Leotlela, BoitumeloLedwaba, LCoetzee, M2026-01-052026-01-052025http://hdl.handle.net/10204/14545Peer-to-peer energy markets rely on trust to enable secure participation; however existing trust models often address only isolated trust concerns. This fragmented approach leaves significant gaps in ensuring holistic trust across the peer-to-peer energy market and exposes participants to threats in the market. To address this, the paper proposes a trust framework grounded in the Trust over IP (ToIP) model, which integrates technical mechanisms and governance policies to sustain trust in decentralised environments. Using the STRIDE threat model, key threats in the peer-to-peer energy market are identified, while also analysing how existing research mitigates these risks. The corresponding trust and security mechanisms are then mapped to the ToIP architecture, offering a comprehensive approach to trust establishment, that unifies social-behavioural and security dimensions of trust. By leveraging ToIP as a formal foundation for trust establishment in this work, the proposed framework provides a holistic approach to building and maintaining trust in the market, thereby fostering greater user confidence and encouraging broader market participation.FulltextenPeer-to-peer energy marketsTrust over IPToIPSTRIDE threat modelConference PresentationN/A