minimumLedgerSlot RPC Method

Returns the lowest slot that the node has information about in its ledger.

This value may increase over time if the node is configured to purge older ledger data

params

None

result

u64

The minimum ledger slot number

$ curl https://api.devnet.solana.com -s -X \
>   POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d ' 
>   {
>     "jsonrpc": "2.0",
>     "id": 1,
>     "method": "minimumLedgerSlot"
>   }
> '

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": 1234,
  "id": 1
}

$ curl https://api.devnet.solana.com -s -X \
>   POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d ' 
>   {
>     "jsonrpc": "2.0",
>     "id": 1,
>     "method": "minimumLedgerSlot"
>   }
> '

params

None

result

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": 1234,
  "id": 1
}

u64

The minimum ledger slot number