
The Exodus 1 is designed to work with a variety of cryptocurrencies and their related blockchain underpinnings, including bitcoin, Ethereum Project and Dfinity, according to Phil Chen, HTC's "decentralized chief officer." His title is a nod to the founding principles of cryptocurrency, the idea that transaction processing can be accomplished with a network of computers independent of central authorities like banks. Indeed, Google doesn't have to share search revenue generated by the Chrome browser, which is the default on many Android phones. But deals like it can be important for promoting browsers that typically generate revenue based on how much traffic they send to search engines. "We are very happy to have Brave as default browser & to be working with HTC on their Exodus phone," he tweeted.īrave declined to detail the business or technical aspects of the partnership. The bad news: it's the HTC Exodus 1, a niche product aimed at cryptocurrency fans who've grown scarcer with bitcoin's plunging value.Ĭhief Executive Brendan Eich, co-founder of Brave and previously Firefox maker Mozilla, revealed the partnership in a tweet over the weekend. The good news for Brave: its ad-blocking web browser is now the default option for surfing the net on a phone from a major phone maker, HTC.
