Cuba’s recent blackout exposed a structural weakness in centralized power grids. When a single plant fails, entire systems can collapse.

Distributed energy and flexible demand could help change that. Bitcoin mining plays an unexpected role by acting as a flexible load that stabilizes renewable grids.

The same decentralised logic strengthens money and disperses power too.

Read my latest Forbes article featuring @Janet Maingi & Rachel Geyer.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2026/03/11/cubas-blackout-reveals-grid-flaws-bitcoin-may-fix/