Amount is wrong when transferring ERC-20 token with web3.js

Question

When I run the method on Etherscan or Remix, the amount is correct, and it displays with the token's symbol CSHIP.

Yet for the life of me, I can't get the right amount to show up when I am implementing this in my javascript app. My code is below:

let amt = 1e16;
const hash = await web3React.library.provider.request({
    method: "eth_sendTransaction",
    params: [
        {
            from: web3React.account,
            to: farmAddress,
            data: shipContract.methods
            .transfer(farmAddress, web3.utils.toHex(amt) + "")
            .encodeABI(),
            nonce: (await web3.eth.getTransactionCount(web3React.account, "latest")) + "",
        },
    ],
});

And here is the result when that code is run:

Note that not only is the amount wrong, but the token symbol CSHIP does not appear. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Your to parameter should be the address of the contract you're executing the transfer method on - the address of the token you are sending. Probably shipContract.address.