Creation Cost
CU Performance
Mint Accounts
Token Accounts
Cookbook
Next Steps

Light-mints and token accounts are equivalent to SPL mints and tokens.
The key difference is light-mint and token accounts do not require you to pay rent-exemption upon creation.
Light-token accounts are interoperable with SPL and Token 2022 mints.

Creation Cost

	SPL	Light
Mint Account	~1,500,000 lamports	15,000 lamports
Token Account	~2,000,000 lamports	~17,000 lamports

CU Performance

	light-token CU	SPL-token CU	p-token CU
ATA Creation	4,348	14,194	14,194
Transfer (base path)	312	4,645	79
Transfer (rent-free hot path)	1,885	4,645	79

Mint Accounts

Uniquely represent a token and store its global metadata.
light-mints are compressed accounts and rent-free.

Token Accounts

Each light-token account can hold units of one light, SPL, or Token 2022 mint.
Custom rent config reduces account creation cost.

If you simply want to distribute tokens, please refer to this page.

Cookbook

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		Rust Client	Program Guide
Create Mint	Create light-mints with token metadata	x	x
Create ATA	Create associated light-token accounts	x	x
Create Token Account	Create light-token accounts	x	x
Transfer	Transfer between light-token and SPL accounts	x	x
Mint Tokens	Mint tokens to light-token accounts	x	x
Close Token Account	Close and reclaim rent	x	x

Next Steps

Create light-token accounts

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