diff --git a/docs/overview_and_guide.rst b/docs/overview_and_guide.rst
index 06e016ccf8..5a39954468 100644
--- a/docs/overview_and_guide.rst
+++ b/docs/overview_and_guide.rst
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Using geth
 
 Run the Ethereum client and let it sync::
 
-    geth --fast --rpc --rpcapi eth,net,web3
+    geth --fast --rpc --rpcapi eth,net,web3,txpool
 
 .. note::
     When you want to use a testnet add the ``--testnet`` or ``--rinkeby`` flags or set the network id with ``--networkid`` directly.
diff --git a/raiden/network/rpc/client.py b/raiden/network/rpc/client.py
index 9b400ba7e4..b8bcbd6aae 100644
--- a/raiden/network/rpc/client.py
+++ b/raiden/network/rpc/client.py
@@ -32,6 +32,46 @@
 log = structlog.get_logger(__name__)  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
 
 
+def discover_next_available_nonce(
+        web3: Web3,
+        address: typing.Address,
+        client_version: str,
+) -> typing.Nonce:
+    """Returns the next available nonce for `address`."""
+
+    if client_version.startswith('Parity'):
+        return int(web3.manager.request_blocking(
+            "parity_nextNonce",
+            [address],
+        ), 16)
+
+    # The nonces of the mempool transactions are considered used, and it's
+    # assumed these transactions are different from the ones currently pending
+    # in the client. This is a simplification, otherwise it would be necessary
+    # to filter the local pending transactions based on the mempool.
+    pool = web3.txpool.inspect or {}
+
+    # pool is roughly:
+    #
+    # {'queued': {'account1': {nonce1: ... nonce2: ...}, 'account2': ...}, 'pending': ...}
+    #
+    # Pending refers to the current block and if it contains transactions from
+    # the user, these will be the younger transactions. Because this needs the
+    # largest nonce, queued is checked first.
+
+    queued = pool.get('queued', {}).get(address)
+    if queued:
+        return max(queued.keys()) + 1
+
+    pending = pool.get('pending', {}).get(address)
+    if pending:
+        return max(pending.keys()) + 1
+
+    # The first valid nonce is 0, therefore the count is already the next
+    # available nonce
+    return web3.eth.getTransactionCount(address, 'latest')
+
+
 def check_address_has_code(
         client: 'JSONRPCClient',
         address: typing.Address,
@@ -135,7 +175,6 @@ class JSONRPCClient:
         host: Ethereum node host address.
         port: Ethereum node port number.
         privkey: Local user private key, used to sign transactions.
-        nonce_offset: Network's default base nonce number.
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -143,7 +182,6 @@ def __init__(
             web3: Web3,
             privkey: bytes,
             gas_price_strategy: typing.Callable = rpc_gas_price_strategy,
-            nonce_offset: int = 0,
             block_num_confirmations: int = 0,
     ):
         if privkey is None or len(privkey) != 32:
@@ -164,8 +202,12 @@ def __init__(
         _, eth_node = is_supported_client(version)
 
         address = privatekey_to_address(privkey)
-        transaction_count = web3.eth.getTransactionCount(to_checksum_address(address), 'pending')
-        _available_nonce = transaction_count + nonce_offset
+
+        available_nonce = discover_next_available_nonce(
+            web3,
+            to_checksum_address(address),
+            version,
+        )
 
         self.eth_node = eth_node
         self.privkey = privkey
@@ -173,14 +215,13 @@ def __init__(
         self.web3 = web3
         self.default_block_num_confirmations = block_num_confirmations
 
-        self._available_nonce = _available_nonce
+        self._available_nonce = available_nonce
         self._nonce_lock = Semaphore()
-        self._nonce_offset = nonce_offset
 
         log.debug(
             'JSONRPCClient created',
             node=pex(self.address),
-            available_nonce=_available_nonce,
+            available_nonce=available_nonce,
             client=version,
         )
 
diff --git a/raiden/tests/utils/geth.py b/raiden/tests/utils/geth.py
index 23811713f9..cabc26d24b 100644
--- a/raiden/tests/utils/geth.py
+++ b/raiden/tests/utils/geth.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def geth_to_cmd(
     cmd.extend([
         '--nodiscover',
         '--rpc',
-        '--rpcapi', 'eth,net,web3,personal',
+        '--rpcapi', 'eth,net,web3,personal,txpool',
         '--rpcaddr', '0.0.0.0',
         '--networkid', str(chain_id),
         '--verbosity', str(verbosity),
diff --git a/raiden/ui/cli.py b/raiden/ui/cli.py
index 70184a9cff..43e6bbbebf 100644
--- a/raiden/ui/cli.py
+++ b/raiden/ui/cli.py
@@ -475,6 +475,10 @@ def smoketest(ctx, debug, local_matrix, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-arg
 
     report_file = mktemp(suffix='.log')
     configure_logging({'': 'DEBUG'}, log_file=report_file)
+    click.secho(
+        f'Report file: {report_file}',
+        fg='yellow',
+    )
 
     def append_report(subject, data):
         with open(report_file, 'a', encoding='UTF-8') as handler:
@@ -578,9 +582,9 @@ def _run_smoketest():
             append_report('Ethereum stdout', out)
             append_report('Ethereum stderr', err)
         if success:
-            print_step(f'Smoketest successful, report was written to {report_file}')
+            print_step(f'Smoketest successful')
         else:
-            print_step(f'Smoketest had errors, report was written to {report_file}', error=True)
+            print_step(f'Smoketest had errors', error=True)
         return success
 
     if args['transport'] == 'udp':