Industrial Blockchain Platforms: An Exercise in Use Case Development in the Energy Industry

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To encourage public discourse on blockchain use case development, this paper provides a pragmatic view on how to develop and to describe blockchain use cases. We approach the issue by developing a tentative use case for autonomous machine-to-machine transactions of electricity in a housing society environment through an iterative process with stakeholders in the energy industry. We proceed by evaluating the outlined concept and its technical specifications against six criteria for a sensible blockchain use case, as identified by blockchain industry specialists. Finally, we conclude with observations and discussion on the use case development process, and its future steps.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ETLA Working Papers ; No. 43

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Digital platform ; industrial platform ; blockchain technology ; autonomous marketplace ; energy industry

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Mattila, Juri ; Seppälä, Timo ; Naucler, Catarina ; Stahl, Riitta ; Tikkanen, Marianne ; Bådenlid, Alexandra ; Seppälä, Jane
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2016

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/201258
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET