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              12.8 OVERVIEW OF THE AI-ENABLED BLOCKCHAIN

              DAEO presents an innovative and disruptive solution that might create
              new efficiencies through automation. AI blockchain consensus algorithms
              provides a distributed trust mechanism that may disintermediate and
              replace third parties. Energy aggregators and meter readers could be
              replaced by a dynamic distributed ledger. However, blockchain innova-
              tion will also create new energy jobs, values, and markets. As technology
              empowers humans, it also changes the relationship between man and
              machine, technology and organizations, and society and innovation.
              Autonomous blockchain organizations may distribute power and leader-
              ship via encrypted votes that establish equity relative to a contract or even
              a mission statement. For example, future energy organizations may help
              stakeholders govern the type of energy mix they would like and have that
              preference or willingness to pay be captured in a smart contract. Block-
              chain AI-empowered energy organizations might become increasingly
              autonomous and made up of decentralized contractors and investors
              who have the power to vote, invest, and deliver services based on an
              immutable smart contract that captures who, what, when, and where ser-
              vices are executed. These transactions can be shared and secured in a trans-
              parent immutable ledger.
                 The notion of “self-bootstrapped” organizations with crypto equities
              independently leveraging contractors guided by decentralized blockchain
              voting has been explored (Levine, 2014). The Bit Congress has established
              a blockchain-based voting system. The country of Georgia is leveraging
              blockchain to facilitate real-estate licensing. Estonia has established a
              privacy-preserving secure virtual government using KSI blockchain. These
              examples highlight how technology has already helped to distribute trust and
              reduce redundancy in everything from billing to middle management, cre-
              ating new value for organizations in an increasingly decentralized autono-
              mous society. Reducing redundancy also creates new value and more
              competitive organizations (Lawless, 2017).



              12.9 BLOCKCHAIN AND AI SECURITY OPPORTUNITY

              Blockchain and AI integration and innovation may present a more resilient
              and efficient path for decentralized cyber and physical devices to interact,
              transforming modern infrastructure into an array of smart autonomous sys-
              tems of systems. Increased autonomy and control are essential to optimizing
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