By Isaac • September 6, 2026 7:18 am •
Solana has begun lowering the amount of SOL that token accounts must keep reserved for on-chain storage.
CryptoSlate reported that the first step went live on mainnet at epoch 1028 on September 3. Its review traced the five-stage proposal, calculated the reserve change for standard token accounts, explained how eligible owners can reclaim excess SOL and separated the narrow storage-reserve effect from fees, staking and other sources of SOL demand.
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The change lowered the reserve parameter from 6,960 to 6,333 lamports per byte, a reduction of roughly 9%.
It is the first of five conditional gates under SIMD-0437. If all five eventually activate, the final parameter would fall to 696 lamports per byte—90% below the original
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