# Metadata

Inside the `metadata` folder, create the `metadata.json` file and adjust the content to match your data:

```json
{
  "name": "Stake Pool Name",
  "description": "Stake Pool Description",
  "ticker": "TCKR",
  "homepage": "https://stakepool.url/",
  "extended": "https://stakepool.url/extended.json"
}
```

You can skip the extended metadata, but it is better to include it from the start, because changing the metadata later requires creating a new stake pool certificate and submitting it.

The `extended.json` file has the following template:

```json
{ 
    "info": {
        "url_png_icon_64x64": "https://stakepool.url/img/icon.png",
        "url_png_logo": "https://stakepool.url/img/logo.png",
        "social": {
            "twitter_handle": "<twitter_handle>",
            "telegram_handle": "",
            "facebook_handle": "",
            "youtube_handle": "",
            "twitch_handle": "",
            "discord_handle": "",
            "github_handle": ""
        }
    },
    "my-pool-ids": {
        "0": "<stake_pool_id>"
    }
}
```

The `stake pool id` will be generated in a later step, after creating the stake pool cold key pair.

Upload the two metadata files to your website or where you want to host them.&#x20;

Save the metadata URL, it will be required later for the configuration file.&#x20;

Download the metadata file from this URL and make sure the file is identical with the initial metadata file.

Generate the metadata hash with the following command:

```bash
cardano-cli stake-pool metadata-hash --pool-metadata-file metadata.json | tee poolmetadata.hash
```

The metadata hash will be required for the configuration file, it will be read directly from the `poolmetadata.hash` file.


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