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            <p class="section-description">Rather than trying to scale up blockchain technology, BigchainDB starts with a big data distributed database and then adds blockchain characteristics - decentralized control, immutability and the transfer of digital assets.</p>
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            <a class="menu__link scroll" href="#server">Server</a>
            <a class="menu__link scroll" href="#drivers">Drivers &amp; Tools</a>
            <a class="menu__link scroll" href="#docs">Documentation</a>
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            <h1 class="section-title">Get Involved</h1>
            <p class="section-description">There are many ways you can contribute to the BigchainDB project, some very easy and others more involved. We welcome all potential contributors, so we ask that everyone participating abide by some simple guidelines.</p>

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