# getInflationRate

Returns the specific inflation values for the current epoch.

This method will use `30` [Compute Units](/v1/about/billing.md).

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## **Parameters**

None.

## Returns

`result` The result will be an object with the following fields:

* `epoch` The epoch during which these values remain valid.
* `foundation` The proportion of total inflation allocated to the foundation.
* `total` The total inflation.
* `validator` The portion of inflation designated for validators.

```bash
// Result
{
	"jsonrpc": "2.0",
	"result": {
		"epoch": 741,
		"foundation": 0.0,
		"total": 0.047237663454945594,
		"validator": 0.047237663454945594
	},
	"id": 1
}
```

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="mainnet" %}

<pre class="language-bash"><code class="lang-bash"><strong>curl https://mainnet.solana.validationcloud.io/v1/&#x3C;YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
</strong>    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1, "method":"getInflationRate"}'
    
</code></pre>

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="devnet" %}

```bash
curl https://devnet.solana.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1, "method":"getInflationRate"}'
    
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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