There is a phrase that might refresh your understanding: gold, US dollar, Bitcoin—basically, all are certificates of energy.

Imagine future payment scenarios. When you buy a cup of coffee, the cashier doesn't ask for USDT but instead swipes an energy token worth 3 kWh. This is the most solid form of currency—universal across the universe. Some call this direction "Energy Standard."

Thinking further, can we securitize the sun? It sounds crazy, but the logic is self-consistent. Through an energy token protocol, we can pre-sell the solar radiation that will hit a specific area over the next 10 years. This is not just futures trading; fundamentally, it’s financializing "stellar computing power." Dyson spheres are now landing on the blockchain.

A more practical application is in microgrids. Suppose a community builds its own microgrid, becoming self-sufficient, and no longer has to rely on the national grid’s face. What do they use to settle internal energy flows? Energy tokens. This grants the community true resilience and autonomy. It’s not anarchy; it’s community self-governance.

Someone asks, once nuclear fusion is achieved and energy costs collapse, will we still need this system? Yes. Cheap energy is not the end goal; it actually intensifies the competition for computing power. Eventually, the billing focus shifts from energy itself to the scarcity of computing resources—energy tokens evolve into computing power tokens.

The most meaningful scenario might be in Africa. Laying large-scale power grids in remote areas is prohibitively expensive. But with decentralized energy infrastructure and on-chain settlement, small communities can break the cycle of energy poverty. This is the true power of DePIN.