diff --git a/contrib/make_tgz b/contrib/make_tgz
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+python3 setup.py sdist --format=zip,gztar
diff --git a/contrib/upload b/contrib/upload
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+version=`git describe --tags`
+echo $version
+
+here=$(dirname "$0")
+cd $here/../dist
+
+sftp -oBatchMode=no -b - thomasv@download.electrum.org << !
+   cd electrum-downloads
+   mkdir $version
+   cd $version
+   mput *
+   bye
+!
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