Reference no: EM132203066
Cryptocurrency giants-Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash
Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping)
The purpose of this assignment is to develop skills of analysing critically, and problem solving in regard to Networked Application Management (NAM).
Students will be able to complete the following ULOs:
b. Perform a literature review on modern network applications and management;
c. Analyse common and emerging types of middleware to design and manage networked applications;
Assignment Description
A report containing a complete discussion and analysis of the given topic in the required context needs to be submitted on Moodle. The report must have following parts:
Part 1: Litecoin
The students explore Litecoin by reviewing the literature on the internet as papers, book chapters, and independent scholarly reports by experts, and research based videos. Students participating in the PBL are taught how to do the critical thinking for review of literature. At least three articles related to technology supporting Litecoin need to be analysed in depth by discussing the overall contribution, scope and limitations of each research work. Following aspects related to Litecoin must be discussed:
• Architecture
• Features
• Challenges
Part 2: Applications of Bitcoin Cash
Students need to discuss both applications in EACH of the following domains supported by Bitcoin Cash:
• How does Bitcoin Cash prevent replay attacks?
• How does Bitcoin Cash attract miners?
Part 3: Compare Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash
Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash are very popular in the cryptocurrency world. Discuss in detail similarities and differences between the two.