Overview
Requisites
Rules
Notes
This unit is not offered in 2022.
Learning outcomes
Evaluate the basic structure of a blockchain system, what is involved in designing such systems and strategy to maintain them.
Assess what consensus protocol is, what makes consensus work, and the limitation of each consensus protocol.
Investigate methods to preserve privacy for user and data in a blockchain system.
Demonstrate how blockchain systems can be applied into different disciplines such as healthcare, supply-chain.
Teaching approach
Assessment summary
This unit has threshold mark hurdles. You must achieve at least 45% of the available marks in the final scheduled assessment, at least 45% in total for in-semester assessments, and an overall unit mark of 50% or more to be able to pass the unit. If you do not achieve the threshold mark, you will receive a fail grade (NH) and a maximum mark of 45 for the unit.