From 48a4c569e35f891df36290f908148d27be65c076 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F. Eugene Aumson" <feuGeneA@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 14:44:18 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Improve handling of PRIVATE_KEY env var

Now matches what we were already doing in the advanced JS project.

Addresses review comment https://github.com/nomiclabs/hardhat/pull/1770#discussion_r711308973
---
 .../hardhat-core/sample-projects/advanced-ts/hardhat.config.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/hardhat-core/sample-projects/advanced-ts/hardhat.config.ts b/packages/hardhat-core/sample-projects/advanced-ts/hardhat.config.ts
index 2752d7fc1e..0f1c6e17ad 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat-core/sample-projects/advanced-ts/hardhat.config.ts
+++ b/packages/hardhat-core/sample-projects/advanced-ts/hardhat.config.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ const config: HardhatUserConfig = {
   networks: {
     ropsten: {
       url: process.env.ROPSTEN_URL || "",
-      accounts: [process.env.PRIVATE_KEY || `0x${"0".repeat(40)}`],
+      accounts:
+        process.env.PRIVATE_KEY !== undefined ? [process.env.PRIVATE_KEY] : [],
     },
   },
   gasReporter: {