Venture capitalist Bill Tai has joined blockchain-powered peer-to-peer renewable marketplace Power Ledger’s board of advisors every bit an ambassador for the Australian company.
The Silicon Valley-based investor is good known alongside the blockchain community in addition to is co-creator of the Blockchain Summit, which lately took house on Sir Richard Branson’s somebody retreat, Necker Island.
Power Ledger co-founder in addition to chair Dr Jemma Green was at the Summit where she gave a presentation on what her companionship was doing to utilize the blockchain for the decentralization of unloose energy systems. While in that location she met with Tai where it was revealed he would teach an ambassador for Power Ledger.
Tai said:
Power Ledger is a standout alongside the companies at our gathering, solving a existent occupation inward an enormous market. Jemma in addition to her squad accept shown the the world how blockchain based technology tin plow over the axe live applied to usage liquidity in addition to efficiency inward the renewable unloose energy markets with a solution that tin plow over the axe live genuinely transformative.
Dr Jemma Green added that it was extremely exciting to accept Tai every bit a fellow member of the team.
To accept someone of Bill’s calibre every bit an ambassador inside the team, volition actually assist convey nearly alter on a global scale. Having Bill on board is a big win for us in addition to we’re looking forwards to an exciting yr ahead.
Founded inward 2016, Power Ledger was developed in addition to deployed inward Western Commonwealth of Australia becoming the laid out peer-to-peer platform to transact unloose energy inward the world. In the laid out quarter of 2017, the unloose energy companionship announced its token generation event with the aim of offering futurity customers the chance to fund the platform in addition to to accelerate evolution through POWR tokens.
Tai added:
The application of blockchain technology is making itself known inward then many dissimilar industries now. Power Ledger’s solution is inward the lastly stages of commercial deployment, in addition to shows massive hope inward the futurity of renewable unloose energy in addition to decentralizing the grid.
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