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Is there a decompiler available?
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There is no decompiler to Solidity. This is in principle possible
to some degree, but for example variable names will be lost and
great effort will be necessary to make it look similar to
the original source code.
There is no official decompiler to Solidity, but third party security
company `Comae <https://www.comae.io/>`_ has developed
`Porosity <https://github.com/comaeio/porosity>`_.
Because some information like variable names, comments, and
source code formatting is lost in the compilation process,
it is not possible to completely recover the original source code.
Bytecode can be decompiled to opcodes, a service that is provided by
Bytecode can be disassembled to opcodes, a service that is provided by
several blockchain explorers.
Contracts on the blockchain should have their original source