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Blueprint contract format

ERC 5202, Blueprint contract format. Define a standard for "blueprint" contracts, or contracts which represent initcode that is stored on-chain.

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Authors: Charles Cooper , Edward Amor
Date: 2022
Publisher: Charles Cooper , Edward Amor
Version: Source cited by the 2022 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0428
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
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ERC 5202, Blueprint contract format. Define a standard for "blueprint" contracts, or contracts which represent initcode that is stored on-chain.

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Cooper, C., & Amor, E. (2022). Blueprint contract format. Charles Cooper , Edward Amor. https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-5202

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@techreport{erc52022022,
  title = {Blueprint contract format},
  author = {Charles Cooper , Edward Amor},
  year = {2022},
  institution = {Charles Cooper , Edward Amor},
  url = {https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-5202},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/erc-5202}
}

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