{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/1636","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/1636/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/1636/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/1636/events","html_url":"https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/1636","id":100070418,"number":1636,"title":"geth console: calling methods on contracts fails enigmatically","user":{"login":"thinred","id":502560,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/502560?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/thinred","html_url":"https://github.com/thinred","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thinred/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thinred/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thinred/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thinred/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thinred/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thinred/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thinred/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thinred/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thinred/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-08-10T13:48:21Z","updated_at":"2015-08-10T21:11:49Z","closed_at":"2015-08-10T21:11:49Z","body":"Hi,\r\nwhen I call any method that I have to pay for, I get this:\r\n\r\n    > f.add(5)\r\n    could not decode, from not valid, is required\r\n        at <unknown>\r\n        at <unknown>\r\n        at <unknown>\r\n        at <unknown>\r\n        at add (<anonymous>:-93875:-23)\r\n        at <anonymous>:1:1\r\n\r\nIt is caused by the fact that I don't have eth.defaultAccount set:\r\n\r\n    > eth.defaultAccount = eth.accounts[1]\r\n    '0xABC'\r\n    > f.add(5)\r\n    Please unlock account ABC.\r\n    Passphrase: \r\n    Account is now unlocked for this session.\r\n    '0xabc42'\r\n\r\nStill, the message is rather weird, and does not point to the problem at all.\r\n\r\nCheers,\r\nTomasz\r\n\r\n    "}}