International Business Machines Corporation

Paulo Henrique Almeida Cavoto

Juscelino Candido De Lima Junior

Fabrizio Nascimento Caldas

Heloisa Caroline De Souza Pereira Candello

Alan Braz

Argemiro Jose De Lima

Deborah Bruna Berto

Paulo Henrique Graf Fernandes

Erich Casagrande Perusso

Embodiments of the invention are directed to detecting changes to a firebreak line in an environment. Aspects include obtaining a reference aerial image of an area of interest and a current aerial image of the area of interest and identifying, based on the reference aerial image, one or more firebreak lines in the area of interest. Aspects also include identifying, based on a comparison of the reference aerial image and the current aerial image, an anomaly in at least one of the one or more firebreak lines. Aspects further include transmitting an alert, based on detecting the anomaly, the alert including an indication of the detected anomaly.

Identifying changes in firebreak lines

Devices that consume power may be individually and uniquely associated with a blockchain wallet into which funds may be transferred. The device can be provided with a client application that executes within the device to determine an energy provider and the cost rate of energy supply. The client application calculates a value of energy consumption by the device and creates a blockchain transaction to transfer a funds value for the energy consumption from the device's blockchain wallet to a wallet of the energy provider. By providing devices that can self-manage their electricity supply and the accounting thereof, billing of power can be decentralized from a meter that meters all supply to a premises to individual devices. The requirement for a central billing entity, billing address, etc. can also be removed.

Method or system for management of a device for energy consumption by applying blockchain protocol

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Paulo Henrique Almeida Cavoto