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 ## Background
 
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-`eris-db` is Eris' blockchain-client. It consists of a [Tendermint](https://github.com/tenderming/tendermint) node wrapped by a simple server. The server allows requests to be made over HTTP - either using JSON-RPC 2.0 or a RESTlike web-api - and websocket (JSON-RPC 2.0). The web-APIs are documented in `api.md`. We also have javascript bindings for the RPC methods in [eris-db.js](https://github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db.js).
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 See the [eris-db documentation](https://erisindustries.com/components/erisdb/) for more information.
 
 ## Installation