cannot send ether to a contract address

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I am on a private net. I try sending ether to a contract address. It just doesn't work.

eth.sendTransaction({from: eth.coinbase, to: "0x39ce9b3b171da836afb02cbe2eff8d4e4fd6f174", 
     value: web3.toWei(3, "ether"), gas:90000000})

I did unlock my account. I also run a miner. Increased the gas to other higher values, etc. I really do not know what is wrong with it?

See this FAQ for reference solidity.readthedocs.io/en/develop/… — Tjaden Hess♦, Nov 21 '16 at 16:24
I don't think that you can transfer ether to any contract address like this. You need to call a function from the contract to handle the sent ether or need to define fallback function. — Aniket, Nov 22 '16 at 7:33
Thanks, I added payable keyword to the function and it worked. function paypremium() public payable { .....} — user813, Nov 22 '16 at 8:35

Tommaso Giubilei · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-12 12:06:43Z

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Try to put the from with an actual address and see if it work.

eth.sendTransaction({from: "/* Contact Address*/", to: "0x39ce9b3b171da836afb02cbe2eff8d4e4fd6f174", 
 value: web3.toWei(3, "ether"), gas:90000000})

answered Apr 12 '18 at 12:06

Tommaso Giubilei

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