# BigchainDB

> BigchainDB is a blockchain database that pairs the familiarity of a distributed database with the trust guarantees of a blockchain. Founded in 2014 in Berlin by Bruce Pon, Trent McConaghy, Masha McConaghy and Greg McMullen, it combines MongoDB for fast, queryable storage with Tendermint's Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus, so developers get decentralization, immutability and owner-controlled native assets without giving up sub-second writes and rich querying. It targets enterprise use cases like intellectual property, identity, supply chain, IoT and financial ecosystems, and its founding team spun the technology forward into Ocean Protocol.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Berlin, Germany
- **Founders:** Bruce Pon (Co-founder / CEO), Trent McConaghy (Co-founder / CTO), Masha McConaghy (Co-founder), Greg McMullen (Co-founder / Legal)
- **Team size:** ~8 employees
- **Products:** BigchainDB Server, BigchainDB 2.0, IPDB (Interplanetary Database), Client drivers & SDKs
- **Notable:** Coined and popularized the 'blockchain database' category, bridging databases and blockchains., Raised ~$5.4M led by Earlybird Venture Capital., Founding member of Ocean Protocol, a leading decentralized data marketplace.

## Products & services

- **BigchainDB Server** — Open-source blockchain database software. Each node pairs a local MongoDB store with the Tendermint BFT consensus engine, delivering decentralization, immutability, low latency and rich query capabilities.
- **BigchainDB 2.0** — Two-layer architecture (consensus layer via Tendermint, storage layer via MongoDB) with Byzantine fault tolerance that keeps running even if up to a third of nodes fail or act maliciously.
- **IPDB (Interplanetary Database)** — A public BigchainDB network, governed by the IPDB Foundation, offering a shared decentralized database as a public utility.
- **Client drivers & SDKs** — Python, JavaScript and other drivers plus HTTP APIs for creating and transferring assets, with role-based access control and support for public and private networks.

## Achievements

- Coined and popularized the 'blockchain database' category, bridging databases and blockchains.
- Raised ~$5.4M led by Earlybird Venture Capital.
- Founding member of Ocean Protocol, a leading decentralized data marketplace.
- Technology integrated into the Cosmos ecosystem via the Interchain Foundation.
- Won three Gaia-X Federation Services tenders for European data infrastructure.
- Shipped a production BFT architecture combining MongoDB and Tendermint.

## Latest updates

- **2022-01** — BigchainDB, co-founder of Ocean Protocol, won 3 tenders to build Gaia-X Federation Services.
- **2018-06** — Released BigchainDB 2.0 with a Tendermint-based BFT consensus layer over MongoDB storage.
- **2016-09** — Closed a Series A round led by Earlybird Venture Capital.

## Links

- Website: https://www.bigchaindb.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/bigchaindb
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/bigchaindb
- GitHub: https://github.com/bigchaindb
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigchainDB/

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