Transaction from unlocked account fails with error: "The nonce generation function failed, or the private key was invalid":

[adjisb]

Hi, I'm unlocking this address: 0xffffFFFfFFffffffffffffffFfFFFfffFFFfFFfE on a mumbai fork to try to emulate polygon system account.
When I send the following transaction I get in the ganache v7.0.0 container log I get the error "The nonce generation function failed, or the private key was invalid":

mumbai_1 | > eth_sendTransaction: [ 
mumbai_1 | > { 
mumbai_1 | > "gas": "0xcd3f", 
mumbai_1 | > "from": "0xfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffe", 
mumbai_1 | > "to": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000001001", 
mumbai_1 | > "data": "...."

Even a transfer tx fails with the same error:

mumbai_1   |    >  eth_sendTransaction: [
mumbai_1   |    >   {
mumbai_1   |    >     "from": "0xfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffe",
mumbai_1   |    >     "to": "0x5f890c9522dce5670d741d4277bfcc2d9ca8af02",
mumbai_1   |    >     "value": "0x12",
mumbai_1   |    >     "gasPrice": "0x77359400"
mumbai_1   |    >   }

Is seems this error happens when trying to ecsign with the fake private key.

Any idea ?

[davidmurdoch]

Can you show how to you initializing ganache? Also, what version of ganache, node.js and what operating system are you using?

[adjisb]

I'm running ganache in docker, this a section of my docker-compose, aaa, bbb, ccc are other unrelated addresses that I'm unlocking:

  mumbai:
    profiles:
      - testnet
    image: trufflesuite/ganache:v7.0.0
    ports:
      - "28545:28545"
    command:
      "-p 28545
        -v
        -f ${ETH_NODE_URI_MUMBAI_DOCKER}
        --chain.chainId 80001
        --chain.networkId 80001
        -u aaa
        -u bbb
        -u ccc
        -u 0xfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffe"

I also tired with latest, same error.

[davidmurdoch]

Have you tried updating to trufflesuite/ganache:v7.0.3?

[davidmurdoch]

I'm able to reproduce with that address and am looking into a solution now.

[davidmurdoch]

I've found the issue. Unfortunately there is no workaround. We'll get a release out with a fix ASAP.

[adjisb]

Ok, thanks

[RiccardoBiosas]

I can confirm the same error on Ganache CLI v6.12.2 (ganache-core: 2.13.2)

[davidmurdoch]

@RiccardoBiosas ganache-cli and ganache-core are deprecated, use the ganache package (v7). That said, this issue also occurs in that version, but will be fixed by #2944 soon.

[RiccardoBiosas]

@davidmurdoch Yes, I downgraded it to check if it was a temporarily viable workaround for the issue. Anyway looking forward to the fix, thanks!