Error when deploying ERC-721 to mainnet with Truffle

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Hello!

I’m having an issue deploying my ERC-721 smart contract to the mainnet using Truffle.
Everything goes fine, but in the end, I receive this “insufficient funds for gas * price + value” error. Should I mention, that I definitely have enough ETH.

It happened to me twice with different ERC721 smart-contracts. Both contracts were successfully deployed in fact. They are working just fine, I’m only not able to interact with them using truffle console.

:computer: Environment
I’m using Truffle v5.1.65 (core: 5.1.65)
OpenZeppelin contracts 3.4.0

I set up the environment according to OZ guides https://docs.openzeppelin.com/learn

:memo:Details
Both times I have absolutely the same situation.
Contracts were tested locally using Ganache, then successfully deployed to Rinkeby network and tested there.
However, when deploying to the Mainnet, I’m getting this error.
Contracts work on the mainnet, I can verify them with etherscan and interact with them using web3.js and etherscan Read\Write interface.
But why am I getting this error?

:1234: Code to reproduce

Here is my truffle configuration file for the last migration:

const { alchemyApiKeyRinkeby, alchemyApiKeyMain, mnemonic } = require('./secrets.json');
const HDWalletProvider = require('@truffle/hdwallet-provider');

module.exports = {

  networks: {

 development: {
  host: "127.0.0.1",     // Localhost (default: none)
  port: 8545,            // Standard Ethereum port (default: none)
  network_id: "*",       // Any network (default: none)
  gasPrice: 140000000000, // 140 gwei
 },

 rinkeby: {
  provider: () => new HDWalletProvider(
  mnemonic, `https://eth-rinkeby.alchemyapi.io/v2/${alchemyApiKeyRinkeby}`
  ),
  network_id: 4,
  from: '0x23048031ccBCD47B365b126cF67451151DC8eB82',
  gasPrice: 140000000000, //140 gwei
  confirmations: 2,
  skipDryRun: true
 },

 mainnet: {
  provider: () => new HDWalletProvider(
  mnemonic, `https://eth-mainnet.alchemyapi.io/v2/${alchemyApiKeyMain}`
  ),
  network_id: 1,
  from: '0x23048031ccBCD47B365b126cF67451151DC8eB82',
  gasPrice: 165000000000, //165 gwei
  confirmations: 2,
  skipDryRun: true
 }, 

  },

  mocha: {
  },

  compilers: {
    solc: {
      version: "0.7.0",    // Fetch exact version from solc-bin (default: truffle's version)
    }
  }
};

deploy.js

const Plushies = artifacts.require("Plushies");

module.exports = async function (deployer) {
  
// here we pass arguments for constructor  
  await deployer.deploy(Plushies, "some_address", "https://plushies.io/json/");
};

Here is the deployment log:

npx truffle migrate --network mainnet

Compiling your contracts...
===========================
> Compiling ./contracts/Plushies.sol
> Artifacts written to /Users/user/Local_docs/plushies/build/contracts
> Compiled successfully using:
   - solc: 0.7.0+commit.9e61f92b.Emscripten.clang



Starting migrations...
======================
> Network name:    'mainnet'
> Network id:      1
> Block gas limit: 12481654 (0xbe7476)


1_initial_migration.js
======================

   Deploying 'Migrations'
   ----------------------
   > transaction hash:    0x952afb1a30e3079ed87b438cec548ac84932030a37027cd0b19930028d31c6cf
   > Blocks: 1            Seconds: 12
   > contract address:    0xe4A7bc71667f36950456B71EC53578A0B79818f9
   > block number:        12140756
   > block timestamp:     1617109493
   > account:             0x23048031ccBCD47B365b126cF67451151DC8eB82
   > balance:             1.269153085
   > gas used:            186951 (0x2da47)
   > gas price:           165 gwei
   > value sent:          0 ETH
   > total cost:          0.030846915 ETH

   Pausing for 2 confirmations...
   ------------------------------
   > confirmation number: 1 (block: 12140757)
   > confirmation number: 2 (block: 12140758)

   > Saving migration to chain.
   > Saving artifacts
   -------------------------------------
   > Total cost:         0.030846915 ETH


2_deploy.js
===========

   Deploying 'Plushies'
   --------------------
   > transaction hash:    0x69e6ee817a1f42aa401cf845db9a1af76a8f106b5caf4acf545a09944a71ab79
   > Blocks: 7            Seconds: 108
   > contract address:    0x2f53f8470527bd4a39Bc204597ca2A16Bb1a7020
   > block number:        12140770
   > block timestamp:     1617109703
   > account:             0x23048031ccBCD47B365b126cF67451151DC8eB82
   > balance:             0.42647185
   > gas used:            5064824 (0x4d4878)
   > gas price:           165 gwei
   > value sent:          0 ETH
   > total cost:          0.83569596 ETH

   Pausing for 2 confirmations...
   ------------------------------
   > confirmation number: 2 (block: 12140772)

   ⠸ Saving migration to chain.
insufficient funds for gas * price + value
Truffle v5.1.65 (core: 5.1.65)

Thank you very much!

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Hi @fmc,

Welcome to the community :wave:

This may be an issue with Truffle, otherwise you actually didn’t have enough funds after deploying to update your Migrations contract.

I assume you are up and running with your project:

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Thank you very much! OZ community is awesome!

Do you have any idea of what kind of issue with Truffle could it be?

As you can see, the balance after deploying Plushies is >0.42eth

> balance:             0.42647185

I suppose it should be enough to save migration, as it’s more than 50% of deploying cost.

Could you advise, how can I avoid such problems in the future? Would you recommend using Hardhat for example?

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Hi @fmc,

You may want to check with Truffle on what the potential issue might have been, as I am not sure what the issue was if there was enough funds.

You could change to Hardhat. I would recommend trying with a simple project and see which tool (Truffle or Hardhat) is best for your use case.

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Thank you for your answer! I tried with HardHard and everything went smooth.

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