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-# aztec_backend
+# acvm-backend-barretenberg
 
 This is a backend for the [ACVM](https://github.com/noir-lang/acvm) which allows proving/verifying ACIR circuits against Aztec Protocol's [Barretenberg](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/barretenberg) library.
 
+## Verifier contract repository
+
+The [verifier contracts](./src/acvm_interop/contract.sol) generated by this library are developed in https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-verifier-contracts. As such, we cannot accept any modifications to the contracts directly and any changes to the contracts must first be made and accepted in the upstream repository.
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 ## Working on this project
 
 Due to the large number of native dependencies, this project uses [Nix](https://nixos.org/) and [direnv](https://direnv.net/) to streamline the development experience.