A Definitive Technology Stack for Development of Smart Contracts for
Energy Applications
Abstract
In recent years, there has been a growing trend in research on smart
contract applications. Smart contracts potential in the energy landscape
is visible in their major applications such as peer-to-peer energy
trading, electric vehicle charging, energy market management, and many
more. Many studies have been conducted that produced a lot of literature
in this area and many startups and companies have surfaced that exhibit
large scope of its application in the energy sector. However, in
comparison to other domains, there is still more development required.
The literature available focuses on the different technical aspects and
use cases, but there’s no such scientific article providing gathered
details of the smart contracts development process that invites the
attention of researchers in the energy domain for development or
provides basic knowledge of available tools. It is therefore necessary
to contribute with academic articles that summarize this information,
thus opening up paths of development in this field and strengthening the
community. This paper is the first step towards the implementation of
this idea and that is intended to be extended in the future.