I am a PhD Student in Computer Science and Systems Engineering of IMT Lucca. I graduated in Computer Science at the University of Perugia.

Research Area

I am interested in Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), which is a consensus of replicated, shared, and synchronized digital data geographically spread across multiple sites, countries, or institutions. In particular, I’m studying cryptocurrencies, i. e. digital assets based on DLT.

I have focused on two main streams of research:

• Modelling and analyzing several consensus protocols (Bitcoin, Etherium, Algorand, etc.), to find which is the more useful according to the situations.

• Analyzing Bitcoin blockchain with the purpose to classify non-standard transactions, understanding their scope and expendability.

Selected Publication

• Stefano Bistarelli, Ivan Mercanti, Francesco Santini: An Analysis of Non-standard Transactions. Frontiers Blockchain 2: 7 (2019)

• Stefano Bistarelli, Ivan Mercanti, Paolo Santancini, Francesco Santini: End-to-End Voting with Non-Permissioned and Permissioned Ledgers. J. Grid Comput. 17(1): 97-118 (2019)

• Stefano Bistarelli, Gianna Figà-Talamanca, Francesco Lucarini, Ivan Mercanti: Studying forward looking bubbles in Bitcoin/USD exchange rates. IDEAS 2019: 15:1-15:9

• Stefano Bistarelli, Ivan Mercanti, Francesco Santini: An Analysis of Non-standard Bitcoin Transactions. CVCBT 2018: 93-96

• Stefano Bistarelli, Ivan Mercanti, Francesco Santini: A Suite of Tools for the Forensic Analysis of Bitcoin Transactions: Preliminary Report. Euro-Par Workshops 2018: 329-341

• Stefano Bistarelli, Alessandra Cretarola, Gianna Figà-Talamanca, Ivan Mercanti, Marco Patacca: Is Arbitrage Possible in the Bitcoin Market? (Work-In-Progress Paper). GECON 2018: 243-251