Solana token accounts keep rent deposits after selling, and users can reclaim them

Solana wallets hold each token in a separate token account, and each account must keep a small SOL deposit to stay rent-exempt. Selling a token leaves its account open, so the deposit remains locked even though the balance is zero. Older accounts can hold a larger deposit of about 0.00204 SOL, compared with roughly 0.00149 SOL for a standard account today. The article provides a read-only script that scans a wallet for empty accounts and totals the locked SOL without signing any transactions. In one sampled wallet, the scan found 23 empty accounts holding 0.04 SOL in total.
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