  Water and other resources are becoming scarcer every day, and developing
countries are the neediest for an immediate intervention. Water, as a national
need, is considered to be one of the main causes for conflicts in the 21st
century. Peer-to-peer trading is one of the most convenient, scalable and
sustainable solutions but faces organization challenges such as: the absence of
suitable business models motivating normal users to sell their generated
resources, currency and financial settlement complexities, and single utility
markets. We propose a multi-utility trading platform, based on blockchain
technology which can address the challenges faced by peer-to-peer trading. This
platform meets the needs of developing countries in particular as well as rural
areas of developed countries. The open nature of our proposed design makes it
suitable for adoption and use by various stakeholders.

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