Electricity first
The monetary unit begins with a physical standard: 1 FTG equals 10 kWh, or 36 megajoules, of authenticated electrical energy.
The Founding White Paper · October 17, 2006
FTG CURRENCYCurrency Backed by Electricity
A comprehensive monetary architecture for transforming authenticated electricity into a standardized, reserve-governed, globally transferable currency.
Conceived, invented, and developed by Nicholas VandenBrekel—named inventor on two issued United States patents covering foundational energy-to-ledger systems.
Founding edition68 pages17 chapters16 architecture diagrams
Click the cover to read the complete PDF ↗The constitutional unit
1 FTG = 10 kWh = 36 MJ
FTG Currency begins where every durable monetary system must begin: with a unit that can be defined, measured, authenticated, and reconciled. Fiat prices may move. The physical denomination does not.
The order is the architecture
Electricity first.FTG second. Blockchain third.
The paper distinguishes the underlying physical reality from the monetary rules and from the technology that records ownership. That sequence prevents the ledger from being mistaken for the asset it represents.
FTG second
FTG supplies the monetary constitution: reserve qualification, issuance discipline, holder rights, reconciliation, settlement, and continuity.
Blockchain third
The ledger records authenticated ownership and exchange. It does not invent the energy; it preserves the verified monetary record.
What the paper establishes
A complete monetary system—not merely a token.
The white paper brings the physical unit, qualifying reserve, issued patents, monetary governance, institutional interoperability, sovereign applications, assurance framework, and voluntary adoption doctrine into one coherent system.
Read the complete argumentA constitutional unit
A fixed physical denomination—10 kWh—separate from every floating fiat exchange rate.
A qualifying reserve
A continuously reconciled pool governed by issuance, storage, degradation, impairment, and assurance rules.
A patented boundary
Two issued U.S. patents describe core meter-to-ledger pathways for measured electrical energy and traceable digital units.
An adoption path
A voluntary progression from coexistence and utility to trust, adoption, and an independent energy monetary ecosystem.
Authorship and provenance
The invention has an origin.The record names its inventor.
This founding paper places Nicholas VandenBrekel at the center of the historical and technical record—as the original author of FTG Currency, the named inventor behind the patented Energy Blockchain architecture, and the electrical systems designer whose work made electricity-denominated money possible.
Named inventorNicholas VandenBrekel
Issued patentsUS 11,962,710 B2
US 12,647,288 B2
US 12,647,288 B2
Founding dateOctober 17, 2006
Read the founding paper
A monetary thesis designed to endure.
From the 10 kWh constitutional unit and qualifying reserve to the patented meter-to-ledger chain, sovereign applications, institutional assurance, and the transition from coexistence to adoption, the complete argument is here.
The English-language PDF is the authoritative founding publication. Reference translations of this introduction are provided through the FTG Energy language selector.