Electricity infrastructure connected to a digital metering and ledger system
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The Energy Blockchain · Two issued U.S. patents

Electricity crosses one patented gatewaybefore it becomes digital.

The FTG Energy platform is built on a fully patented and protected meter-to-ledger architecture, where generated electricity is measured, a defined portion of electricity is recognized, a traceable digital unit is signed, and its immutable record enters a decentralized ledger.

Issued 2024US 11,962,710 B215 claims
Portfolio35 issued claimsOne protected conversion chain
Issued 2026US 12,647,288 B220 claims

The point of origin

Not minted. Measured.

The FTG architecture does not begin with a software command looking for a story. It begins with an electrical event at a generation source and a meter-computing system designed to recognize when physical energy reaches a defined increment.

01
Generate

Physical electricity

A generation source produces the electrical event that begins the chain.

02
Measure

Current transformer

Current representing generated electricity is sensed at the point of origin.

03
Recognize

Defined increment

The meter system determines when the predetermined energy increment is reached.

04
Sign

Traceable digital unit

A correlated unit is created with a unique hashed signature and provenance data.

05
Record

Decentralized ledger

The signed representation is stored within the ledger architecture.

The digital event begins with a physical event.

That origin is the difference between an arbitrary software-issued token and a digital unit designed around measured electricity and traceable provenance.

The patent portfolio

Two patents. One protected chain.

The grants protect complementary method, software-media and meter-system pathways around the same essential boundary: measured electricity becoming a signed digital unit and ledger record.

Patent 0115 issued claims
US 11,962,710 B2Issued April 16, 2024

The authenticated meter-node architecture

Method, software-media and meter-system claims connect measured generated electricity, defined increments, unique traceability signatures and decentralized-ledger records, with additional renewable, carbon-credit, storage and degradation architecture.

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Patent 0220 issued claims
US 12,647,288 B2Issued June 2, 2026

The current-transformer gateway

Independent system, software-media and method claims reinforce the core path from measured electrical current to a signed traceable digital unit and its hashed representation in a decentralized ledger.

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Named inventorNicholas VandenBrekelPhysical electricity → signed digital unit → decentralized ledger

The two issued grants contain 35 claims in total. They form the intellectual-property foundation beneath FTG Energy's meter-to-ledger architecture.

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An analogy for industry change

The MP3 moment for energy.

MP3 did not create music. It changed how recorded sound could be represented, moved, accessed, and experienced in a digital world.

FTG's Energy Blockchain seeks to perform the analogous bridge for electricity: connect a physical event at generation to a portable, traceable digital unit—without losing the relationship to where that unit began.

This is an explanatory analogy for technological transformation, not a statement about patent equivalence or industry-wide infringement.
Patent shield surrounding the protected Energy Blockchain conversion point

The patent firewall

The moat sits at the conversion point.

The strategic value is not an abstract claim that “blockchain is patented.” The portfolio focuses on the engineered sequence where a measured electrical event becomes a correlated, traceable digital record.

01

Meter authentication

The digital chain begins at an authenticated physical measurement node.

02

Threshold event

The unit is correlated to a defined increment of generated electricity.

03

Unit signature

A unique hashed signature carries traceability data into the digital record.

04

Ledger record

The signed representation is stored inside the decentralized-ledger architecture.

“Gateway,” “moat,” and “firewall” describe FTG's strategic portfolio position. Patent scope is defined by the issued claims; infringement depends on the specific implementation and applicable law.
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Legitimacy by design

The FTG Token begins before the wallet.

It begins with the architecture that connects an electrical event to a signed record. The provenance path is part of the design—not a narrative added after issuance.

Arbitrary software issuanceA digital instruction creates a token.

The physical origin may be asserted later, inferred from other data, or disconnected from the moment of creation.

FTG measured-origin architectureA physical threshold creates the digital event.

Generated electricity is measured, the defined increment is recognized, a traceable unit is signed, and the record enters the ledger pathway.

Explore what the architecture enables

Measured electricity. Protected conversion. Visible digital ownership.

The FTG Token journey explains how the public platform connects this patented energy foundation to optional digital ownership and participation.