Blockchain in e-business – selected chapters

The aim of this course is to acquaint students with the methodology and train them for independent research work in the field of application of blockchain technologies in electronic business. The special goal is for students to master the approaches, methods and techniques for the development of innovative services based on the application of blockchain technologies in various fields of e-business. Through the course, students will be introduced to various blokchain platforms like: Algorand, Etherium, Hyperledger, IBM, etc.

Students are able to independently develop e-business services based on blockchain technologies, as well as to plan, implement and publish the results of scientific research in the field of blockchain.

Introducing students to current research topics in the field of application of blockchain technologies in e-business. Methodology of scientific research work in the field of blockchain technologies. Modeling of blockchain infrastructure and applications. Blockchain architecture. Distributed bookkeeping. Comparative analysis of blockchain and traditional distributed systems. Analysis of the most important blockchain protocols and algorithms. Consensus algorithms. Smart contracts. Blockchain data models. Blockchain web services. Blockchain transaction management. Scalability and performance of blockchain systems. Blockchain interoperability. Private and public blockchain. Security, privacy and trust in blockchain technologies. Analysis of the connection between cloud computing, Internet of things, big data and blockchain technologies. Blockchain and artificial intelligence. Review of scientific research papers and current projects in the field of blockchain technologies. Analysis of business models of e-business based on the application of blockchain technologies. Blockchains and cryptocurrencies. Blockhchain and Fintech. Blockchain in B2B business networks. Applications in: e-commerce, e-health, e-education, e-government, marketing and

loyalty programs, agriculture, industry, transport, telecommunications and smart environments. Analysis of blockchain trends in: social networking, crowdsourcing and crowdsensing. Blockchain applications and platforms. Comparative analysis of Blockchain platforms: Ethereum, Hyperledger, Microsoft Azure, IBM blockchain. Application development on blockchain platforms. Federated Blockchain. Blockchain as a service (BAAS). Planning and implementation of scientific research in the field of application of blockchain technologies in electronic business.

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12. Materials in e-form, from the e-learning portal moodle.elab.fon.bg.ac.rs