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I've tried to change the value of defaultAccount on web3.min.js from void to an address, but it didn't seem to work and web3.eth.defaultAccount remained undefined when I called it from the console.

How do I preset that variable?

This is what I'm doing:

Defined from

I believed the from field would've done the trick, but it didn't. So I tried to force the value

change the variable just to make sure

and then I run truffle console

Running on console

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  • Please post a screenshot or a console trace how do you do this and how you inspect it did not change? There shouldn't be anything magical about this and it should just work.
    – Mikko Ohtamaa
    Commented Sep 27, 2018 at 11:40
  • There it is, Mikko
    – Tadeu Moreira
    Commented Sep 27, 2018 at 13:13
  • You are definitely doing something wrong as you are not supposed to edit web3.min.js - have you tried to set the variable as shown in the answer below?
    – Mikko Ohtamaa
    Commented Sep 27, 2018 at 14:18
  • I did it after my attempt to only put the from parameter failed. About the code below: do you mean putting it in truffle.js? I understood I'd have to do it on the console, which I was already doing anyways
    – Tadeu Moreira
    Commented Sep 27, 2018 at 15:42

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Reset to default
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// set the default account web3.eth.defaultAccount = '0xWalletAddress';

Refer to https://web3js.readthedocs.io/en/1.0/web3-eth.html#defaultaccount

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  • I'm aware I can change this while running the console, I just want to save that time and have it pre-defined
    – Tadeu Moreira
    Commented Sep 27, 2018 at 12:27

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