HTC's mobile phone business is struggling. In the last quarter, HTC finally made a profit after 11 consecutive quarters of losses. However, the reason was somewhat embarrassing because it was largely due to HTC selling some of its mobile assets to Google, which resulted in a lot of non-business operations. income.
It is reported that HTC has further reduced the size of mobile phones. According to previous news, HTC will only release a flagship mobile phone this year. This may seem to be a sad reminder. However, according to the latest news disclosed by foreign media, HTC seems to have found a new way out. Save their mobile phone business, that is blockchain.
It is understood that HTC is preparing a mobile phone using blockchain technology codenamed Exodus. Its biggest bright spot lies in providing system-level wallet functions and built-in security hardware to support digital cryptocurrencies and decentralized applications. Users can directly Trading cryptocurrencies via native blockchain networks with Exodus phones as nodes, without additional cost.
The article also pointed out that responsible for the development of this phone is HTC Vive founder Phil Chen, According to the executive revealed that Exodus will be able to support the underlying blockchain protocol, including Bitcoin, Lightning Networks, Ethereum, Dfinity, etc., HTC's The goal is to integrate blockchain applications with handset hardware to support the entire blockchain ecosystem.
According to the design drawings that were exposed together, the appearance of HTC Exodus is relatively common. The rear single camera and the internal components are modularized. As for the specific hardware configuration, it needs to be disclosed in subsequent reports. However, the considered mining has certain requirements on performance. Exodus configuration should not be too low.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that HTC is not the first manufacturer to launch a blockchain mobile phone. It is reported that the first blockchain smartphone was launched by Israeli technology company SirinLabs and named Finney. In addition, in March this year, Lenovo launched A blockchain mobile phone S5 was announced as the first in the world. Of course, it is not important who is the first. Whether this new type of mobile phone can survive is a problem that manufacturers need to think about. Now that the mining hot has begun To fade, how many people will pay attention to this new device?
