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title: getEpochSchedule
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h1: getEpochSchedule RPC Method
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Returns the epoch schedule information from this cluster's genesis config

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### Parameters

**None**

### Result

The result field will be an object with the following fields:

- `slotsPerEpoch: <u64>` - the maximum number of slots in each epoch
- `leaderScheduleSlotOffset: <u64>` - the number of slots before beginning of an
  epoch to calculate a leader schedule for that epoch
- `warmup: <bool>` - whether epochs start short and grow
- `firstNormalEpoch: <u64>` - first normal-length epoch, log2(slotsPerEpoch) -
  log2(MINIMUM_SLOTS_PER_EPOCH)
- `firstNormalSlot: <u64>` - MINIMUM_SLOTS_PER_EPOCH \*
  (2.pow(firstNormalEpoch) - 1)

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### Code sample

```shell
curl https://api.devnet.solana.com -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '
  {
    "jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,
    "method":"getEpochSchedule"
  }
'
```

### Response

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    "firstNormalEpoch": 8,
    "firstNormalSlot": 8160,
    "leaderScheduleSlotOffset": 8192,
    "slotsPerEpoch": 8192,
    "warmup": true
  },
  "id": 1
}
```

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