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title: The European Regional Development Fund - ERDF
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<p class="section-description">BigchainDB is partially supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to develop a scalable blockchain database technology and open public network.</p>
### Projected goals
- Scalable blockchain database technology that handles at least 100,000 writes per second
- Scalable blockchain database as a service
- Scalable blockchain with 3-15 nodes
### Expected outcomes
- Establish partnerships with distributed database providers and enterprises
