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Minting fungible token allows you to increase the total supply of the token. Minting a non-fungible token creates an NFT with its unique metadata for the class of NFTs defined by the token ID. The Supply Key must sign the transaction.
  • If no Supply Key is defined, the transaction will resolve to TOKEN\_HAS\_NO\_SUPPLY\_KEY. The maximum total supply a token can have is 2^63-1.
  • The amount provided must be in the lowest denomination possible.
    • Example: Token A has 2 decimals. In order to mint 100 tokens, one must provide an amount of 10000. In order to mint 100.55 tokens, one must provide an amount of 10055.
  • The metadata field is specific to NFTs. Once an NFT is minted, the metadata cannot be changed and is immutable.
    • You can use the metadata field to add a URI that contains additional information about the token. You can view the metadata schema here. The metadata field has a 100-character limit.
  • The serial number for the NFT is returned in the receipt of the transaction.
  • When minting NFTs, do not set the amount. The amount is used for minting fungible tokens only.
  • This transaction accepts zero unit minting operations for fungible tokens (HIP-564)
Transaction Signing Requirements
  • Supply key
  • Transaction fee payer account key
Transaction Fees
  • Please see the transaction and query fees table for the base transaction fee.
  • Please use the Hedera fee estimator to estimate your transaction fee cost.

Constructor

ConstructorDescription
new TokenMintTransaction()Initializes the TokenMintTransaction object

Transaction Properties

MethodTypeRequirement
setTokenId(<tokenId>)TokenIdRequired
setAmount(<amount>)longOptional (fungible)
addMetadata(<metadata>)byte[]Optional (NFT)
setMetadata(<metadataList>)List<byte[]>Optional (NFT)
setHighVolume(<highVolume>)booleanOptional

Get Transaction Values

MethodTypeDescription
getTokenId()TokenIdReturns the token ID
getAmount()longReturns the amount to mint (fungible)
getMetadata()List<byte[]>Returns the metadata list (NFT)
getHighVolume()booleanReturns whether this transaction uses high-volume throttles
This transaction supports high-volume entity creation (HIP-1313). Setting setHighVolume(true) routes the transaction through dedicated high-volume throttle capacity with variable-rate pricing for both fungible and NFT mints. Always pair this with setMaxTransactionFee() to cap your costs.
//Mint another 1,000 tokens
TokenMintTransaction transaction = new TokenMintTransaction()
     .setTokenId(tokenId)
     .setMaxTransactionFee(new Hbar(20)) //Use when HBAR is under 10 cents
     .setAmount(1000);

//Freeze the unsigned transaction, sign with the supply private key of the token, submit the transaction to a Hedera network
TransactionResponse txResponse = transaction
     .freezeWith(client)
     .sign(supplyKey)
     .execute(client);

//Request the receipt of the transaction
TransactionReceipt receipt = txResponse.getReceipt(client);

//Obtain the transaction consensus status
Status transactionStatus = receipt.status;

System.out.println("The transaction consensus status is " +transactionStatus;

//v2.0.1
//Mint another 1,000 tokens and freeze the unsigned transaction for manual signing
const transaction = await new TokenMintTransaction()
     .setTokenId(tokenId)
     .setAmount(1000)
     .setMaxTransactionFee(new Hbar(20)) //Use when HBAR is under 10 cents
     .freezeWith(client);

//Sign with the supply private key of the token 
const signTx = await transaction.sign(supplyKey);

//Submit the transaction to a Hedera network    
const txResponse = await signTx.execute(client);

//Request the receipt of the transaction
const receipt = await txResponse.getReceipt(client);
    
//Get the transaction consensus status
const transactionStatus = receipt.status;

console.log("The transaction consensus status " +transactionStatus.toString());

//v2.0.7
//Mint another 1,000 tokens and freeze the unsigned transaction for manual signing
transaction, err = hedera.NewTokenMintTransaction().
		SetTokenID(tokenId).
		SetAmount(1000).
		//Use when HBAR is under 10 cents
		SetMaxTransactionFee(hedera.HbarFrom(20, hedera.HbarUnits.Hbar)).
		FreezeWith(client)

if err != nil {
		panic(err)
}

//Sign with the supply private key of the token, submit the transaction to a Hedera network
txResponse, err := transaction.
		Sign(supplyKey).
		Execute(client)

if err != nil {
		panic(err)
}

//Request the receipt of the transaction
receipt, err = txResponse.GetReceipt(client)

if err != nil {
		panic(err)
}

//Get the transaction consensus status
status := receipt.Status

fmt.Printf("The transaction consensus status is %v\n", status)

//v2.1.0
// Mint another 1,000 tokens
let transaction = TokenMintTransaction::new()
    .token_id(token_id)
    .amount(1000)
    .max_transaction_fee(Hbar::from(20)); // Use when HBAR is under 10 cents

// Freeze the unsigned transaction, sign with the supply private key of the token
let tx_response = transaction
    .freeze_with(&client)?
    .sign(supply_key)
    .execute(&client).await?;

// Request the receipt of the transaction
let receipt = tx_response.get_receipt(&client).await?;

// Get the transaction consensus status
let status = receipt.status;

println!("The transaction consensus status is {:?}", status);

// v0.34.0