Episode 9: Paul Ellis’s Views on Blockchain in the Energy Sector

In this episode we speak with Paul Ellis, Executive Chairman and co-Founder of Electron. Ellis speaks on the possibilities and issues blockchain can address in the energy industry and the reason the energy industry is accepting blockchain with open arms.

Major topics

  • Blockchain platforms for the energy industry
  • Accepting blockchain 
  • 3 issues blockchain can address in energy sector
    • transactions, asset registration, data
  • Electron
  • Decentralization for Energy Sector
  • Explosion of IoT devices
  • 840 billion back into the economy globally

Biography

  • Executive chairman of Electron (building blockchain systems for the energy sector)
  • 13 years in investment banking (structured derivatives business)
  • technology business with incubators