# Planetmint

Meet Planetmint. The metadata blockchain.

It has some database characteristics and some blockchain `properties <properties.html>`\_, including decentralization, immutability and native support for assets.

At a high level, one can communicate with a Planetmint network (set of nodes) using the Planetmint HTTP API, or a wrapper for that API, such as the Planetmint Python Driver. Each Planetmint node runs Planetmint Server and various other software. The `terminology page <terminology.html>`\_ explains some of those terms in more detail.

### Table of Contents

* [Introduction](https://docs.planetmint.io/introduction)
  * [What is Planetmint?](https://docs.planetmint.io/introduction/about-planetmint)
    * [Basic Facts](https://docs.planetmint.io/introduction/about-planetmint#basic-facts)
  * [Properties of Planetmint](https://docs.planetmint.io/introduction/properties)
  * [Quickstart](https://docs.planetmint.io/introduction/quickstart)
    * [IPDB Testnet- Sending Transactions](https://docs.planetmint.io/introduction/quickstart#the-ipdb-testnet-sending-transactions)
    * [Installing Planetmint](https://docs.planetmint.io/introduction/quickstart#install-planetmint)
* [Using Planetmint](https://docs.planetmint.io/using-planetmint)
  * [Transactions in Planetmint](https://docs.planetmint.io/using-planetmint#transactions-in-planetmint)
    * [CREATE Transactions](https://docs.planetmint.io/using-planetmint#create-transactions)
    * [TRANSFER Transactions](https://docs.planetmint.io/using-planetmint#transfer-transactions)
    * [Transaction Validity](https://docs.planetmint.io/using-planetmint#transaction-validity)
  * [A Note on IPLD marshalling and CIDs](https://docs.planetmint.io/using-planetmint#a-note-on-ipld-marshalling-and-cids)
  * [Contracts & Conditions](https://docs.planetmint.io/using-planetmint#contracts--conditions)
  * [Zenroom Smart Contracts and Policies](https://docs.planetmint.io/using-planetmint#zenroom-smart-contracts-and-policies)


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