INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A few weeks ahead of its latest flagship announcement, HTC just revealed another piece of hardware
While the Taiwanese company has consolidated much of its mobile offerings in recent years, it announced today at the Consensus 2018
blockchain conference in New York that its upcoming Exodus handset is embracing everyone favorite tech buzzword
So, what makes a phone a blockchain phone, exactly Security and cryptocurrency support, mostly
According to HTC Exodus landing page, &Our vision is to expand the blockchain ecosystem by creating the world first phone dedicated to
decentralized applications and security
With the release of the HTC Exodus we can now make this a reality.&
The Exodus will support Bitcoin and Ethereum, among others, courtesy of
a universal wallet, secure hardware and decentralized apps
According to The Next Web, HTC has also outlined plans to create a native blockchain network, whereby cryptocurrency can be traded amongst
Naturally, users will also be able to purchase the phone itself using cryptocurrency
That price and the release date, however, have yet to be revealed
There not really a lot of information beyond that and the above drawing, but HTC is clearly gunning to make a splash as its numbers have
shrunk in overall proportion to a declining smartphone market
Even with rapidly increasing awareness and interest in the cryptocurrency space, however, it hard to imagine Exodus making much of a splash
