Mint Solana token supply

Frequently asked

How do I mint more supply of my Solana token?

Pick the mint from the 'Controlled mints' picker (or paste its address), confirm SolKnife sees you as the mint authority, enter an amount and destination, then your wallet signs. The mint goes through in one transaction; the recipient's Associated Token Account is created in the same tx if it doesn't exist.

Can I mint to a wallet that doesn't have my token yet?

Yes. The tool builds the create-Associated-Token-Account instruction into the same transaction, so the destination's ATA is created and funded with your minted tokens in one signature. The wallet you're paying with covers the small rent deposit for the new ATA (about 0.002 SOL, refundable if the account is later closed).

What if my wallet is not the mint authority?

SolKnife refuses to build the transaction. The tool reads the on-chain mint state before letting you proceed and only enables the form when your wallet actually holds the mint authority. If you transferred the authority elsewhere, only the new holder can mint supply.

What if I revoked the mint authority already?

Then no further supply can ever be minted — that's the point of revoking it (one of the cleanest signals to a buyer that the supply is fixed). The tool will see authority = none and tell you the supply is locked. SolKnife's revoke-authority tool handles the revoke step when you want to lock it.

Is the supply public after minting?

Yes. Solana token supply is a public on-chain value — anyone can read it from the mint account. Every wallet and explorer that lists your token shows the current total. Privacy applies to TRANSFER AMOUNTS (Token-2022 confidential transfer extension), never to the supply itself.

Can I mint Token-2022 tokens with extensions like transfer fee?

Yes. Token-2022 mints with any combination of extensions (transfer fee, confidential transfer, interest-bearing, etc.) work the same way as classic SPL Token mints in this tool. SolKnife reads the program and the extension state, and applies any extension-specific behavior (e.g. a transfer fee on the mint-to-other-address path) automatically.

How do I specify the amount — base units or human-readable?

Human-readable. Enter '1000' to mint 1000 tokens; SolKnife applies the decimals automatically (multiplied by 10^decimals before sending the on-chain amount). The review screen shows both forms so you can sanity-check before signing.

Can I mint to multiple recipients in one transaction?

Not in this version — one mint, one recipient, one signature per call. For airdrops to many recipients, run the tool repeatedly (each call is its own tx) or use a dedicated airdrop tool. SolKnife may add batching in a future slice.

What does a freeze authority on the mint do here?

Nothing directly — freeze authority affects holder accounts (whether their balance can be frozen), not the mint operation itself. You can mint to an unfrozen account regardless of whether the mint has an active freeze authority. SolKnife's rug-checker flags an active freeze authority as a risk signal for buyers; revoke it with the revoke-authority tool when you're done minting.

What's the cost to mint supply?

Solana network fee (a few thousand lamports), the ATA rent deposit if a new account is created on the destination side (about 0.002 SOL, refundable), and a small flat SolKnife fee shown before you sign. The minted tokens themselves cost nothing on-chain — the mint authority just emits them.