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tagline:    'Meet BigchainDB. <br>The scalable blockchain database.'

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<section id="features" class="section section-intro">
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            <h1 class="section-title">This is BigchainDB</h1>
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              With high throughput, sub-second latency and powerful functionality to automate business processes, BigchainDB looks, acts and feels like a database with added blockchain characteristics.
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                <h3>Decentralization</h3>
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                <h3>Immutability</h3>
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                <h3>Native Assets</h3>
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        <p class="large text-center">
          BigchainDB allows developers and enterprise to deploy blockchain proof-of-concepts, platforms and applications with a scalable blockchain database, supporting a wide range of industries and use cases.
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            <h1 class="section-title">Quick Start Guide</h1>
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                <h1 class="section-quickstart__title">Install and Run</h1>
                <p>BigchainDB provides a rich API to create, query and transfer digital assets.</p>
                <p><a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://docs.bigchaindb.com/">Documentation</a> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="https://github.com/{{ site.github.org }}/{{ site.github.repo }}"><svg class="icon icon--social icon--github"><use xlink:href="/assets/img/sprite.svg#github"></use></svg> GitHub</a></p>
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                        <span class="deps">Dependencies: Loaded</span>
                        <span class="deps">(See <a class="terminal__link" href="https://docs.bigchaindb.com">docs.bigchaindb.com</a>)</span>
                        <span class="deps">Python: Python 3.4+</span>
                        <span class="deps">RethinkDB: Running</span>
                        <span class="deps">---------------</span><br>
                        <span class="comment"># install bigchaindb</span>
                        <span><span class="ne">pip</span> install <span class="cp">bigchaindb</span></span><br/>
                        <span class="comment"># start bigchaindb</span>
                        <span><span class="ne">bigchaindb</span> start</span>
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