This course aims to examine blockchain as an asset and review the dynamics of the cryptocurrency markets. Blockchain as a business solution will be analyzed in order to focus on understanding business cases in which blockchain does and does not make sense. The course provides a learning how to develop and use new financial technologies in their own mechanics behind the cryptographic hash functions, bitcoin script, and privacy. Also, we will take a brief look at ethereum and how blockchain can be used outside of cryptocurrencies.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
Instructor(s)
Assist. Prof. Dr. İlayda Ülkü
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
The course is not offered this semester.
Office Hour(s)
The course is not offered this semester.
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Tapscott, D., & Tapscott, A. (2016). Blockchain revolution: how the technology behind bitcoin is changing money, business, and the world, Penguin US.
Scalability: off-chain channels, sharding, and cut-through
Oral presentation, Laboratory
13. Week
Cryptocurrencies & the real world: Smart property, data feeds, and public randomness
Oral presentation, Laboratory
14. Week
Applications of cryptocurrencies and blockchains
Oral presentation, Laboratory
15. Week
Final Exam
16. Week
Final Exam
17. Week
Final Exam
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
30
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
3
15
Project(s)
1
15
Final Exam
1
40
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Ability to apply theoretical and practical knowledge gained by Mathematics, Science and their engineering fields and ability to use their knowledge in solving complex engineering problems.
PO-2
Ability of determining, defining, formulating and solving complex engineering problems; for that purpose develop the ability of selecting and implementing suitable models and methods of analysis.
PO-3
Ability of designing a complex system, process, device or product under real world constraints and conditions serving certain needs; for this purpose ability of applying modern design techniques
PO-4
Ability of selecting and using the modern techniques and devices which are necessary for analyzing and solving complex problems in engineering implementations; ability of efficient usage of information technologies.
PO-5
Ability of designing experiments, conducting tests, collecting data and analyzing and interpreting the solutions to investigate of complex engineering problems or discipline-specific research topics.
PO-6
Ability of working efficiently in intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; individual working ability and habits.
PO-7
Ability of verbal and written communication skills; and at least one foreign language skills, ability to write effective reports and understand written reports, ability to prepare design and production reports, ability to make impressive presentation, ability to give and receive clear and understandable instructions
PO-8
Awareness of importance of lifelong learning; ability to access data, to follow up the recent innovation in science and technology for continuous self-improvement.
PO-9
Conformity to ethical principles; knowledge about occupational and ethical responsibility, and standards used in engineering applications.
PO-10
Knowledge about work life implementations such as project management, risk management and change management; awareness about entrepreneurship and innovativeness; knowledge about sustainable development.
PO-11
Knowledge about effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in global and social dimensions, and on the problems of the modern age in engineering; awareness about legal outcomes of engineering solutions.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Explain cryptographic building blocks and reason about their security
LO-2
Define Bitcoin's consensus mechanism; The immutable blockchain and appreciate how security comes from a combination of technical methods and clever incentive engineering
LO-3
Learn how the individual components of the Bitcoin protocol make the whole system works: transactions, script, blocks, and the peer-to-peer network
LO-4
Understand how using Bitcoins works in practice; Define different ways of storing Bitcoin keys and learn security measures and various types of services that allow people to trade and transact with Bitcoins
LO-5
Define how Bitcoin mining works
LO-6
Define how mining can be re-designed in alternative cryptocurrencies
LO-7
Learn the role of anonymity and privacy in the Bitcoin ecosystem
LO-8
Learn the concept of Altcoins and the interaction between Bitcoin and Altcoins
LO-9
Familiarize with Ethereum, smart contracts and related technologies, and solidity language
LO-10
Exploit applications of Blockchain in real-world sceneries.
