A Blockchain-Based Trust Framework for Resilient Smart Grids: Empirical Analysis of P2P Trading Security and Performance

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10.2991/978-94-6239-604-3_14How to use a DOI?

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Blockchain; Smart grid; Trusted execution environment; Energy trading; Security

Abstract

The growth of distributed energy resources inside smart grids introduces significant trust vulnerabilities, as central architectures fail at preventing opportunistic fraud in peer-to-peer energy exchanges. To address this problem, the paper proposes a hybrid framework that integrates blockchain and Trusted Execution Environments, which combines trustworthy decentralization with protected execution. Our approach is inspired by Trust-DETM, a DER trading model based on TEE that utilize smart contract commitment and reputation-based matching to achieve execution latency lower than comparable systems. The paper also builds upon lessons from Ekiden. it is a TEE-backed blockchain platform which decouples consensus from execution, demonstrating throughput improvements up to 600 × and latency that is significantly reduced. TEEs ensure computations that are confidential and protected in terms of integrity, even from system administrators with privileges. Blockchain provides transparency and accountability in smart grid environments but faces limitations in terms of scalability and privacy. Under this composite architecture, which was simulated with DER trading patterns from the ENTSO-E 2023 dataset, we anticipate achieving approximately 98.7% transaction transparency (versus 72.3% in centralized systems) and throughput reaching up to 1200 TPS through Proof-of-Authority consensus that has been optimized. The findings indicate strong potential for enhancing privacy, security, and performance within decentralized energy trading. Future research will address challenges related to cross-chain interoperability and optimize mechanisms of consensus to support broader deployment across multiple markets.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hanyang Hong
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/02/26
TI  - A Blockchain-Based Trust Framework for Resilient Smart Grids: Empirical Analysis of P2P Trading Security and Performance
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Economic Development and Business Culture (ICEDBC 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 124
EP  - 132
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-604-3_14
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6239-604-3_14
ID  - Hong2026
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