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  • : the minimum balance required to have an active account on Polkadot Network. If your account balance drops below the minimum, your account will be reaped. Learn more about Accounts and the Existential Deposit requirement.

  • : the minimum contribution required to join a nomination pool and earn staking rewards for contributing to the security of the network. Learn more about nomination pools.

  • : the minimum contribution required to participate in crowdloans for parachain slot auctions.

  • : register an on-chain identity

  • : create a proxy account.

  • : the minimum stake required to submit your intent to directly nominate validators.

  • : the minimum amount of DOT required to become an active nominator and earn rewards, i.e. the minimum active bond. To increase the chance of earning staking rewards, your stake should not be less than the minimum stake among the active nominators, which is a dynamic threshold. If you have lesser DOT than the minimum active nomination, please consider contributing to nomination pools. Learn more about becoming a nominator.

  • : you can create your own nomination pool.

Active Validator Count​

The number of Polkadot validators in the active set is .

Auction Ending Period​

The auction ending period on Polkadot is days long.

Block Hash Count​

On Polkadot, the maximum number of block hashes retained on-chain at any given time is (which maps to seven hours given 6-second block times).

Bounty Curator Deposit​

On Polkadot, the bounty curator deposit is calculated by multiplying the curator fee by the bounty curator deposit multiplier set to %. The deposit can range between a minimum of and a maximum of .

Bounty Deposit​

The deposit to submit a bounty on Polkadot is .

Bounty Duration​

A Polkadot bounty has a predetermined duration of days.

Child Bounty Payout Delay​

The waiting time before claiming a Polkadot child bounty reward is days.

Conviction Voting Lock Period​

One conviction voting lock period on Polkadot equals days.

Existential Deposit​

The minimum number of tokens to keep an account alive on the Polkadot Relay Chain is .

Inactive Issuance​

Polkadot's inactive issuance is in the era .

Index Deposit​

The deposit to reserve an index on Polkadot is .

Maximum Number of Nominators​

The maximum number of nominators on Polkadot is uncapped and the current value is .

Maximum Number of Proxies per Account​

The maximum number of proxies per Polkadot account is . You can have the same proxy for multiple accounts.

Maximum Votes per Nominator​

A nominator on Polkadot can select up to validators.

Minimum Active Bond​

The minimum amount of tokens to nominate on Polkadot is .

Minimum Bond to Create a Nomination Pool​

The minimum bond to create a Polkadot nomination pool is .

Minimum Bond to Join a Nomination Pool​

The minimum bond to join a Polkadot nomination pool is .

Minimum Bond to Participate in Staking​

The minimum bond to nominate on Polkadot is while the minimum amount to join a pool is .

Minimum Crowdloan contribution​

The minimum amount to participate to a Polkadot crowdloan is .

Minimum Validator Bond​

To start a validator instance on Polkadot, the minimum bond required is .

Minimum Validator Commission​

The minimum commission a Polkadot Validator can set is %. This does not guarantee entry into the active set and earning rewards.

Multisig Deposit Base​

The multisig deposit base on Polkadot is .

Multisig Deposit Factor​

The multisig deposit factor on Polkadot is .

Nomination Pool Max Commission​

The maximum commission that can be set for a Polkadot nomination pool is %.

Nomination Pool Members​

There are currently members in Polkadot nomination pools. There is no limit to the number of pools or pool members per pool.

OpenGov Referendum Timeout​

A Polkadot referendum is timeout for not submitting the Decision Deposit within days since its creation.

OpenGov Submission Deposit​

A deposit of is needed to submit a referendum on Polkadot.

Parachain ID Registration Deposit​

Reserving a ParaID on Polkadot requires a deposit of .

Parachain Genesis State Registration Deposit​

Registering the genesis state and WASM code of a Polkadot parachain requires a deposit per byte.

Period per Slot Auction​

The number of periods per slot auction on Polkadot is .

Proxy Deposits​

The creation of proxies on Polkadot requires a proxy deposit base of and a proxy deposit factor of that is multiplied by the number of proxies under the same proxied account.

In case of time-delayed proxies, there is an announcement deposit base of for announcing a call and an announcement deposit factor of for each proxy call.

Staking Miner Deposit and Reward​

Staking miners on Polkadot are required to reserve a deposit to submit their solutions. The the deposit is the sum of a signed deposit base of , a signed deposit per byte of (a solution weighing 200KB would yield 200 x 0.0000097656 = 0.00195312 DOT), and a signed deposit weight set to 0.

The signed reward base on Polkadot is which is a fixed amount.

Staking Miner Max Submissions​

The maximum number of submission for a staking miner on Polkadot is .

Total Issuance​

Polkadot's total issuance is in the era .

Treasury Burn Factor​

At the end of every spending period on Polkadot, % of the available funds are burned.

Treasury Spending Period​

The spending period on Polkadot is currently days.

Unbonding Duration​

The unbonding duration on Polkadot is set to days.