accomodate faster local deploy

contracts/internal/host-chain/utils/deployCreateX.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import chalk from "chalk";
 import * as fs from "fs"
 import * as path from "path"
+import { TransactionReceipt } from "ethers";
 import type { HardhatRuntimeEnvironment } from "hardhat/types";
 import type { HardhatEthersSigner } from "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-ethers/signers";
 
@@ -16,6 +17,25 @@ export const isAlreadyDeployed = async function (hre: HardhatRuntimeEnvironment,
   return code !== "0x";
 }
 
+async function waitForReceiptWithIndexRetry(txHash: string, hre: HardhatRuntimeEnvironment): Promise<TransactionReceipt> {
+  for (;;) {
+    try {
+      const receipt = await hre.ethers.provider.getTransactionReceipt(txHash);
+      if (receipt) {
+        return receipt;
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+      // Local geth can briefly reject receipt lookups while its tx indexer warms up
+      // right after startup. Retrying here avoids failing the entire deployer on boot.
+      if (!message.includes("transaction indexing is in progress")) {
+        throw error;
+      }
+    }
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
+  }
+}
+
 export const deployCreateX = async function (hre: HardhatRuntimeEnvironment, signer: HardhatEthersSigner): Promise<boolean> {
   const { ethers } = hre;
 
@@ -47,7 +67,7 @@ export const deployCreateX = async function (hre: HardhatRuntimeEnvironment, sig
   // deploy proxy contract
   const txResponse = await ethers.provider.broadcastTransaction(transaction);
 
-  const receipt = await txResponse.wait();
+  const receipt = await waitForReceiptWithIndexRetry(txResponse.hash, hre);
   if (receipt?.contractAddress !== proxyTransactionDetails.address) {
     console.log(
       "Failed to deploy createX contract, resulting address",

contracts/internal/host-chain/utils/fund.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,13 @@ export async function fundAccount(
 ): Promise<any> {
   if ((await hre.ethers.provider.getBalance(signer.address)).toString() === "0") {
     if (hre.network.name === "localfhenixk8s") {
-      await getFunds(signer.address, "http://hostchain:3000");
+      // Local CoFHE hostchain now relies on prefunded genesis accounts instead of
+      // the old faucet service, so a zero balance here means the hostchain state
+      // was initialized from the wrong image/genesis and deployment cannot proceed.
+      throw new Error(
+        `Account ${signer.address} has zero balance on localfhenixk8s. ` +
+        "This devnet no longer exposes hostchain:3000/faucet; rebuild the hostchain image and wipe the hostchain/beacon volumes so the prefunded genesis accounts are applied."
+      );
     } else if (hre.network.name === "localfhenix") {
       await hre.fhenixjs.getFunds(signer.address);
       console.log(