By According to an announcement by Pitt Huang, CTO and co-founder of Pundi X, the world’s first blockchain phone call has been made.
Huang stated that the company has focused on harnessing blockchain technology for use in people’s everyday lives. Earlier this year, Pundi X was responsible for launching the world’s first working blockchain-powered point of sales device, making cryptocurrency payments easier and more reliable when on the go.
On 10 October 2018, the world’s first blockchain phone call was made by Pundi X during the second day of the international XBlockchain Summit at the Inaya Putri Bali, where a public demonstration of the blockchain phone call was made on the XPhone.
Pundi X, the XPhone and Function X
The XPhone, another of Pundi X’s latest devices, runs independently of centralized mobile carriers which traditional phones require. The XPhone instead runs on Function X blockchain, the blockchain developed by Pundi X which Huang believes will “revolutionize the way we transmit data of all kinds: giving rise to a truly decentralized internet”.
Function X blockchain reportedly consists of five components, namely, Function X OS, Function X Blockchain, Function X IPFS, FXTP Protocol and the Function X Docker. According to the company, these elements serve the purpose to “decentralize all apps, website, communications and data”.
The Function X OS is reported to be built off the back of the Android OS 9.0 which creates an automatic compatibility with Android apps. The knowledge and experience in developing and using Android will be transferable to Function X, allowing for an easier transition for both users and developers. Moreover, the Function X ecosystem is said to consist of a system of F(X) OS, F(X) Chain F(X) FXTP, F(X) Docker and F(X) IPFS to serve decentralized web requests as opposed to the internet’s HTTP protocol. All devices in the Function X ecosystem will, therefore, according to Huang, “be a node and each will have its own address and private key, uniquely linked to their node names”.
According to Pundi X, once users have registered their devices they may transmit and receive public and private data shared by others by giving users direct access to that data. For example, a user wishing to access another user’s public content would do so through FXTP://xxx.pitt prompts, while users wishing to contact one another would use the command ‘call.pitt’, ‘message.pitt’, or ‘mail.pitt’ on the XPhone. User photos, data, files, websites and more can be accessed through this path and communication without the interception is guaranteed. The Function X blockchain also means that any information that is sent or transacted in this manner will also be recorded on the chain, creating a decentralized system for communication.
Blockchain Phones
According to Huang, the XPhone OS has already been made available to phone manufacturers for development and testing, and information regarding the X Function will be made available by Pundi X on 15 October 2018. HTC, the smartphone manufacturer, and Sirin Labs, the cryptocurrency startup, are also said to be developing a blockchain phone concept.
Although Pundi X only plans to officially launch the XPhone, X Function, FXTP and IPFS in the second quarter of 2019, it appears that the concept developed by Pundi X for decentralized communication definitely works. This latest development will undoubtedly have massive implications not only for global telecommunication industries but on the applicability of blockchain technology in general.
What do you think of this latest development? Is the age of centralized communication over? Give us your thoughts in the comments below.
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