THELOGICALINDIAN - HTC the disturbing Taiwanese phonemaker has launched a smartphone that can be bought alone with BTC or ETH Called the Exodus 1 the smartphone is blockchainintegrated and appearance a cryptocurrency wallet congenital into a defended ascendancy of the device
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HTC Sells Its New Cryptocurrency Wallet-Enabled Phone for 0.15 BTC
Initially appear in May, the Exodus 1 buzz was apparent in Berlin, Germany on Oct. 22. The handset will retail for 0.15 BTC or 4.78 ETH in aboriginal admission deals, which is agnate to $960. First shipments are accepted in December, the aggregation said.
“Exodus 1 is a basal aspect of the crypto internet,” Phil Chen, HTC’s ‘decentralized arch officer’, said in a account on the company’s website. “For agenda assets and decentralized apps to ability their potential, we accept adaptable will charge to be the capital point of distribution.”
Built into the Exodus 1 is a cryptocurrency wallet alleged Zion, which was developed by HTC to serve as a accouterments basic bill wallet. Chen said the wallet runs from a defended ascendancy on the phone’s chip, abstracted from the Android operating system, to aegis agenda coins. He underscored the accent of befitting this breadth of the buzz afar from Android because Google’s operating arrangement was “fundamentally afraid with a centralized system,” advertisement users’ funds to annexation by attackers.
“Think of [the enclave] as a micro OS that runs in alongside with Android,” CNBC quoted Chen as saying. “It basically is a wallet, but the wallet, what it does is authority your clandestine keys.” Chen added: “The acumen why you do a blockchain buzz is … for everybody aloof to own their own keys. Everything starts there. When you alpha owning your own keys, again you can alpha owning your own agenda identity, again you can alpha to own data.”
Cryptocurrency-Only Pricing to Bring Device to Its Core Audience
HTC’s new buzz will run decentralized applications (dapps). It additionally appearance a Social Key Recovery action that helps users “regain admission to their funds if they lose their clandestine key via a baddest cardinal of trusted contacts.”
“Selling [the phone] in crypto alone and actuality the aboriginal to do so agency we are bringing this anon to the amount admirers and those who will appetite this accessory – the blockchain community,” Chen told the South China Morning Post. He added:
Exodus 1 will be accessible in 34 countries including Hong Kong, Singapore, the United States, the United Kingdom and added European countries. However, the buzz will not be accessible in China, which has taken a austere access to bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.
More Companies Looking to Enter Blockchain Smartphone Market
HTC, which at one time was amid the top manufacturers of smartphones in the world, is not the alone aggregation to try and action a blockchain-focused phone.
Switzerland-based start-up Sirin Labs is currently accepting orders for its $999 smartphone, whose aircraft has been delayed from October. Chinese advice advice technologies firms such as Lenovo Group and Sichuan Changhong Electric accept ahead appear affairs for a blockchain phone, but provided no details.
Earlier this month, Indonesia-based startup Pundi X apparent its blockchain-powered handset alleged Xphone which, clashing HTC and Sirin Labs’ devices, can accomplish on its own blockchain-based manual protocol, apart of adaptable carriers.
Aside from active dapps, Exodus 1 additionally comes with abundant appearance begin on approved flagship smartphones such as bifold rear cameras and a six-inch Quad HD display.
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