Transaction has been reverted by the EVM(Error encountered during contract execution [out of gas] )

Question

I am trying to execute a function from the truffle console and getting the error without much information.

contract LPTokenWrapper {
IERC20 public lp_tkn = IERC20(0xf7a35Eef60dC35fa2D3188Dfb22e635E4308fc8b);
function stake(uint256 amount) public {
        _totalSupply = _totalSupply.add(amount);
        _balances[msg.sender] = _balances[msg.sender].add(amount);
        tkn.safeTransferFrom(msg.sender, address(this), amount);
    }
}

from truffle console doing(with the same account which has lp_tkn) lp_wrp.stake(web3.utils.toWie("1"));

https://testnet.bscscan.com/tx/0x2eba99c94ba96513794da6e10e1c88d80e3ca619b13fc994428abc0e6fa2fd4c

Answer 1

It is possible that address(this) is not authorised to transferFrom() funds that belong to msg.sender. It can't simply help itself to someone else's tokens.

In the ERC20 standard, the user is required to approve() - allow the receiver, which is the contract, to take a certain amount of tokens before the receiver can use transferFrom(). This is usually coordinated by the UI so the user just signs the authorizing transaction.

Importantly, the transaction must be from the user directly, not via a smart contract, sent directly to the ERC20 token contract.

The Open Zeppelin implementation:

    /**
     * @dev See {IERC20-approve}.
     *
     * Requirements:
     *
     * - `spender` cannot be the zero address.
     */
    function approve(address spender, uint256 amount) public virtual override returns (bool) {
        _approve(_msgSender(), spender, amount);
        return true;
    }

So, the user will send a transaction to the ERC20 contract to approve a certain address, your contract, to transferFrom() a certain amount of tokens from the user - the allowance. Then, your contract will be able to transferFrom().

Hope it helps.