_rent_economics.md @@ -29,3 +29,11 @@ deducted at a rate specified in genesis, in lamports per kilobyte-year. For information on the technical implementation details of this design, see the [Rent](implemented-proposals/rent.md) section. + +**Note:** New accounts now **are required** to be initialized with enough +lamports to be rent exempt. Additionally, transactions that leave an account's +balance below the rent exempt minimum (and non-zero) will **fail**. This +essentially renders all accounts rent exempt. Rent-paying accounts that were +created before this requirement will continue paying rent until either (1) +their balance falls to zero, or (2) a transaction increases the account's +balance to be rent exempt.