HTC Integrating Full Bitcoin Node Into Surprise New Smartphone

HTC is preparing to launch the 1st smartphone with native support for a bitcoin full node

Share to linkedinThe underdog smartphone maker HTC continues to carve out territory in the largely uncharted decentralized internet. Instead of competing directly against giants like Apple and Samsung that have thrived within the current internet paradigm of centralized servers and walled gardens controlled by giant corporations, the Taiwanese smartphone maker today revealed a new smartphone that paves the way for a more decentralized alternative.

As giant companies like Facebook and Amazon continue to address public concerns over their influence over our social lives and spending habits, HTC’s Exodus 1s could mark the biggest step yet toward a solution that involves reinventing the internet from the ground up. There are currently only about 9,000 active bitcoin full nodes verifying blockchain transactions. Each node holds the entire bitcoin history going back to the first transaction and requires as much as 200 gigabytes of storage, increasing at a rate of about 60 gigabytes a year, according to Chen. The Exodus 1s will support a lighter version of the full node that requires just 10 gigabytes of storage, but each phone will include extra SD card designed to support complete full-node services.

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