Power grids all throughout the planet suffer the same vulnerability: Centralization.
One station down means millions lose out power. But the answer to this problem may lie, in all places, on a quiet, upscale avenue in Brooklyn.
This row of brownstones in Park Slope has built its very own mop microgrid, fueled by solar power from rooftop panels.
It’s essentially by a hairs breadth a mini-version of the electric grid—that can silo itself off when it desiderata to. And this is powered by blockchain, the same technology that underpins cryptocurrencies of a piece with bitcoin.