BigchainDB allows developers and enterprises to deploy blockchain proof-of-concepts, platforms and applications with a scalable blockchain database. Rather than trying to scale up blockchain technology, BigchainDB starts with a distributed database and then adds blockchain characteristics — decentralized control, immutability and the ability to create and transfer assets. BigchainDB supports a wide range of industries and use cases, from identity and intellectual property to supply chains, energy, IoT and financial ecosystems. With high throughput, sub-second latency and powerful functionalities for automating business processes, BigchainDB looks, acts and feels like a database, but has the core blockchain characteristics that enterprises want.