eth.sendTransaction successful or not?

Question

I sent 1 ETH on a private chain from node1 to node2.

>eth.sendTransaction({
from: "0x30278b135d0f5c10eb0684ff18bfd84912ae0f2b",
gasPrice: "5000000000",
gas: "21000",
to: '0xdba556d4250060d8be5abc82f50653430cee5769',
value: "1000000000000000000",
data: ""
}, 'password')

Result (TxHash)

"0xfd723065f3c389b91d379450caad235066762c53749780459218218ff9129205"

But when I check TxHash

> eth.getTransaction("0xfd723065f3c389b91d379450caad235066762c53749780459218218ff9129205")
{
  blockHash: "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  blockNumber: null,
  from: "0x30278b135d0f5c10eb0684ff18bfd84912ae0f2b",
  gas: 21000,
  gasPrice: 5000000000,
  hash: "0xfd723065f3c389b91d379450caad235066762c53749780459218218ff9129205",
  input: "0x",
  nonce: 8,
  r: "0xbe40d0d29d00b48459ba36933eec4338065d2eb5511855316b8fa237c43c95ca",
  s: "0x568b749c609e9dfea9d35fad8e372a747a6eeedb58bbecd20103f8a2dd88cce3",
  to: "0xdba556d4250060d8be5abc82f50653430cee5769",
  transactionIndex: 0,
  v: "0x9c8",
  value: 1000000000000000000
}

And check the number of transaction of the recipient,

> eth.getTransactionCount("0xdba556d4250060d8be5abc82f50653430cee5769")
0

Was the transaction successful?

genesis.json

{
    "config": {
   "chainID": 1234,
   "homesteadBlock": 0,
   "eip155Block": 0,
   "eip158Block": 0
 },
 "alloc": {
    "0x30278b135d0f5c10eb0684ff18bfd84912ae0f2b": {
      "balance": "100000000000000000000000000000"
    }
 },
 "difficulty": "0x4000",
 "gasLimit": "0xffffffff",
 "nonce": "0x0000000000000000",
 "coinbase": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
 "mixhash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
 "parentHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
 "extraData": "0x123458db4e347b1234537c1c8370e4b5ed33adb3db69cbdb7a38e1e50b1b82fa",
 "timestamp": "0x00"
}

Transaction receipt:

> eth.getTransactionReceipt("0xfd723065f3c389b91d379450caad235066762c53749780459                       218218ff9129205")
{
  blockHash: "0x305262bbae04f2646d55724c4e87e836e558cc2c30bd874c2b2c768622113832                       ",
  blockNumber: 30198,
  contractAddress: null,
  cumulativeGasUsed: 21000,
  from: "0x30278b135d0f5c10eb0684ff18bfd84912ae0f2b",
  gasUsed: 21000,
  logs: [],
  logsBloom: "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000                       00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000                       00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000                       00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000                       00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000                       00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000                       000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  root: "0xafbb5fe68186740e11cab692ad5c3b88a1b450cc27f93a2a627138a8a347d155",
  to: "0xdba556d4250060d8be5abc82f50653430cee5769",
  transactionHash: "0xfd723065f3c389b91d379450caad235066762c53749780459218218ff9                       129205",
  transactionIndex: 0
}

j4ys0n · Answer

Personally, I would not rely on getTransactionCount to verify if a transaction was successful. I would check the balance of the receiving address using getBalance.

> eth.getBalance("0xdba556d4250060d8be5abc82f50653430cee5769")

or, if you want to use web3 https://web3js.readthedocs.io/en/1.0/web3-eth.html#getbalance

Elisha Drion · Answer

It's because getTransactionCount(address) returns the number of transactions sent from the address. You are passing the address which received the eth so its count will be 0. If you try with 0x30278b135d0f5c10eb0684ff18bfd84912ae0f2b, it should give you 1.

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