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+import {HardhatRuntimeEnvironment} from 'hardhat/types';
+import {DeployFunction} from 'hardhat-deploy/types';
+
+
+const func: DeployFunction = async function (hre: HardhatRuntimeEnvironment) {
+    const layer1 =  hre.companionNetworks.layer1;
+    
+    const {deployer} = await hre.getNamedAccounts();
+    const l1Accs = await layer1.getNamedAccounts();
+    
+    const messageBusAddress = process.env.MESSAGE_BUS_ADDRESS!!
+
+    const messageBus = (await hre.ethers.getContractFactory('MessageBus')).attach(messageBusAddress)
+    const prefundAmount = hre.ethers.utils.parseEther("100");
+    const tx = await messageBus.populateTransaction.sendValueToL2("0xA58C60cc047592DE97BF1E8d2f225Fc5D959De77", prefundAmount, {
+        value: prefundAmount
+    });
+
+
+    console.log(`Sending ${prefundAmount} to ${deployer}`);
+
+    const receipt = await layer1.deployments.rawTx({
+        from: l1Accs.deployer,
+        to: messageBusAddress,
+        value: prefundAmount,
+        data: tx.data,
+        log: true,
+        waitConfirmations: 1,
+    });
+    if (receipt.events?.length === 0) {
+        console.log(`Account prefunding status = FAILURE NO CROSS CHAIN EVENT`);
+    } else {
+        console.log(`Account prefunding status = ${receipt.status}`);
+    }
+};
+
+export default func;
+func.tags = ['GasPrefunding', 'GasPrefunding_deploy'];
+// No dependencies
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