BigchainDB Documentation

Table of Contents

Note to reviewers of this documentation: For now, all documentation files (.rst and .md) are at the same level in the Table of Contents heirarchy. Later, we can organize them into a more sensible heirarchy.

• 1. Installing BigchainDB
• 2. Getting Started
• 3. Server/Cluster Deployment and Administration
• 4. Contributing to the BigchainDB Project
• 5. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
  • 5.1. Questions About the BigchainDB Whitepaper
  • 5.2. Other Questions
• 6. Release Notes
• 7. BigchainDB Software Architecture
  • 7.1. bigspool
  • 7.2. bigchain
  • 7.3. validator
  • 7.4. processor
• 8. The Bigchain Class
• 9. Cryptography
  • 9.1. Hashes
  • 9.2. Keys
• 10. The Transaction, Block and Vote Models
  • 10.1. The Transaction Model
  • 10.2. The Block Model
  • 10.3. The Vote Model
• 11. JSON Serialization
• 12. Transaction Validation
  • 12.1. Generic Validation
  • 12.2. Specific Validation
• 13. RethinkDB Benchmarks
  • 13.1. Goal
  • 13.2. Terminology
    • 13.2.1. Settings
    • 13.2.2. Write units
    • 13.2.3. Sharding
  • 13.3. Tests
    • 13.3.1. Test 1
    • 13.3.2. Test 2
    • 13.3.3. Test 3
    • 13.3.4. Test 4
    • 13.3.5. Test 5
    • 13.3.6. Test 6
  • 13.4. Testing replication

Indices and Tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page