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Deploy

Meaning in blockchain & crypto, with examples

/dɪˈplɔɪ/verbCommon term

In blockchain & crypto, deploy means: To publish a smart contract to a blockchain so that it gets its own address and can be used. Deploying costs gas, and the code usually cannot be changed afterwards.

In Turkish: ağa yüklemek, yayına almak, dağıtmak

How it is used

Developers deploy a contract to mainnet, to a testnet or on a layer 2. The noun is deployment (deployment script, deployment address). After deploying, teams usually verify the code on a block explorer.

Example sentences

  1. We deployed the token contract to the testnet this morning.

  2. Do not deploy to mainnet until the audit report is final.

Common collocations

  • deploy a contract
  • deploy to mainnet
  • deployment script
  • redeploy
  • smart contractA program stored on a blockchain that runs automatically when certain conditions are met. Once deployed it usually cannot be changed, and it can hold and move funds without a middleman.
  • mainnetThe live, public version of a blockchain network where transactions are real and tokens have real value, as opposed to a test network.
  • testnetA copy of a blockchain network used for testing, where the tokens have no real value. Developers try out contracts and upgrades there before using them on mainnet.
  • auditA detailed security review of smart contract code by independent experts, who look for bugs and weaknesses before the code goes live and publish their findings in a report.
  • gas feeThe fee paid to the network to process a transaction or run a smart contract, especially on Ethereum and similar chains. It goes up when the network is busy.

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