Bytecode
Machine-oriented instructions that a virtual machine executes, often produced by compiling source code.
In more detail
Developers usually write readable source code, while the chain runs compiled bytecode. Looking at a project's source repository is therefore only part of checking a contract: you also want to know that the source and compiler settings match the code actually deployed at the address you're using.
How you might use it
“The code is public” is useful, but you still check the explorer to see whether that source matches this deployed contract.
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