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            <h1 class="section-title">This is BigchainDB.</h1>
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                1,000,000 writes/s, petabytes of capacity and rich permissioning to power both open and private blockchain networks.
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                1 Million Transactions per Second
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                Petabyte Capacity
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                Use as a Public or Private Blockchain
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        <p class="lead">BigchainDB allows developers and enterprise to deploy blockchain proof-of-concepts, platforms and applications with a scalable blockchain database.</p>

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                <p>BigchainDB complements Ethereum smart contracts, blockchain platforms such as Eris, Chain, BlockApps and Enigma, and file systems like IPFS to allow a clear separation between decentralized processing and storage for transactions, contracts and media files.</p>
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            <h1 class="section-title">Get started</h1>
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                <p><a href="">Read documentation</a></p>
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                        <span class="comment"># clone the repo</span>
                        <span><span class="ne">git</span> clone <span class="cp">git@github.com:bigchaindb/bigchaindb.git</span></span>
                        <span><span class="ne">cd</span> bigchaindb/</span>
                        <span class="comment"># start the database</span>
                        <span><span class="ne">rethinkdb</span></span>
                        <span class="comment"># install dependencies</span>
                        <span><span class="ne">pip</span> install -r requirements.txt && <span class="ne">pip</span> install -e .</span>
                        <span class="comment"># initialize bigchain</span>
                        <span><span class="ne">bigchain</span> init</span>
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            Read our Whitepaper
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