Dr. Nicolò Vallarano

Dr. Nicolò Vallarano

Senior Research Associate

Email: nicolo.vallarano[at]uzh.ch

Short biography

Nicolò Vallarano's fields of research range between the statistical mechanics of networks and distributed ledger technologies. His PhD thesis included an application of an improved version of the ERGM configuration model to the network of Bitcoin Users Transactions.

He now collaborates with Professor Claudio Tessone modeling consensus protocols and researching emerging topics in decentralised finance.

As part of his research activity, he collaborates with the Blockchain Observatory in the study and classification of cryptocurrencies economic state.

Research interests

Data Science
Networks Epidemics
Statistical Mechanics of Networks
Consensus Protocols, Complex Systems
Network Science
Decentralised Finance

Presentations

"A network approach to the analysis of Bitcoin" The 9th International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications - Complex Networks 2019, Lisbon, Portugal 2019.

"A network analysis of Bitcoin transactions" The 11th International Conference on Complex Networks - CompleNet 2020, Exeter, Devon, England 2020.

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Kraner, Benjamin; Vallarano, Nicolo; Tessone, Claudio (2023). Tokenization of the Common: An Economic Model of Multidimensional Incentives. In: Middleware '23: 24th International Middleware Conference, Bologna, Italy, 11 December 2023 - 15 December 2023. ACM Digital library, 37-42.
Öz, Burak; Kraner, Benjamin; Vallarano, Nicolo; Kruger, Bingle Stegmann; Matthes, Florian; Tessone, Claudio J (2023). Time Moves Faster When There is Nothing You Anticipate: The Role of Time in MEV Rewards. In: CCS '23: ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Copenhagen, Denmark, 30 November 2023. ACM Digital library, 1-8.
Kraner, Benjamin; Vallarano, Nicolo; Tessone, Claudio (2023). Topology and the Tangle: How the Underlying Network Topology Influences the Confirmation of Blocks in IOTA. In: BLOCKCHAIN 2023: 4th International Congress on Blockchain and Applications, Italy, 13 Juli 2022 - 15 Juli 2022. Springer (Bücher), 449-458.
Bovet, Alexandre; Campajola, Carlo; Mottes, Francesco; Restocchi, Valerio; Vallarano, Nicolo; Squartini, Tiziano; Tessone, Claudio J (2023). The Evolving Liaisons between the Transaction Networks of Bitcoin and Its Price Dynamics. In: Proceedings of Blockchain Kaigi 2022 (BCK22), Sendai, Japan, 4 August 2022 - 5 August 2022, Physical Society of Japan.
He, Peilin; Yan, Tao; Huang, Chuanshan; Vallarano, Nicolo; Tessone, Claudio (2023). Welcome to the Tangle: An Empirical Analysis of IOTA Ledger in the Chrysalis Stage. In: Kacprzyk, Janusz. Blockchain and Applications, 5th International Congress. Cham: Springer, 419-431.
Vallarano, Nicolo; Bruno, Matteo; Marchese, Emiliano; Trapani, Giuseppe; Saracco, Fabio; Cimini, Giulio; Zanon, Mario; Squartini, Tiziano (2021). Fast and scalable likelihood maximization for Exponential Random Graph Models with local constraints. Scientific Reports, 11:15227.
Vallarano, Nicoló; Tessone, Claudio; Squartini, Tiziano (2020). Bitcoin Transaction Networks: An Overview of Recent Results. Frontiers in Physics, 8:286.

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