Too Long; Didn't Read
Roughly 10 years ago the vision of a peer-to-peer electronic cash system was published, marking the launch of <a href="https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf" target="_blank">Bitcoin</a> and the foundation of blockchain. While an explosion of new startups have enamored the cryptocurrency craze, the energy sector has envisioned leveraging blockchain for reasons similar to that of finance — transparency, trust, and automation. I’d like to highlight a few observations (<em>and debunk a myth or two</em>) now that blockchain hype is subsiding and new distributed energy solutions remain scarce.