Blockchain Phones and Bitcoin Watches: Revisiting the Crypto Tech Hype

Smartphones can do almost anything these days, and it was only a matter of time before cryptocurrency and blockchain applications were integrated into these companion-like devices There are a handful of manufacturers that are positioning their devices as blockchain smartphones Toward the end of the year, Samsung launched the "KlaytnPhone," a variant of the Galaxy Note 10 that featured its cryptocurrency wallet and Knox application and also rewarded users with 2000 Klay tokens, the native currency of the Klaytn blockchain.

The latest edition of the HTC blockchain smartphone is the Exodus 1S, which it claims is the first device capable of running a full Bitcoin node Blockchain startup Sirin Labs laid claim to the title of the first company to launch a blockchain smartphone in November 2018 with the "Finney." The device comes standard with a built-in cold storage wallet, token conversion service and DApp ecosystem powered by its proprietary Sirin operating system Pundi X, a decentralized offline cryptocurrency sales network, is reportedly also working on developing its own blockchain smartphone.

While cryptocurrency functionality is slowly being incorporated into handheld devices, three world-renowned Swiss watchmaking companies have released timepieces that are inspired by Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. . Source