@article{article_403189, title={New Technology Experience in Turkey: The Case of Bitcoin}, journal={Istanbul Journal of Innovation in Education}, volume={1}, pages={47–52}, year={2018}, author={Özdemir, Şebnem and Lanpir, Erkan and Atasoy, Yeşim and Gülseçen, Sevinç}, keywords={Cryptocurrency,Digital Currency,Bitcoin (btc),Money Transactions}, abstract={<p> <span style="font-size: 12px;">A Cryptocurrency is an important alternative for money transactions. It is  </span> <span style="font-size: 12px;">also a digital currency based on mathematics and cryptography. There exist more than a  </span> <span style="font-size: 12px;">hundred of cryptocurrencies such as Ripple, Litecoin, Namecoin, Dogecoin, Mastercoin,  </span> <span style="font-size: 12px;">Zerocoin, etc. But the most arguable and dominant cryptocurrency is Bitcoin. Although it  </span> <span style="font-size: 12px;">provides money exchange and payment process, based on peer-to-peer network, without  </span> <span style="font-size: 12px;">any central authority, there are one million estimated users globally. In this paper, the  </span> <span style="font-size: 12px;">familiarity of Bitcoin (btc) in Turkey was researched. A questionnaire was designed,  </span> <span style="font-size: 12px;">which contains totally 29 multiple and 5-point Likert-scale questions about general  </span> <span style="font-size: 12px;">concept of btc. It was answered by 250 participants, who have at least undergraduate  </span> <span style="font-size: 12px;">degree and know btc as a currency unit. Collected data were analyzed by using descriptive  </span> <span style="font-size: 12px;">analysis. The results show that btc was accepted as a trustable e-cash flow system by  </span> <span style="font-size: 12px;">well-educated individuals. </span> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Istanbul University}