Bitcoin Observatory
The Bitcoin Observatory @ Politecnico di Torino is a multidisciplinary academic initiative dedicated to research, advanced education, and public outreach on Bitcoin. The Observatory aims to study Bitcoin with scientific rigor and full independence, producing evidence-based analyses for researchers, businesses, institutions, and the general public.
The Observatory studies Bitcoin as a technological, economic, and infrastructural system, starting from the protocol and its network of nodes. Its research encompasses the mechanisms and dynamics underlying the network’s security, resilience, and scalability, the evolution of second-layer protocols and other solutions for increasing network capacity, as well as the economic, energy, and regulatory dimensions of the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Particular attention is devoted to Bitcoin mining, which is analyzed across its technological, energy, economic, and regulatory dimensions, including hardware efficiency, energy consumption and environmental impact, integration with power systems, long-term economic dynamics, and the evolution of the mining industry.
In addition to conducting research, the Observatory publishes studies and reports, organizes public events, and promotes informed debate. In doing so, the Observatory aims to contribute to a rigorous and multidisciplinary understanding of Bitcoin across its technological, economic, energy, environmental, regulatory, and social dimensions.
The Observatory’s first research initiative is currently underway and is dedicated to a multidisciplinary study of Bitcoin mining across its technological, energy, economic, and regulatory dimensions. The results will be published in a research report and presented to the public through outreach activities and a dedicated conference.
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Director: Danilo Bazzanella (Politecnico di Torino)
Scientific Committee: Gianluca Cappiello, Antonio Di Scala, Leonardo Errati, Enrico Guglielmino, Carlo Sanna (Politecnico di Torino), Nadir Murru (Università di Trento), Giulio Caldarelli (Università di Torino), Paolo Turati (SAA School of Management), Roberto Isibor (Università Bocconi).
Advisory Board: Fabio Baglio (Tether), Filippo Farenga (Blox Space), Gabriele Pascuzzi (Alps), Francesco Pelle (Bitcoin Torino), Giorgio Rasetto (BitPolito Founder), Michele Uberti (Azimut - TNB Project).
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Contact:
Osservatorio Bitcoin @ PoliTO
C.so Francesco Ferrucci, 112
10141 Torino
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Mail: bitcoin@polito.it
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