payments
Light Token payments
Build payment flows using light-token on Solana. The light-token API matches SPL-token and extends it to include the light token program.
| Creation cost | SPL | light-token |
|---|---|---|
| Token Account | ~2,000,000 lamports | ~11,000 lamports |
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