Chronicle of a world where innovation moves forward on a scooter while the State pushes nuclear power plants in a wheelchair.


Courtyard side: EDF.

Deep in debt, the French electricity giant is asking the taxpayer for its twelfth bowl of rice.

— “Another billion, please, to repair the corrosion of reactor number 12 and build 15 EPRs by 2078.”

Except we're no longer in the century of Gaullist major projects. We're in the 21st century. We want technology, transparency, smart contracts—not promises made of leaky reinforced concrete.


Garden side: crypto.

She arrives with her pixelated suit and her white paper under her arm.

She tells you:

“We can tokenize your solar panel, give you passive income, and sell your surplus energy to your neighbor via a smart contract. All you need is a wallet and a little sunshine.”

While EDF is hiring an army of lawyers to explain to Parliament why “the Grand Carénage is not a waste but a visionary investment,” a DeFi project in Estonia is giving you 4% APY to store the energy in your fridge.

The contrast is violent.

• On one side: calls for tender, unions, 40-year loans and PowerPoint meetings.

• On the other: a DAO that decides in 30 seconds whether to finance your energy cooperative in El Salvador.

But be careful: crypto isn't all rosy either.

There are rug pulls, scams, and guys in hoodies in poorly lit basements selling wind at 400M market cap.

But she has one thing that the state mammoths have lost:

The ability to create alternative models. To fail fast. To try again. To build outside the mold.



Conclusion ?

• EDF is drowning in debt, is asking for yet another public aid, and is building EPRs at 19 billion each.

• Meanwhile, crypto tokenizes kilowatts, sells them peer-to-peer, and gives you an annual return with connected solar panels.

This is not a science fiction fantasy, it is the clash of models:

centralization vs. decentralization,

bureaucracy vs smart contracts,

Nuclear PLS VS wallet cap upside down.

Morality?

EDF is a drunk uncle who explains nuclear power to you over a barbecue.

Crypto is the 19-year-old kid who wants to decentralize electricity from his connected van.

And you know what? In ten years, this kid might be the one who lights your living room.


One day, it might not be the electricity giants powering you anymore, but a funky DAO on a green blockchain…