HTC公布了推出区块链智能手机的计划 HTC Reveals Plans To Launch Blockchain-Powered Smartphone

据5月15日报道，电子公司HTC将发布“第一个本土区块链手机”，它将支持多个区块链，包括比特币和以太网络。HTC创始人Phil Chen今天在纽约召开的协商会议上宣布了这个项目。
Chen强调，即将推出的手机将支持“多种区块链协议”，如比特币、以太网、闪电网络和Dfinity网络。他说，公司的使命是支持整个区块链生态系统，以“帮助底层协议扩展其专用节点的基础。”
据报道，Android移动设备将拥有一个通用的加密货币钱包和一个安全的硬件。Chen还强调，HTC将提供高水准的数据安全保护。
“我希望看到这样一个世界：终端消费者可以真正拥有他们的数据如浏览历史、身份、资产、钱包、电子邮件、信息，而无需中央政府的支持。”
虽然Chen没有具体说明出手机的估计价格或预计的发布日期，但他表示公司可能会考虑使用加密货币作为即将到来的区块链驱动手机的支付手段。
HTC并不是第一个开发基于区块链的手机的公司。今年4月，面向区块链的操作系统开发商和供应商Sirin Labs找到了一个区块链智能手机的制造商。富士康科技子公司FIH Mobile已经同意帮助开发这款手机。富士康是电子制造行业的巨头，客户包括苹果、谷歌、思科、华为和亚马逊。

Consumer electronics corporation HTC has unveiled “the first native blockchain phone”, HTC Exodus, which will launch with support for multiple blockchains, including Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) networks, PCMag reported May 15. HTC Vive creator Phil Chen announced the forthcoming project at the Consensus conference in New York City today.
Chen highlighted that the upcoming phone will support “multiple blockchain protocols,” such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Lightning Network (LN), and Dfinity network. He said the company’s mission is to support the entire blockchain ecosystem in order to “help underlying protocols expand their base of dedicated nodes."
The Android mobile device will reportedly feature a universal cryptocurrency wallet as well as a "secure hardware enclave." Chen also stressed that the HTC Exodus would provide high standards of security and data protection:
"I want to see a world where the end consumers can truly own their data—browsing history, identity, assets, wallets, emails, messaging—without the need for central authorities."
While Chen did not specify either the estimated price of Exodus or the expected release date, he said that the company may consider cryptocurrency as a means of payment for the upcoming multiple blockchain-powered phone.
HTC is not the first to develop a blockchain-based mobile phone. In April, the blockchain-oriented OS developer and supplier Sirin Labs found a manufacturer for its blockchain smartphone. FIH Mobile, a subsidiary of Foxconn Technology, has agreed to help develop the phone. Foxconn is a giant in electronics contract manufacturing, with clients including Apple, Google, Cisco, Huawei, and Amazon.

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