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FieldTypeDescription
memoShort publicly visible memo about the topic. No guarantee of uniqueness.
runningHash

When a topic is created, its running hash is initialized to 48 bytes of binary zeros. For each submitted message, the topic’s running hash is then updated to the output of a particular SHA-384 digest whose input data include the previous running hash.

See the TransactionReceipt.proto documentation for an exact description of the data included in the SHA-384 digest used for the update.

sequenceNumberSequence number (starting at 1 for the first submitMessage) of messages on the topic.
expirationTimeTimestampEffective consensus timestamp at (and after) which submitMessage calls will no longer succeed on the topic and the topic will expire and after AUTORENEW_GRACE_PERIOD be automatically deleted.
adminKeyKeyAccess control for update/delete of the topic. Null if there is no key.
submitKeyKeyAccess control for ConsensusService.submitMessage. Null if there is no key.
autoRenewPeriodDurationThe duration in which to renew the topic
autoRenewAccountAccountIDNull if there is no autoRenewAccount.
ledger_idbytesThe ledger ID the response was returned from; please see HIP-198 for the network-specific IDs.