Visibility of source code after contract verification

Question

I have seen many verified smart contracts with there source code as visible. E.g. See Here.

Now as i want to test my smart contract on Ropsten Network before going live, is it not possible to deploy and verify my contract without having my source code viewable to other participants on Ropsten Network?

If yes, kindly guide me through it with a link to such a contract which is fully deployed with no shared source code and is running successfully on this network (or live network).

Thank you so much in advance!

Answer 1

You choose to verify your source code. No-one can make you do that.

Your end user chooses to interact with your smart contract the source code of which may or may not be visible.

Personally, I would never in a million years interact with a smart contract if I couldn't see the source code. How do I know what you do with the money otherwise?

I advise people all the time to either read the source code themselves, or hire someone to do it. You're on the test network, so it's a lot less bad, but if I were you I would start figuring out a business model that includes your releasing your code.

Answer 2

I think by default the source code is not visible, but note that the assembly code will be, as the programm must be executed by someone else.