Blockchain Consensus for Grid Defense

Blockchain Consensus for Grid Defense examines the role of blockchain-based consensus mechanisms in strengthening the security, coordination, and trust of modern electric power grid environments. The book brings together two closely connected technical domains: distributed ledger technology and power grid defense. Its central focus is the use of consensus principles to support trustworthy digital coordination across increasingly distributed and interconnected grid infrastructures.Modern power systems rely on extensive digital communication among utilities, substations, control systems, distributed energy resources, smart meters, sensors, and other connected assets. This connectivity creates important requirements for data integrity, distributed decision-making, authentication, traceability, and resilience. Blockchain introduces a distributed approach to recording and validating transactions, while consensus mechanisms provide the rules through which participating nodes can agree on shared information without relying entirely on a single coordinating authority. Understanding how these concepts relate to grid security is therefore relevant to contemporary smart grid and power system engineering.