COURSE INFORMATION PACKAGE · EC 563
Blockchain and Virtual Currencies
Elective · Turkish
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Content Weekly Contents Assessment System ECTS
Course Instructor(s)
Muhammed ULUDAĞ
muhammed.uludag@gmail.com
muhammed.uludag@gmail.com
Content
Objective
In this course we’ll address the important questions about Bitcoin. How does Bitcoin work? What makes it different? How secure are your bitcoins? How anonymous are Bitcoin users? What applications can we build using Bitcoin as a platform? Can cryptocurrencies be regulated? If we were designing a new cryptocurrency today, what would we change? What might the future hold?
Course Content
Underlying technologies of cryptocurrencies
Course Learning Outcomes
To master the notions such as hash functions, digital signatures, cryptography, distributed systems, DAOs, etc.
Teaching and Learning Methods
We will follow together online lectures by world experts in the field and comment on themi
References
https://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu
Weekly Contents
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to cryptocurrencies |
| 2 | Decentralization |
| 3 | Mechanism of bitcoin |
| 4 | Storage and usage |
| 5 | Mining |
| 6 | Anonymity |
| 7 | Alternative mining puzzles |
| 8 | MT exam |
| 9 | Altcoins as Platforms |
| 10 | Altcoins |
| 11 | The future of bitcoin |
| 12 | DAOs |
| 13 | History of digital currencies |
| 14 | Applications |
Assessment System
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 1 | 40 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 1 | 60 |
| Total | 2 | 100 |
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Other Applications | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 |
| Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 |
| Reports | 0 | 0 |
| Learning Diary | 0 | 0 |
| Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Make-up | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 |
ECTS
| Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Hours | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Working Hours out of Class | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Applications | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reports | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Learning Diary | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Make-up | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Workload | 0 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 0.00 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 0 | ||