solana Term

What is Lamport?

The smallest unit of Solana (SOL), equal to 0.000000001 SOL (10^-9 SOL).

Detailed Definition & Context

Named after Leslie Lamport, a pioneer in distributed systems consensus. Every SOL comprises one billion (1,000,000,000) Lamports. Base network transaction fees on Solana are fixed at 5,000 Lamports per signature.

Practical Example

A base signature fee of 5,000 Lamports equals 0.000005 SOL (less than $0.001 USD).

Related Concepts

Proof of HistoryCompute Unit

Interactive Tool

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