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# Introduction
BigchainDB is a scalable blockchain database. That is, it's a "big data" database with some blockchain characteristics, including decentralization, immutability and native support for assets.
BigchainDB is a scalable blockchain database. That is, it's a "big data" database with some blockchain characteristics, including [decentralization](topic-guides/decentralized.html), [immutability](topic-guides/immutable.html) and [native support for assets](topic-guides/assets.html).
You can read about the motivations, goals and high-level architecture in the [BigchainDB whitepaper](https://www.bigchaindb.com/whitepaper/).

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# How BigchainDB is Good for Asset Registrations & Transfers
BigchainDB can store data of any kind (within reason), but it's designed to be particularly good for storing asset registrations and transfers:
* The fundamental thing that one submits to a BigchainDB federation to be checked and stored (if valid) is a _transaction_, and there are two kinds: creation transactions and transfer transactions
* A creation transaction can be use to register any kind of indivisible asset, along with arbitrary metadata
* An asset can have zero, one, or several owners
* The owners of an asset can specify (crypto-)conditions which must be satisified by anyone wishing transfer the asset to new owners (typically at least m signatures from the n current owners)
* BigchainDB verifies that the conditions have been satisified as part of checking the validity of transfer transactions. (Moreover, anyone can check that they were satisfied.)
* BigchainDB prevents double-spending of an asset
* Validated transactions are strongly tamper-resistant; see [the section about immutability / tamper-resistance](immutable.html)
You can read more about the details of BigchainDB transactions in [the section on Transaction, Block and Vote Models (data models)](models.html).

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decentralized
diversity
immutable
assets
models