Blockchain Resources - UPDATED
/For those of you who attended the AESP webinar today on blockchain (and those who didn't!), I wanted to provide a list of recommended resources. These resources are for people looking to learn more about blockchain and applications in the energy space. Because things are moving so quickly, I recommend trying to find a couple of podcasts or people on twitter to follow regularly.
Here's my not-comprehensive, not-extensive list. I may update this list from time to time to keep it current.
Podcasts
Unchained - Laura Shin, Forbes - The podcast covers all things cryptocurrency-related. Laura interviews a wide variety of guests and asks great questions. Typically, she does a deep dive on a guest's background or a single topic.
Unconfirmed - Laura Shin spun off another, similar podcast but it features shorter episodes and is focused on crypto news from the week.
Analysis in Chains - Neal Kierans and Nathan Williams talk about new projects, companies, and applications in blockchain and crypto.
The Interchange (& the Energy Gang) - Greentech Media recently started a series called Consensus within the Interchange podcast to focus on energy blockchain topics. (The Energy Gang is always great for energy news as well - they replay some of the Interchange podcasts too.)
The Third Web (formerly The Ether Review) - The Third Web is focused on finding and interviewing likely contenders for what is going to power the next generation of the internet or the next generation of blockchain technology.
People
Stina Brock @blockchainnrg and @stinabrock - me!
Laura Shin @laurashin - reporter/journalist in the crypto space
Jo-Jo Hubbard @jojohubba - cofounder/COO of Electron DLT
Colleen Metelitsa @cmetelitsa - blockchain expert at Greentech Media Research
Meltem Demirors @melt_dem - Director of Development at Digital Currency Group
Joshua Ashley Klayman @josh_blockchain - Blockchain legal expert
Caitlin Long @caitlinlong_ - Former Wall St. / Morgan Stanley exec, launched Symbiont.io
Marco Santori @msantoriESQ - Blockchain legal expert
Alex Miller @ethereum_alex - Blockchain developer, Grid+ cofounder
Jesse Morris @ja_morris - Principal with RMI, leading the Energy Web Foundation for energy blockchain
Paul Massara @paulmassara - Board of Electron DLT, former-utility exec
John Lilic @johnlilic - Advisor to several blockchain co's including Grid+
Jon Ferris @fractalgrid - Energy blockchain leader
Jamie Burke @jamie247 - Investor, Outlier Ventures
Companies/Orgs
Electron @electronDLT
Grid+ @gridplus_energy
Power Ledger @powerledger_io
Grid Singularity @gridsingularity
Greentech Media @greentechmedia
Indigo Advisory @indigoadvisory
Energy Web Foundation @energywebx
Print/Publications
"Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" - The original paper by Satoshi Nakamoto that laid out the concept of bitcoin
"Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction" - This is a great book that really covers everything you need to know about bitcoin and blockchain at a technical level - required reading as part of the Coursera course below - highly recommended
"Blockchain Revolution" - How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and the World" - Book by Don and Alex Tapscott that is a good read and provides a bit of history and lots of interesting anecdotes about what is going on in the space
*NEW* "Comprehensive Guide to Companies Involved in Blockchain & Energy" - This free guide, by Thomas Boersma & Leoncio Montemayor of Solarplaza, provides a very good overview of companies in the #energyblockchain space. Solarplaza also puts on many good events and conferences.
*NEW* "Blockchain for Energy 2018" - This expensive report by GTM Research might be available to you if your company has a subscription to certain GTM Research publications. Always good work by GTM Research, and especially Colleen Metelitsa for this one in particular.
*NEW* "Blockchain in the Energy Transition. A Survey Among Decision-Makers in the German Energy Industry" - This is one of the first papers I read about the different use cases for blockchain in the energy industry. While this is not a new report (it came out in late 2016), it's still one of the best comprehensive papers on this topic that I've seen, describing the applications and categories in detail.
Other Media
Banking on Bitcoin - Featuring interviews with enthusiasts and experts, this documentary covers Bitcoin's roots, its future and the technology
Coursera: Bitcoin and Cyrptocurrency Technologies - Great intro course covering the technical details of bitcoin and blockchain
Bits on Blocks - Blog with great, brief overviews of key blockchain and related concepts