DiLeNA: Distributed Ledger Network Analyzer

TL;DR

DiLeNA is a software tool designed to analyze and compare transaction networks in distributed ledger technologies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, providing insights into user interactions within these complex systems.

Contribution

This paper introduces DiLeNA, a novel tool for analyzing DLT transaction networks, and demonstrates its application on Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains.

Findings

Bitcoin and Ethereum transaction networks exhibit distinct structural properties.

DiLeNA effectively characterizes user interaction patterns in DLTs.

The tool facilitates comparative analysis of different blockchain networks.

Abstract

This paper describes the Distributed Ledger Network Analyzer (DiLeNA), a new software tool for the analysis of the transactions network recorded in Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs). The set of transactions in a DLT forms a complex network. Studying its characteristics and peculiarities is of paramount importance, in order to understand how users interact in the distributed ledger system. The tool design and implementation is introduced and some results are provided. In particular, the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains, i.e. the most famous and used DLTs at the time of writing, have been analyzed and compared.