cmd/evm: don't overwrite sender account (ethereum#30259)

lightclient · gballet · commit 330d45ef7496 · 2025-09-11T12:28:49.000+02:00
Fixes ethereum#30254 It seems like the removed CreateAccount call is very old and not needed anymore. After removing it, setting a sender that does not exist in the state doesn't seem to cause an issue.
diff --git a/cmd/evm/runner.go b/cmd/evm/runner.go
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	if ctx.String(SenderFlag.Name) != "" {
 		sender = common.HexToAddress(ctx.String(SenderFlag.Name))
 	}
-	statedb.CreateAccount(sender)
 
 	if ctx.String(ReceiverFlag.Name) != "" {
 		receiver = common.HexToAddress(ctx.String(ReceiverFlag.Name))

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {`
`162`	`162`	`if ctx.String(SenderFlag.Name) != "" {`
`163`	`163`	`sender = common.HexToAddress(ctx.String(SenderFlag.Name))`
`164`	`164`	`}`
`165`		`- statedb.CreateAccount(sender)`
`166`	`165`
`167`	`166`	`if ctx.String(ReceiverFlag.Name) != "" {`
`168`	`167`	`receiver = common.HexToAddress(ctx.String(ReceiverFlag.Name))`