diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ request: **geth**
 
 Connects you to your running local geth.
 
-## create.contract
+## compile.and.deploy.contract
 requires: **geth**, **solc**, **jq**
 
 Compiles and deploys a contract to the blockchain. A local "node1" must already be running and synchronized.
 
 Argument 1 is the filename of the contract to compile.
 
-Example: `create.contract src/TimestampAuthority.sol`
+Example: `compile.and.deploy.contract src/TimestampAuthority.sol`
 
 ## tsa-insert.sh
 requires: **geth**
diff --git a/bin/create.contract b/bin/create.contract
deleted file mode 100755
index f7a36c0ff88ab9452775a3aa6278b2b18678fe59..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/bin/create.contract
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# 20180618 Robert Martin-Legene <robert@nic.ar>
-
-if [ -z "${BFAHOME}" ]; then echo "\$BFAHOME not set. Did you source bfa/bin/env ?" >&2; exit 1; fi
-source ${BFAHOME}/bin/libbfa.sh || exit 1
-
-function	create
-{
-    workdir=$(  mktemp -p . -d )
-    cleanup     "$workdir"
-    json=$(	solc --optimize --combined-json abi,bin $filename	); test $? = 0
-    prefix=$(   echo "$json"    | jq -M  '.contracts | keys | .[0]'     );
-    abi=$(	echo "$json"	| jq -rM ".contracts.${prefix}.abi"	); test $? = 0
-    bin=$(	echo "$json"	| jq -rM ".contracts.${prefix}.bin"	); test $? = 0
-    # Save abi for future use
-    echo $abi > ${workdir}/abi
-    # We could save the bin, but we don't actually use it later, plus
-    # it gets stored in the blockchain
-    #echo $bin > ${workdir}/bin
-    js=$(       mktemp )
-    cleanup     "$js"
-    cat > $js <<EOT
-var mycontract  = eth.contract($abi)
-var transaction = mycontract.new( { from: eth.accounts[0], data: "0x${bin}", gas: 1000000 } )
-var rcpt
-while ( !rcpt )
-{
-  admin.sleepBlocks( 1 )
-  rcpt = eth.getTransactionReceipt( transaction.transactionHash )
-}
-var address = rcpt.contractAddress
-var pubcontract = mycontract.at(address)
-console.log( pubcontract.address )
-EOT
-    echo '*** Creating contract. This will take at least 16 seconds.'
-    outfile=$( mktemp )
-    cleanup "$outfile"
-    geth_exec_file $js > $outfile
-    if [ ` wc -l < $outfile ` = 2 -a `tail -1 < $outfile` = "true" ]
-    then
-        addr=` head -1 < $outfile `
-        mkdir -p ${BFANETWORKDIR}/contracts
-        mv ${workdir} ${BFANETWORKDIR}/contracts/${addr}
-        echo Your new contract can be found in ${BFANETWORKDIR}/contracts/${addr}
- 	ln -snf ${addr} ${BFANETWORKDIR}/contracts/${contractname}
-    else
-        echo 
-        echo ' *** INPUT ***'
-        echo 
-        cat $js
-        echo
-        echo ' *** OUTPUT ***'
-        echo
-        cat $outfile
-    fi
-}
-
-filename="$1"
-if [ -z "$filename" -o ! -r "$filename" ]
-then
-    echo "Specify a filename of a contract you wish to compile."
-    false
-fi
-contractname=${filename%%.sol}
-contractname=${contractname##*/}
-contractname=${contractname##contract.}
-contractname=${contractname%.*}
-bfaconfig max
-prereq jq solc geth
-create