According to coindesk, on May 15, Taiwanese electronics manufacturer HTC announced its research and development plan for the Exodus smartphone. Phil Chen, founder of HTCs Vive virtual reality line and leader of the Genesis project, said the company plans to launch the Exodus smartphone by the end of this year.
HTC once entered the mobile phone market with smartphones based on the Android operating system. Now, HTC will focus on the block chain. Raymond Pao, vice president of HTCs VR technology department, said that the company will develop software systems and mobile phone products based on distributed networks.
The Exodus smartphone, which acts as a mobile connection point between the real world and the distributed network, is for those who wish to carry their encrypted data with them.
Phil Chen said that the companys goal is to develop a highly secure device for storing users digital assets, which is compatible with most encrypted wallets on the market.
Not only the wallet function, the Genesis project will also include functions such as distributed applications and Dapps stores. Dapps stores will be able to connect with various blockchain infrastructures (such as Ethereum). The phone also has built-in APIs, and developers can develop more applications on the integrated network.
HTC is aware of the role of blockchain technology, especially the potential value of having a users digital ID. Raymond Pao revealed,
We believe that smartphones will become an important part of the entire encryption ecosystem, and blockchain phones will act as the backbone, just like the Internet in the early days of PCs.
How to combine blockchain technology with mobile devices is the key technical point of blockchain mobile phones.For example, in a smart phone wallet application, there is a great risk of theft when digital currency is delivered via SMS.
Chen said that HTC is contacting blockchain projects such as Ethereum and DFinity to explore how to integrate these protocols into blockchain mobile phones, and it is also possible to establish a mobile phone-centric protocol in the future.
Chen also revealed that HTC blockchain phones will arrange pre-sales and will accept bitcoin and ethereum payments. In addition, HTC will release more white papers in July-August, making mobile phones a node, not just mid-to-high-end servers.
HTC isnt the only company working on a blockchain smartphone.
At the end of last year, the communication technology company Sirin LabsRaising $158 million through an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) for the construction of blockchain-powered smartphones and PCs - Finney. As of April 5, Finney blockchain smartphone reservations exceeded 25,000 units, and the official launch time is expected to be in October this year.
Earlier this year,Lenovo、Changhong、candyIt has successively stated that it will launch a blockchain mobile phone, and Huawei also stated that it has invested a lot in the application of blockchain technology.
The combination of blockchain technology and mobile phones can realize the integration of multi-dimensional data such as user catering, travel, and shopping, and form more accurate user portraits through smart contracts and other underlying algorithms, with great prospects for commercial applications.
Among various hardware, users have already relied heavily on mobile phones. With the implementation of blockchain technology in the fields of automobiles, consumption, and tourism, mobile phones that can carry multiple types of app applications may become a channel connecting the real world and the encrypted digital world, generating ecological value.
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