# Introduction

Planetmint is a metadata blockchain. This introduction gives an overview of how to attest data to Planetmint. First, simple transaction creation and sending are shown. Thereafter, an introduction about how to set up a single node or a cluster is given.

In this section, we will take a deeper look at Planetmint, its properties and how you can get started with installation and setup.

### Table of Contents

* [What is Planetmint? ](https://docs.planetmint.io/introduction/about-planetmint)
  * [Basic Facts](https://docs.planetmint.io/about-planetmint#basic-facts)
  * [Planetmint for Asset Registration & Transfers](https://docs.planetmint.io/about-planetmint#planetmint-for-asset-registrations-and-transfers) 
  * [Storing Private Data Off-Chain](https://docs.planetmint.io/about-planetmint#storing-private-data-off-chain)
  * [Storing Private Data On-Chain, Encrypted](https://docs.planetmint.io/about-planetmint#storing-private-data-on-chain-encrypted)
* [Properties of Planetmint](https://docs.planetmint.io/introduction/properties)
  * [Decentralisation](https://docs.planetmint.io/properties#decentralization) 
  * [Byzantine Fault Tolerance](https://docs.planetmint.io/properties#byzantine-fault-tolerance) 
  * [Node Diversity](https://docs.planetmint.io/properties#node-diversity)
  * [Immutability](https://docs.planetmint.io/properties#immutability)
* [Quickstart](https://docs.planetmint.io/introduction/quickstart) 
  * [IPDB Testnet- Sending Transactions](https://docs.planetmint.io/quickstart#the-ipdb-testnet-sending-transactions)
  * [Installing Planetmint](https://docs.planetmint.io/quickstart#install-planetmint)
    * [Local Node](https://docs.planetmint.io/quickstart#local-node)
    * [Cluster of Nodes](https://docs.planetmint.io/quickstart#cluster-of-nodes)
    * [Setup Instructions for Various Cases](https://docs.planetmint.io/quickstart#setup-instructions-for-various-cases)
    * [Developing an App Test](https://docs.planetmint.io/quickstart#develop-an-app-test)