TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) They can explain, discuss and make project proposals the definition of blockchain, its technical structure, in which scenarios it is needed. 2) They can explain on which platforms Blockchain is developed, the minimum systems and components needed for its development, and show examples. They can explain the Distributed Data Architecture and determine the roadmap for determining the need in this regard. 3) They can explain how data is encrypted/decrypted with cryptography, and they can explain and show examples of the trust mechanism in blockchain.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	With this course, you will have a deeper understanding of distributed innovation; Blockchain, and you will have a better understanding of its applications and acceptable use cases together with the most suitable platforms. The most important criteria in designing the course are the production of realistic and best strategies about Blockchain and whether a Blockchain Project is really needed. It is to provide experience in professionalism that will determine the evaluation criteria for the decision of not to be absent.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to encryption. Cryptographic hash function. Merkle tree. Digital encryption. Public-Private keys. 2nd Week Cryptocurrency history. Cypherpunks. Activists using encryption. Pre-Bitcoin alternatives. Output of bitcoin. Milestones of Bitcoin and Block chain. 3rd Week An overview of blockchain technology. What is Bitcoin and Blockchain? Operations-Blocks-Hash functions. Reconciliation. Verification of the blocks. Block chain types. 4th Week Block chain working mechanism. Peer-to-peer network and accounting book. Allowed / unauthorized accounting book. Registration of transactions. Transaction pool. Blocks and Chain. Hash pointers 5th Week Settlement setup / protocols. Proof of Labor (PoW) Segwit and Forks. Anonymity, Nickname. 6th Week Mining details. Proof of labor (PoW) Mining analysis. Prize money. Mining and game theory. Mines. CPU / GPU performances 7th Week Block chain 2.0. Smart deals. Ethereum. Block chain platform. Casper. Proof of stock (PoS) 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Block chain problems. Block chain security. Game theory and network attacks. Scalability problems. Problems during the trade 10th Week Block chain applications (Block chain 3.0) Coin and Money. Do we need a blockchain? Alternative cryptocurrencies. New application examples 11th Week Distributed system and alternative compromises. Lightening Network. Proof of the situation. Bitcoin-NG. Block chain scaling 12th Week Block chain alternatives. Non-loop directional graphs. Crypto economy The future of blockchain technology 13th Week Review of the course: Summary expression and question-answer discussions 14th Week Demos and Seminars
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Lecture Notes
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Project
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Project 1 45 Attendance 1 5 Total(%) 90 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 90 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 10 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1 1 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 3 42 Preparation for Final exam 1 24 24 Course hours 13 3 39 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 20 20 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework Project 1 20 20 Total Workload 147 Total Workload / 30 4,9 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No