im getting this error while trying to send ethereum using my local geth node.
ValueError: {'code': -32000, 'message': 'insufficient funds for gas * price + value'}
here is how i build the tx
from web3 import Web3 w3 = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider("http://localhost:8545")) amount = 0.01 from_address = "0xF2........." private_key = "cf.........." address_to = "0x..." nonce = w3.eth.getTransactionCount(from_address) tx = { 'from': from_address, 'to': address_to, 'value': w3.toWei(amount, 'ether'), 'gas': 21000, 'gasPrice': w3.eth.gas_price, 'nonce': nonce, 'chainId': 1 } signed_txn = w3.eth.account.sign_transaction(tx, private_key=private_key) send = w3.eth.sendRawTransaction(signed_txn.rawTransaction) txid = send.hex()
My ethereum account has more than 2 ETH available What am I doing wrong?
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Answer
The node error does not lie, so the node does not think you have 2 ETH available.
You can easily check with web3.eth.getBalance()
how much you have available.