Learn how blockchain works, how the technology has evolved, and why it will empower energy customers like never before. Understand the disruptive potential of blockchain in the energy sector. On this course, you will study the incredibly disruptive potential of blockchain technology in the energy sector.
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You will look at how blockchain works and start to understand the background, value proposition and geopolitical context that brought it to the centre of the world’s attention.
You will obtain a clear overview of how and why blockchain will take over the energy sector, optimizing old processes and empowering customers like never before. You will also explore the future of a new paradigm, where users can buy and sell energy from and to each other.
What topics will you cover?
- What is blockchain?
- Digital currencies
- The evolution and future of blockchain
- Smart contracts and decentralized applications
- Blockchain in the energy sector: the new paradigm
- P2P energy trading
- Blockchain applied to EV charging
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...
- Describe the characteristics of Blockchain and digital currencies.
- Explore the potential that smart contracts have in different fields.
- Synthesise the value proposition of blockchain for a specific company
- Classify what sectors and in which measure will result heavily affected by blockchain technology
