The Taiwanese electronics company HTC wants to ensure that its new HTC Exodus smartphone powered by the Blockchain has everything to satisfy cryptocurrency enthusiasts. She named Charlie Lee, the founder of Litecoin (LTC), as an advisor in launching her future product. The latter will take priority of the LTC thanks to a hardware portfolio integrated into the smartphone.
The world's first Blockchain phone
The company known for the production of its HTC Desire mobile phone has announced its collaboration with the Litecoin Foundation . A partnership more or less strategic that provides the company, because it is considering using the knowledge of the creator of Litecoin in the development of its new cell. This one has a Blockchain backbone.
«The HTC Exodus, which the Asian tech giant has described as the world's first Blockchain phone, is expected to come out in the third quarter of this year. HTC said every Exodus device will be a node, which will allow users to own their identity and data by having both on their devices rather than on a centralized cloud. In addition, each device will be delivered with a digital cold storage wallet for cryptocurrencies, "the company announced on the CCN media.The device will be a mobile connection point between the Blockchain network and the storage device for the main crypto-currencies including Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) , as reported by CoinDesk. The release date of the HTC Exodus is yet to be confirmed, but the company hopes to start marketing it by the end of 2018. Anyone interested is free to participate in the presale using Bitcoin and Ethereum as a method of payment .
According to an announcement this month, the new smartphone also supports the CryptoKitties mobile app .
HTC Exodus supports Litecoin
Charlie Lee has since claimed from his official Twitter account that the HTC Exodus will offer native support for the LTC.
HTC echoed the technology company's pioneering move last May, claiming it is "the world's first native Blockchain phone dedicated to decentralized applications and security." "
Lee tweeted on July 30th:
"I met the HTC Exodus team last week and I was really happy to hear that the phone would support the LTC and Lightning Network on the Litecoin natively! I will be one of the project advisors because I know that having a secure cryptocurrency phone that simplifies the LN is necessary to promote mass adoption. "https://twitter.com/SatoshiLite/status/1023760115852144642
Lee's comments have been authenticated by the official HTC Exodus Twitter account:
"A small step for @SatoshiLite. A giant step for the Blockchain. The @HTCExodus @ philchen913https://twitter.com/htcexodus/status/1023835797873668096team is honored to have Charlie Lee as an advisor. "
HTC is not the only company to bet on the technology of the big register. Sirin Labs recently raised $ 157 million during its first Initial Coin Offering (ICO) to create its brand new smartphone Blockchain , called "Finney" .
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