Ethereum wallet not able to make transaction

Question

I have this code in python for Ethereum transaction but the transaction is not happening. I have just kept waiting but the transaction does not happen.

from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
import rlp
from ethereum.transactions import Transaction
from time import time

class MyEtherApi():

    def __init__(self, addr=None, key=None):
        self.addr = addr
        self.key = key
        self.w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('https://dummy-eth-node.local'))

    def get_eth_balance(self):
        return self.w3.eth.getBalance(self.addr)

    def send_eth(self, address, amt, gas):
        tx = Transaction(
            to=address,
            value=Web3.toWei(amt, 'ether'),
            nonce=int(time()),
            gasprice=self.w3.eth.gasPrice,
            startgas=int(gas),
            data=b'',
        )
        tx.sign(self.key)
        raw_tx = rlp.encode(tx)
        signed = self.w3.toHex(raw_tx)
        return self.w3.eth.sendRawTransaction(signed)

Answer 1

I can see that the nonce you have set is very high. When you set a nonce very high, it just means that the transaction cant be mined and maybe that’s why your transaction is not happening. The most used practiced is to start the nonce with 0 and keeps on increasing with every transaction. Setting a low nonce should solve your problem.