Welcome to The DIFEI Research Project. Simply put, we're designing a stock market for energy projects, using blockchain (nerd talk: a Decentralized Investment Framework for Energy Infrastructure). For an energy industry entrenched with established utilities, government-approved monopolies, and prohibitively expensive infrastructure projects, decentralized technology like blockchain offers a promising alternative to project funding - - where individuals and institutions alike could purchase modular ownership of new projects, and then receive dividends based on their owned portion's energy sales and use. Follow along for insights and updates | Research sponsored by the USC Provost Undergrad Research Fellowship