RAM Commands

Get RAM Price

Command: proton ram

Description: Display current RAM prices in XPR (Proton) per byte and kilobyte.

Output Format:

RAM costs X.XXXX XPR / byte
RAM costs X.XXXX XPR / KB

Example:

proton ram

Buy RAM

Command: proton ram:buy <buyer> <receiver> <bytes> [flags]

Description: Purchase RAM for an account on the Proton blockchain.

Arguments:

• buyer (required): Account paying for the RAM
• receiver (required): Account receiving the RAM
• bytes (required): Amount of RAM to purchase in bytes

Flags:

• -p, --authorization: Use a specific authorization other than buyer@active

Example:

# Buy RAM for self
proton ram:buy myaccount myaccount 8192

# Buy RAM for another account
proton ram:buy myaccount otheraccount 8192

# Buy RAM with specific authorization
proton ram:buy myaccount otheraccount 8192 -p myaccount@custom

Notes:

• RAM is a required resource for storing data on the blockchain
• RAM prices fluctuate based on supply and demand
• Use the ram command to check current prices before buying