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Copyright BigchainDB GmbH and BigchainDB contributors
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SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 AND CC-BY-4.0)
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Code is Apache-2.0 and docs are CC-BY-4.0
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# How to Store Files in BigchainDB
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While it's possible to store a file in a BigchainDB network, we don't recommend doing that. It works best for storing, indexing and querying _structured data_, not files.
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If you want decentralized file storage, check out Storj, Sia, Swarm or IPFS/Filecoin. You could store file URLs, hashes or other metadata in a BigchainDB network.
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If you really must store a file in a BigchainDB network, then one way to do that is to convert it to a long Base64 string and then to store that string in one or more BigchainDB transactions, either in the `asset.data` of a CREATE transaction, or the `metadata` of any transaction.
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