From f8a5ded0bab66af8823c8fd357b0c612372d2a17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CalDescent <caldescent@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 23:20:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for bug introduced in commit cfe9252

---
 src/main/java/org/qortal/transaction/Transaction.java | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/qortal/transaction/Transaction.java b/src/main/java/org/qortal/transaction/Transaction.java
index 8f2c7e97..8bb90464 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/qortal/transaction/Transaction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/qortal/transaction/Transaction.java
@@ -549,6 +549,10 @@ public abstract class Transaction {
 			return ValidationResult.OK;
 		}
 
+		PublicKeyAccount creator = this.getCreator();
+		if (creator == null)
+			return ValidationResult.MISSING_CREATOR;
+
 		// Reject if unconfirmed pile already has X transactions from same creator
 		if (countUnconfirmedByCreator(creator) >= Settings.getInstance().getMaxUnconfirmedPerAccount())
 			return ValidationResult.TOO_MANY_UNCONFIRMED;
@@ -559,10 +563,6 @@ public abstract class Transaction {
 		if (this.getDeadline() <= latestBlock.getTimestamp())
 			return ValidationResult.TIMESTAMP_TOO_OLD;
 
-		PublicKeyAccount creator = this.getCreator();
-		if (creator == null)
-			return ValidationResult.MISSING_CREATOR;
-
 		// Check transaction's txGroupId
 		if (!this.isValidTxGroupId())
 			return ValidationResult.INVALID_TX_GROUP_ID;