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A Cryptocurrency is an important alternative for money transactions. It is also a digital currency based on mathematics and cryptography. There exist more than a hundred of cryptocurrencies such as Ripple, Litecoin, Namecoin, Dogecoin, Mastercoin, Zerocoin, etc. But the most arguable and dominant cryptocurrency is Bitcoin. Although it provides money exchange and payment process, based on peer-to-peer network, without any central authority, there are one million estimated users globally. In this paper, the familiarity of Bitcoin (btc) in Turkey was researched. A questionnaire was designed, which contains totally 29 multiple and 5-point Likert-scale questions about general concept of btc. It was answered by 250 participants, who have at least undergraduate degree and know btc as a currency unit. Collected data were analyzed by using descriptive analysis. The results show that btc was accepted as a trustable e-cash flow system by well-educated individuals.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Cryptocurrency Digital Currency Bitcoin (btc) Money Transactions
Kaynakça
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Kaynakça
- Bamert, T., Decker, C., Elsen, L., Wattenhofer, R., & Welten, S. (2013). Have a snack, pay with Bitcoins. IEEE Thirteenth International Conference on, 1-5.
- Blockchain. (2014, April 21). Tahmini İşlem Hacmi. Retrieved on April 21, 2014, from http://blockchain.info/tr/charts/estimated-transaction-volume?daysAverageString=7.
- Nakamoto, S. (2008). Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System. Retrieved on March 10, 2014, from http://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf. adresinden alındı
- Reid, F., & Harrigan, M. (2011). An Analysis of Anonymity in the Bitcoin System. IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk, and Trust, and IEEE International
- Conference on Social Computing (pp. 1318-1326). IEEE. Taylor, M. (2013). Bitcoin and the age of bespoke Silicon. International Conference on Compilers, Architecture and Synthesis for Embedded Systems (CASES).
- The Bitcoin Foundation. (2014). How does Bitcoin work? Retrieved on April 14, 2014, from https://bitcoin.org/en/how-it-works adresinden alındı
- The Economist. (2011, June 16). Digital Curriencies – Bits and Bob. Retrieved on March 6, 2014, from http://www.economist.com/node/18836780 adresinden alındı
Ayrıntılar
| Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
|---|---|
| Bölüm | Editorial and Advisory Board |
| Yazarlar | |
| Yayımlanma Tarihi | 31 Ekim 2018 |
| Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2015 Cilt: 1 Sayı: 2 |
