Tezos FAQs – Learn more about XTZ

Everything you need to know about Tezos (XTZ) inside of Exodus.

In this article:

• Why does Tezos have a minimum balance?
• What is the Tezos official stance?
• How does Exodus handle XTZ minimum balances?
• Is it possible to return the minimum balance so I can send it out?

Why does Tezos have a minimum balance?

Tezos is a special asset that has built-in rules on minimum balances held in Tezos addresses, just like some bank accounts where you have to maintain a minimum balance. In order to activate and use your Tezos wallet, you must first deposit no less than 0.275 XTZ into your Exodus Tezos address.

After that, your account will activate and everything will be just like you are used to with Bitcoin, Ethereum or any other Exodus asset, except that the 0.275 XTZ minimum cannot be moved out.

What is the Tezos official stance?

The XTZ asset is unique in that, unlike other assets, Tezos enforces reserve requirements in order to keep the address active as well as protect the shared global ledger from growing excessively large as the result of spam or malicious usage.

The Tezos network requires minimum balances on accounts in order to prevent people from overwhelming the network.

To submit transactions, an address must hold a minimum amount of XTZ in the shared global ledger. You cannot send this XTZ to other addresses. To fund a new address, you must send enough XTZ to meet the reserve requirement.

The current minimum reserve requirement is 0.275 XTZ. This is the cost of an address that owns no other objects in the ledger.

For more information, visit: Tezos reserve requirements in the official documentation.

How does Exodus handle XTZ minimum balances?

In Exodus, the minimum balance required to keep your Tezos account active is 0.275 XTZ.

Exodus will display a warning in your wallet if your XTZ balance in Exodus is less than the required minimum balance.