**4. Methodology for collecting data**

The further case study is based on finding out the perspective of students regarding the adoption of Blockchain technology in the education system. It is important to know the students' opinion, in order to find out their knowledge of Blockchain technology, but also the advantages and disadvantages that they consider in using such technology.

The research methods used are the following: a documentary study on the topic, secondary analysis of statistical data, and quantitative research by the method of distributing a questionnaire. The research method used is empirical, which is using

primary quantitative research. This research was conducted on the basis of a structured questionnaire.

The questionnaire consisted of 10 questions, and its completion resulted in 147 responses from respondents. It was distributed online and was addressed to students at the Faculty of Automation and Computers, Polytechnic University of Bucharest. During the questionnaire, mainly quantitative questions were used (using the Likerd ordinal scale), but also qualitative questions were to find out the year in which the students first heard about the concept of Blockchain technology and in what context. Also, at the beginning of the questionnaire, questions were used to find out information about the respondents (gender and study program).

Quantitative questions (using the ordinal Likerd scale) were mainly used during the questionnaire. Respondents' responses were rated on a scale of 1 to 5 as follows: 1 = not important, 2 = low, 3 = medium, 4 = high, and 5 = very high.

The software used to analyze statistical data and find out the final results was SPSS (statistical package for the social sciences).
