Everything you need to know about why your available balance differs from your total balance.
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Why is my available balance less than my total balance?
In Exodus, the total balance is the amount of crypto you have in your wallet. Your available balance is the maximum amount your wallet can send or swap from your total balance.
Your available balance can differ from your total balance for a few reasons:
The available balance subtracts transaction fees required to send a transaction. For example, if you have $50 in Bitcoin, and the fee for sending the transaction is $1.50, you will see $48.50 as the available balance, as that is the amount you can send after the network fees.
Pending deposits are subtracted from your available balance, as the funds in a pending transaction cannot be spent until the transaction is confirmed. Unconfirmed transactions are marked with a Pending tag in the transaction list. If you're curious why your transaction is pending, check out Why are my transactions pending?
Your available balance will also subtract any minimum balance requirements set by the asset's network, such as the minimum balance for XRP (XRP) and Polkadot (DOT).
Transaction fees are calculated automatically by your Exodus wallet, but the fees aren’t paid to Exodus they go to the network. You can learn more here: Does Exodus have transaction fees to send or receive?
To set custom fees for Bitcoin or Ethereum, check out these articles:
Tutorial video: Why is my available balance less than my wallet balance?
What does this look like for Bitcoin?
In this example, there is 0.00437392 BTC in this Bitcoin wallet as the total balance.
However, the most this wallet can send or swap is 0.00435596 BTC, as the transaction fee for sending a transaction is 0.00001796 BTC.
What does this look like for XRP (XRP)?
The XRP network enforces a minimum balance requirement. Currently, all XRP holders require at least 10 XRP for their addresses to remain active.
Let's take a look at how this minimum balance rule affects available XRP balances.
In the example below, we can see that there are currently 39.841732 XRP in the wallet.
However, the most this wallet can send is 29.836732 XRP, as the wallet needs to maintain a balance of 10 XRP for the minimum balance requirement, and the transaction fee for sending the transaction is 0.005 XRP.
What does this look like for Polkadot (DOT)?
The Polkadot network enforces a minimum balance requirement. Currently, all DOT holders require at least 1 DOT for their addresses to remain active.
Let's take a look at how the minimum balance affects available DOT balances.
In the example below, we can see there are currently 1.7336795 DOT in the wallet.
However, the most this wallet can send is 0.69367948 DOT, as the wallet needs to maintain a balance of 1 DOT for the minimum balance, and the network fee for sending the transaction is 0.02 DOT.
Which assets have minimum balances?
Asset | Minimum balance | Learn more |
Algorand (ALGO) | 0.1 ALGO | |
Aptos (APT) | 0.05 APT | |
Cosmos (ATOM) | 0.077 ATOM* | |
Kava (KAVA) | 0.165 KAVA* | |
Lisk (LSK) | 0.05 LSK | |
Polkadot (DOT) | 1 DOT | |
XRP (XRP) | 10 XRP | |
Solana (SOL) | 0.01 SOL | |
Stellar (XLM) | 1 XLM | |
Tezos (XTZ) | 0.275 XTZ |
*Only when there is a staked balance.