Mint Tokens

What Does Minting Do?

Minting creates new units of an existing token and increases the mint's total supply.

Only the mint authority can mint new tokens. The destination token account must already exist and must belong to the same mint.

How to Mint Tokens

Minting tokens uses the Token Program's MintTo or MintToChecked instruction.

The examples below use MintToChecked, which requires the caller to provide the mint's decimals so the instruction can verify the expected token precision before minting.

The native mint does not support minting.

Source Reference

ItemDescriptionToken ProgramToken Extension Program
MintThe mint state stores the mint authority and total token supply.SourceSource
AccountThe token account state stores the destination balance updated by minting.SourceSource
MintToA mint instruction that mints tokens to an existing token account without requiring the caller to provide the mint's decimals.SourceSource
MintToCheckedA mint instruction that requires the caller to provide the mint's decimals and checks that value before minting tokens to an existing token account.SourceSource
process_mint_toShared processor logic for minting tokens.SourceSource

Typescript

The Kit examples below show the recommended approach using @solana/kit. Legacy examples using @solana/web3.js are included for reference.

Kit

import { generateKeyPairSigner } from "@solana/kit";
import { createLocalClient } from "@solana/kit-client-rpc";
import {
findAssociatedTokenPda,
tokenProgram,
TOKEN_PROGRAM_ADDRESS
} from "@solana-program/token";
const client = await createLocalClient()
.use(tokenProgram());
const mint = await generateKeyPairSigner();
const result = await client.token.instructions
.mintToATA({
mint: mint.address, // Mint for the token being minted.
owner: client.payer.address, // Account that owns the token account receiving the minted tokens.
mintAuthority: client.payer, // Authority allowed to mint new tokens.
amount: 100n, // Token amount in base units.
decimals: 2 // Decimals defined on the mint account.
})
.sendTransaction();
const [tokenAccount] = await findAssociatedTokenPda({
mint: mint.address,
owner: client.payer.address,
tokenProgram: TOKEN_PROGRAM_ADDRESS
});
const mintAccount = await client.token.accounts.mint.fetch(mint.address);
const tokenAccountData = await client.token.accounts.token.fetch(tokenAccount);
console.log("Mint Address:", mint.address);
console.log("Mint Account:", mintAccount.data);
console.log("\nToken Account Address:", tokenAccount);
console.log("Token Account:", tokenAccountData.data);
console.log("\nTransaction Signature:", result.context.signature);
Console
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Web3.js

import { Connection, Keypair, LAMPORTS_PER_SOL } from "@solana/web3.js";
import {
createAssociatedTokenAccount,
createMint,
getAccount,
getMint,
mintToChecked,
TOKEN_PROGRAM_ID
} from "@solana/spl-token";
const result = await mintToChecked(
connection, // Connection to the local validator.
feePayer, // Account paying transaction fees.
mintPubkey, // Mint for the token being minted.
associatedTokenAccount, // Token account receiving the minted tokens.
feePayer, // Authority allowed to mint new tokens.
100, // Token amount in base units.
2, // Decimals defined on the mint account.
[], // Additional multisig signers.
{
commitment: "confirmed" // Confirmation options for the transaction.
},
TOKEN_PROGRAM_ID // Token program to invoke.
);
const mintAccount = await getMint(
connection,
mintPubkey,
"confirmed",
TOKEN_PROGRAM_ID
);
const tokenAccountData = await getAccount(
connection,
associatedTokenAccount,
"confirmed",
TOKEN_PROGRAM_ID
);
console.log("Mint Address:", mintPubkey.toBase58());
console.log("Mint Account:", mintAccount);
console.log(
"\nAssociated Token Account Address:",
associatedTokenAccount.toBase58()
);
console.log("Associated Token Account:", tokenAccountData);
console.log("\nTransaction Signature:", result);
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Rust

Rust
use anyhow::Result;
use solana_client::nonblocking::rpc_client::RpcClient;
use solana_commitment_config::CommitmentConfig;
use solana_sdk::{
program_pack::Pack,
signature::{Keypair, Signer},
transaction::Transaction,
};
use solana_system_interface::instruction::create_account;
use spl_associated_token_account_interface::{
address::get_associated_token_address,
instruction::create_associated_token_account,
};
use spl_token_interface::{
id as token_program_id,
instruction::{initialize_mint, mint_to_checked},
state::{Account, Mint},
};
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<()> {
let client = RpcClient::new_with_commitment(
String::from("http://localhost:8899"),
CommitmentConfig::confirmed(),
);
let associated_token_address = get_associated_token_address(&fee_payer.pubkey(), &mint.pubkey());
let mint_amount = 100;
let transaction = Transaction::new_signed_with_payer(
&[
mint_to_checked(
&token_program_id(), // Token program to invoke.
&mint.pubkey(), // Mint for the token being minted.
&associated_token_address, // Token account receiving the minted tokens.
&fee_payer.pubkey(), // Authority allowed to mint new tokens.
&[], // Additional multisig signers.
mint_amount, // Token amount in base units.
decimals, // Decimals defined on the mint account.
)?,
],
Some(&fee_payer.pubkey()),
&[&fee_payer],
latest_blockhash,
);
let transaction_signature = client.send_and_confirm_transaction(&transaction).await?;
let mint_account = client.get_account(&mint.pubkey()).await?;
let mint_data = Mint::unpack(&mint_account.data)?;
let token_account = client.get_account(&associated_token_address).await?;
let token_data = Account::unpack(&token_account.data)?;
println!("Mint Address: {}", mint.pubkey());
println!("Mint Account: {:#?}", mint_data);
println!(
"\nAssociated Token Account Address: {}",
associated_token_address
);
println!("Associated Token Account: {:#?}", token_data);
println!("\nTransaction Signature: {}", transaction_signature);
Ok(())
}
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Python

Python
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import asyncio
import json
from solana.rpc.async_api import AsyncClient
from solders.keypair import Keypair
from solders.message import Message
from solders.pubkey import Pubkey
from solders.system_program import create_account, CreateAccountParams
from solders.transaction import Transaction
from spl.token.async_client import AsyncToken
from spl.token.instructions import (
create_associated_token_account,
get_associated_token_address,
initialize_mint,
InitializeMintParams,
mint_to_checked,
MintToCheckedParams,
)
from spl.token.constants import MINT_LEN, TOKEN_PROGRAM_ID
DECIMALS = 2
AMOUNT_TO_MINT = 100
async def main():
rpc = AsyncClient("http://localhost:8899")
async with rpc:
mint_tokens_instruction = mint_to_checked(
MintToCheckedParams(
program_id=TOKEN_PROGRAM_ID, # Token program to invoke.
mint=mint.pubkey(), # Mint for the token being minted.
dest=destination_token_account, # Token account receiving the minted tokens.
mint_authority=fee_payer.pubkey(), # Authority allowed to mint new tokens.
amount=AMOUNT_TO_MINT, # Token amount in base units.
decimals=DECIMALS, # Decimals defined on the mint account.
)
)
latest_blockhash = await rpc.get_latest_blockhash()
transaction = Transaction(
[fee_payer],
Message([mint_tokens_instruction], fee_payer.pubkey()),
latest_blockhash.value.blockhash,
)
result = await rpc.send_transaction(transaction)
mint_info = await token.get_mint_info()
destination_token_account_info = await token.get_account_info(destination_token_account)
mint_account = {
key: str(value) if isinstance(value, Pubkey) else value
for key, value in mint_info._asdict().items()
}
token_account = {
key: str(value) if isinstance(value, Pubkey) else value
for key, value in destination_token_account_info._asdict().items()
}
print("Mint Address:", mint.pubkey())
print("Mint Account:")
print(json.dumps(mint_account, indent=2))
print("\nToken Account Address:", destination_token_account)
print("Token Account:")
print(json.dumps(token_account, indent=2))
print("\nTransaction Signature:", result.value)
if __name__ == "__main__":
asyncio.run(main())
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