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HTC is launching a blockchain-powered phone
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HTC is developing a new android phone that will be powered by blockchain technology. The phone, named Exodus, will feature a universal wallet and a built-in secure hardware enclave to support cryptocurrencies and decentralized applications.
Source: https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2018/05/15/htc-blockchain-powered-phone/
Also at The Verge:
To start with, the Exodus phone will have support for bitcoin, ethereum, and other major networks, with more partnerships expected to come later on. HTC envisions a native blockchain network that uses Exodus phones as nodes that support cryptocurrency trading between users. HTC is also reportedly considering allowing people to purchase the Exodus phone with cryptocurrency. No price has been set yet for the phone.
[...] Chen said during the New York City blockchain conference, Consensus 2018, today: "We envision a phone where you hold your own keys, you own your own identity and data, and your phone is the hub."
(Score: 4, Touché) by Arik on Wednesday May 16 2018, @12:33AM (14 children)
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by requerdanos on Wednesday May 16 2018, @01:03AM (13 children)
This "powered by" garbage needs to stop, immediately.
My computer is not "powered by" Debian GNU/Linux. It's powered by electricity from the nuke plant a few km away.
My websites are not "powered by Apache" -- again, it's electricity, from an upstream source.
That blog isn't "powered by Wordpress" -- it's powered by wires used to pipe in a steady flow of electrons. Electricity. Generated somewhere. (This "powered by Wordpress" nonsense is hardcoded into many of their themes by people who clearly don't understand force nor motion, and who have little respect for those who do.)
These things, like the HTC phone in question, consume power; they don't provide it.
Things can be powered by fuel, or stored energy, but not much else.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 16 2018, @01:32AM (7 children)
And your post is powered by Autism. Chill out, "Powered by" is another way of letting people know what background services are running. English is a living language, it involves in ways like this or new ways of using phrases to get a point accross. By your logic, we should all go back to Olde English.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday May 16 2018, @01:44AM (1 child)
I once lived in Newfoundland.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday May 16 2018, @02:05AM
"Newfie!!"
--Anthony Bourdain
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 3, Funny) by requerdanos on Wednesday May 16 2018, @12:22PM (3 children)
Thanks, that helps me out.
The power for this post was provided by the following.
0 - DLs 0:04.86 [kernel]
1 - ILs 0:00.03 /sbin/init --
2 - DL 0:00.00 [crypto]
3 - DL 0:00.00 [crypto returns]
4 - DL 0:33.41 [cam]
5 - DL 0:00.42 [soaiod1]
6 - DL 0:00.42 [soaiod2]
7 - DL 0:00.42 [soaiod3]
8 - DL 0:00.42 [soaiod4]
9 - DL 0:00.00 [sctp_iterator]
10 - DL 0:00.00 [audit]
11 - RL 361517:21.86 [idle]
12 - WL 22:46.61 [intr]
13 - DL 0:00.03 [geom]
14 - DL 2:46.40 [usb]
15 - DL 1:37.44 [rand_harvestq]
16 - DL 0:12.10 [pagedaemon]
17 - DL 0:00.00 [vmdaemon]
18 - DL 0:00.04 [pagezero]
19 - DL 0:26.55 [bufspacedaemon]
20 - DL 1:15.00 [bufdaemon]
21 - DL 0:14.24 [vnlru]
22 - DL 144:14.62 [syncer]
342 - Ss 0:01.16 /sbin/devd
486 - Ss 0:04.55 /usr/sbin/syslogd -ss
542 - Ss 1:31.38 /usr/sbin/ntpd -c /etc/ntp.conf -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -f /var/
576 - Ss 3:38.03 /usr/sbin/powerd
608 - Is 0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/dbus-daemon --system
669 - Ss 0:00.02 /usr/sbin/sshd
672 - Ss 0:24.41 sendmail: accepting connections (sendmail)
675 - Is 0:00.85 sendmail: Queue runner@00:30:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue (
679 - Is 0:07.66 /usr/sbin/cron -s
719 - Is 0:00.01 /usr/libexec/ftpd -D
744 - Ss 5:53.50 /usr/local/sbin/hald
746 - I 0:00.02 /usr/local/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
748 - I 0:00.02 /usr/local/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug
749 - I 0:00.27 hald-runner
785 - S 3:58.36 hald-addon-storage: /dev/cd0 (hald-addon-storage)
90559 - Ss 0:00.02 sshd: req [priv] (sshd)
90562 - S 0:00.01 sshd: req@pts/0 (sshd)
732 v0 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv0
733 v1 Is 0:00.01 login [pam] (login)
6323 v1 I+ 0:00.00 -sh (sh)
734 v2 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv2
735 v3 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv3
736 v4 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv4
737 v5 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv5
738 v6 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv6
739 v7 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv7
90563 0 Ss 0:00.01 -sh (sh)
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 16 2018, @12:46PM (2 children)
Sendmail? Jesus, you must be their last remaining user. I'll bet you have an uptime dating to the 90's.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Thursday May 17 2018, @06:21AM (1 child)
> I'll bet you have an uptime dating to the 90's
I guess so, I see no systemd in PID 1.
Account abandoned.
(Score: 2) by requerdanos on Thursday May 17 2018, @01:06PM
It goes deeper than that...
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday May 16 2018, @05:56PM
And your post is powered by Autism. Chill out, "Powered by" is another way of letting people know what background services are running.
And if you follow those turtles all the way down you'll find they're all actually powered by caffeine.
So, you're both wrong!
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday May 16 2018, @01:43AM
There is no doubt in my mind that FoxConn employs far more people in China than Apple does in California.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday May 16 2018, @02:29AM (1 child)
Dammit. I was going to order one of these phones that didn't use electricity. It looked so sweet. Just mine bitcoins, and the phone never needs to be recharged, no need for batteries or cords or anything. Crap.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by captain normal on Wednesday May 16 2018, @05:29AM
It's powered by buzz words. I guess maybe the bullshit creates enough methane to power a cell phone.
"It is easier to fool someone than it is to convince them that they have been fooled" Mark Twain
(Score: 4, Funny) by mhajicek on Wednesday May 16 2018, @04:42AM
You misunderstand. This phone reverses the process of crypto currency mining, extracting energy in the process.
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: 2) by Bot on Thursday May 17 2018, @06:25AM
Power is a generic term often unrelated to energy generation.
Debian gives you the power of running processes and manage hardware.
Apache gives you the power of sending lots of js and some actual content to other poor souls.
Sendmail gives somebody else power to penetrate your system.
And so on.
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