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I'm trying to create a market contract using the token I created as the currency. The market works by placing asks and bids and then using transferFrom function to hold onto the tokens. However the function fails even though I have approved the contract address. Here is my "Ask" method.

function addAsk (uint _amount, uint _price) public {
    string memory _timestamp = uint2str(block.timestamp);
    Ask storage ask = asks[msg.sender];
    ask.asker = msg.sender;
    ask.amount = _amount;
    ask.price = _price;
    ask.timestamp = _timestamp;
    ask_ids.push(msg.sender);
    //Works until here
    credits.transferFrom(msg.sender, address(this), _amount);
    emit AskPlaced(msg.sender, _amount, _price, _timestamp, tick);
  }

Here is how I implemented my ERC20 token in the contract:

IERC20 public credits;


constructor() {
credits = new EnergyCredits();
    
}

I am getting this error every single time. enter image description here

I have pinpointed the problem to the following location: enter image description here

It seems the transferFrom function is having trouble when doing math operations to the "balances" mapping. What could be the reason for this?

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  • Take a look at your EnergyCredits code，Have your tokens been allocated? Take a look at your front-end code, there may be a problem.
    – zmy
    Commented Aug 2, 2021 at 2:21
  • How are you approving the tokens?
    – Lauri Peltonen
    Commented Aug 2, 2021 at 9:51
  • ` function approve(address spender, uint256 tokens) public override returns (bool success) { allowed[msg.sender][spender] = tokens; emit Approval(msg.sender, spender, tokens); return true; } ` This is the method I use to approve the spender. I use Remix IDE with solidity 0.8.6 to approve the contract address as a spender.
    – Batu Büktel
    Commented Aug 2, 2021 at 12:17
  • @BatuBüktel Please indicate where do you call approve, and how are you calling it (parameters used). In solc v0.8 airthmetic operations are checked for overflow.
    – Ismael ♦
    Commented Aug 4, 2021 at 4:10

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I eventually solved this problem by using Open Zeppelin library to create my token. For some reason, I couldn't get my contract to work with my token contract.

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