Powerledger (POWR) price

Powerledger (POWR) is a token on the Ethereum network tied to a project for peer-to-peer energy trading. The idea is that owners of solar panels and other small power producers can sell surplus electricity directly to neighbours and consumers, with settlement and trade records kept on a blockchain. The intended audience is energy retailers and grid operators that want tools for decentralised energy markets.

POWR is an ERC-20 token, so it relies on Ethereum for security and fees and has no consensus mechanism of its own. In the project's general design, the token is part of the platform's internal economy: participants can post it as collateral and gain access to services. Specific mechanics and how current they are should be checked in the project's documentation, since the facts provided here contain no detailed description.

Supply: the total supply is 1 billion POWR, with about 573 million in circulation, roughly 57%. No maximum supply is listed, and the total appears to be fixed. For a holder, this means the remaining ≈427 million tokens may reach the market on a schedule set by the project, which is a potential source of supply pressure. The unlock schedule is best checked in official materials.

What to watch and risks: the token depends on real deployments of the platform by energy companies, not just on interest in blockchain. Energy markets are heavily regulated, and pilot projects do not always become commercial ones. The token's role in settlement may also be limited compared with ordinary payment methods. Competition from traditional energy IT solutions and other blockchain projects remains strong, and the catalogue data lists neither a website nor a repository, so development activity should be judged from external sources.