# Unable to verify a contract on hardhat

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**Created:** [April 4, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/unable-to-verify-a-contract-on-hardhat/6759 "2021-04-04T14:41:34Z")\
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with this syntax for specifying the network, am still not getting anything

````auto
Nothing to compile
Compiling 1 file with 0.6.6
An unexpected error occurred:

TypeError: Cannot read property 'contracts' of undefined```
````

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