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Modify the metadata / hash document.
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You have to publish the metadata file to IPFS, Swarm, or another service so You have to publish the metadata file to IPFS, Swarm, or another service so
that others can access it. You create the file by using the ``solc --metadata`` that others can access it. You create the file by using the ``solc --metadata``
command that generates a file called ``ContractName_meta.json``. It contains command together with the ``--output-dir`` parameter. Without the parameter,
IPFS and Swarm references to the source code, so you have to upload all source the metadata will be written to standard output.
files and the metadata file. The metadata contains IPFS and Swarm references to the source code, so you have to
upload all source files in addition to the metadata file. For IPFS, the hash contained
in the CID returned by ``ipfs add`` (not the direct sha2-256 hash of the file)
shall match with the one contained in the bytecode.
The metadata file has the following format. The example below is presented in a The metadata file has the following format. The example below is presented in a
human-readable way. Properly formatted metadata should use quotes correctly, human-readable way. Properly formatted metadata should use quotes correctly,