---
title: "Industrial Blockchain Platforms: An Exercise in Use Case Development in the Energy Industry"
authors:
  - name: "Mattila, Juri"
  - name: "Seppälä, Timo"
  - name: "Naucler, Catarina"
  - name: "Stahl, Riitta"
  - name: "Tikkanen, Marianne"
  - name: "Bådenlid, Alexandra"
  - name: "Seppälä, Jane"
date_published: "2016-10-11"
series: "ETLA Working Papers"
series_number: "43"
issn:
  - "2323-2420"
  - "2323-2439"
language: "en"
publisher: "ETLA Economic Research"
pdf_url: "https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/ETLA-Working-Papers-43.pdf"
keywords:
  - "Digital platform"
  - "industrial platform"
  - "blockchain technology"
  - "autonomous marketplace"
  - "energy industry"
identifier: "https://www.etla.fi/julkaisut/id/ETLA-Working-Papers-43"
---

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

**Published:** 2016-10-11  
**Categories:** Publications, Working Papers  
**URL:** https://www.etla.fi/en/publications/industrial-blockchain-platforms-an-exercise-in-use-case-development-in-the-energy-industry/

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.

---

## Additional Information

**Kirjoittajat:** Mattila, Juri - Seppälä, Timo - Naucler, Catarina - Stahl, Riitta - Tikkanen, Marianne - Bådenlid, Alexandra - Seppälä, Jane

**Kansikuva:** https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/ETLA-Working-Papers-43_kansi.jpg

**Lataa Pdf:** https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/ETLA-Working-Papers-43.pdf

**Key Words:** Digital platform, industrial platform, blockchain technology, autonomous marketplace, energy industry

**Paivays:** 11.10.2016

**Sivuja:** 21

15

**Kieli:** en

**Sarja:** ETLA Working Papers

**Sarja Nro:** 43

**Issn:** 2323-2420, 2323-2439

**Saatavuus:** 1

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