# Total Reserves

Reserves are an accounting entry in each sToken contract that represents a portion of historical interest set aside as [cash](/stokens/get-cash.md) which can be withdrawn or transferred through the protocol's governance. A small portion of borrower interest accrues into the protocol, determined by the [reserve factor](/stokens/reserve-factor.md).

**SErc20 / SEther**

```
function totalReserves() returns (uint)
```

* `RETURN`: The total amount of reserves held in the market.

**Solidity**

```
SErc20 sToken = SToken(0x3FDA...);
uint reserves = sToken.totalReserves();
```

**Web3 1.0**

```javascript
const sToken = SEther.at(0x3FDB...);
const reserves = (await sToken.methods.totalReserves().call());
```


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