diff --git a/ethers/contract.nim b/ethers/contract.nim
index 9b9695c..cb62d48 100644
--- a/ethers/contract.nim
+++ b/ethers/contract.nim
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ proc createTransaction(contract: Contract,
   let data = @selector & AbiEncoder.encode(parameters)
   Transaction(
     to: contract.address,
-    data: some data,
+    data: data,
     nonce: overrides.nonce,
     chainId: overrides.chainId,
     gasPrice: overrides.gasPrice,
@@ -259,6 +259,8 @@ proc confirm*(tx: Future[?TransactionResponse],
   let receipt = await response.confirm(confirmations, timeout)
 
   if receipt.status != TransactionStatus.Success:
+    logScope:
+      transactionHash = receipt.transactionHash
     echo "[ethers contract] transaction failed, status: ", receipt.status
     trace "transaction failed", status = receipt.status
     without blockNumber =? receipt.blockNumber:
diff --git a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/conversions.nim b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/conversions.nim
index 6514b57..98ccf41 100644
--- a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/conversions.nim
+++ b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/conversions.nim
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import std/json
+import std/strformat
 import std/strutils
 import pkg/json_rpc/jsonmarshal
 import pkg/stew/byteutils
@@ -87,3 +88,26 @@ func fromJson*(json: JsonNode, name: string, result: var TransactionStatus) =
 
 func `%`*(status: TransactionStatus): JsonNode =
   %(status.int.toHex)
+
+# Transaction
+
+func fromJson*(json: JsonNode, name: string, result: var Transaction) =
+  # Deserializes a transaction response, eg eth_getTransactionByHash.
+  # Spec: https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_gettransactionbyhash
+  let expectedFields =
+    @["input", "from", "to", "value", "nonce", "chainId", "gasPrice"]
+
+  for fieldName in expectedFields:
+    if not json.hasKey(fieldName):
+      raise newException(ValueError,
+        fmt"'{fieldName}' field not found in ${json}")
+
+  result = Transaction(
+    sender: fromJson(?Address, json["from"], "from"),
+    to: Address.fromJson(json["to"], "to"),
+    data: seq[byte].fromJson(json["input"], "input"),
+    value: UInt256.fromJson(json["value"], "value"),
+    nonce: fromJson(?UInt256, json["nonce"], "nonce"),
+    chainId: fromJson(?UInt256, json["chainId"], "chainId"),
+    gasPrice: fromJson(?UInt256, json["gasPrice"], "gasPrice")
+  )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ethers/transaction.nim b/ethers/transaction.nim
index 1c1e7f9..29c7418 100644
--- a/ethers/transaction.nim
+++ b/ethers/transaction.nim
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import ./basics
 type Transaction* = object
   sender*: ?Address
   to*: Address
-  data*: ?seq[byte]
+  data*: seq[byte]
   value*: UInt256
   nonce*: ?UInt256
   chainId*: ?UInt256
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func `$`*(transaction: Transaction): string =
     result &= "from: " & $sender & ", "
   result &= "to: " & $transaction.to & ", "
   result &= "value: " & $transaction.value & ", "
-  result &= "data: 0x" & $(transaction.data.?toHex)
+  result &= "data: 0x" & $(transaction.data.toHex)
   if nonce =? transaction.nonce:
     result &= ", nonce: " & $nonce
   if chainId =? transaction.chainId:
diff --git a/ethers/wallet/signing.nim b/ethers/wallet/signing.nim
index 734e8b2..b56e406 100644
--- a/ethers/wallet/signing.nim
+++ b/ethers/wallet/signing.nim
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func toSignableTransaction(transaction: Transaction): SignableTransaction =
   signable.gasLimit = GasInt(gasLimit.truncate(uint64))
   signable.to = some EthAddress(transaction.to)
   signable.value = transaction.value
-  signable.payload = transaction.data |? newSeq[byte]()
+  signable.payload = transaction.data
 
   if maxFee =? transaction.maxFee and
      maxPriorityFee =? transaction.maxPriorityFee:
diff --git a/testmodule/examples.nim b/testmodule/examples.nim
index d2fc4f4..dfd7345 100644
--- a/testmodule/examples.nim
+++ b/testmodule/examples.nim
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ proc example*(_: type UInt256): UInt256 =
   UInt256.fromBytesBE(array[32, byte].example)
 
 proc example*(_: type Transaction): Transaction =
-  Transaction(to: Address.example, data: some seq[byte].example)
+  Transaction(to: Address.example, data: seq[byte].example)
diff --git a/testmodule/providers/jsonrpc/testConversions.nim b/testmodule/providers/jsonrpc/testConversions.nim
index 05edafb..d94e856 100644
--- a/testmodule/providers/jsonrpc/testConversions.nim
+++ b/testmodule/providers/jsonrpc/testConversions.nim
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ suite "JSON Conversions":
     expect ValueError:
       discard Log.fromJson(parseJson(json))
 
-  test "missing data in Transaction isNone":
+  test "getTransactionByHash correctly deserializes 'data' field from 'input' for Transaction":
     let json = %*{
       "blockHash":"0x595bffbe897e025ea2df3213c4cc52c3f3d69bc04b49011d558f1b0e70038922",
       "blockNumber":"0x22e",
@@ -140,4 +140,4 @@ suite "JSON Conversions":
     }
 
     let receipt = Transaction.fromJson(json)
-    check receipt.data.isNone
+    check receipt.data.len > 0
diff --git a/testmodule/testWallet.nim b/testmodule/testWallet.nim
index 4a8845b..703ccf5 100644
--- a/testmodule/testWallet.nim
+++ b/testmodule/testWallet.nim
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ suite "Wallet":
       gasPrice: some 20 * 10.u256.pow(9),
       gasLimit: some 21000.u256,
       value: 10.u256.pow(18),
-      data: none seq[byte]
+      data: @[]
     )
     let signed = await wallet.signTransaction(transaction)
     check signed.toHex == "f86c098504a817c800825208943535353535353535353535353535353535353535880de0b6b3a76400008025a028ef61340bd939bc2195fe537567866003e1a15d3c71ff63e1590620aa636276a067cbe9d8997f761aecb703304b3800ccf555c9f3dc64214b297fb1966a3b6d83"