From 117860218fbf471fa42f4bda96f1af7061882a19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trent Nelson Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2021 22:43:19 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Validator SOL reqs followup --- docs/src/running-validator/validator-reqs.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/src/running-validator/validator-reqs.md b/docs/src/running-validator/validator-reqs.md index 59f658b282..53ee3d9216 100644 --- a/docs/src/running-validator/validator-reqs.md +++ b/docs/src/running-validator/validator-reqs.md @@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ 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. + +However in order to participate in consensus, 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