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# getLargestAccounts

> Returns the 20 largest accounts, by lamport balance (results may be cached up to two hours).

Returns the 20 largest accounts, by lamport balance (results may be cached up to two hours).

## On ThorNode

Answered by FastGate through the ThorEdge RPC URL; no separate endpoint or key. `commitment` and `minContextSlot` are accepted and ignored: the response reflects FastGate's indexed slot, reported as `context.slot` (no `apiVersion`). The request times out after 30 s. Always the top 20 accounts by lamports. The `filter` option is ignored.

## Parameters

<ParamField body="commitment" type="string">
  The commitment level for the request. Accepted and ignored by FastGate.

  * `confirmed`
  * `finalized`
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="filter" type="string">
  Filter results by account type - either all circulating SOL accounts or only special non-circulating reserve accounts.

  * `circulating`
  * `nonCirculating`
</ParamField>

## Response

<ResponseField name="context" type="object">
  Context of the response.

  <Expandable title="properties">
    <ResponseField name="slot" type="integer">
      The slot at which the data was fetched.
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="value" type="array">
  Top 20 largest Solana accounts ranked by SOL balance, from highest to lowest.

  <Expandable title="item">
    <ResponseField name="lamports" type="integer">
      SOL balance of this account in lamports .
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="address" type="string">
      Unique Solana wallet address of this major account holder.
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl --fail-with-body "$THORNODE_RPC_URL" \
    --header 'content-type: application/json' \
    --data '{
      "jsonrpc": "2.0",
      "id": 1,
      "method": "getLargestAccounts"
    }'
  ```

  ```javascript Node.js theme={null}
  const body = {
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "getLargestAccounts"
  };

  const response = await fetch(process.env.THORNODE_RPC_URL, {
    method: "POST",
    headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
    body: JSON.stringify(body),
  });
  const { result, error } = await response.json();
  console.log(result ?? error);
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response (truncated to 2 of 20) theme={null}
  {
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": {
      "context": {
        "slot": 439749196
      },
      "value": [
        {
          "address": "9WzDXwBbmkg8ZTbNMqUxvQRAyrZzDsGYdLVL9zYtAWWM",
          "lamports": 10750010549040241
        },
        {
          "address": "CbrKVVDv6irzm4SYv8YnhJkN6wCTnYw9S7SqdwavCrRt",
          "lamports": 8049931767811794
        }
      ]
    },
    "id": 1
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>