The reality of decentralization on Ethereum has dawned on the global financial sector. Traditional finance is looking for ways to sabotage DeFi while the clever ones are joining the winning side. EthOS, an Ethereum development project, has just taken things to a whole new level. On December 2, 2021, they announced they were building a mobile phone Operating System powered by Ethereum.
Here is what it can do.
The First Ethereum OS in History
It is hard to imagine a mobile phone that is natively Ethereum-based, just like it was hard to imagine a totally Linux-based smartphone. However, the latter is now mainstream and common in many places, and EthOS is making history with Ethereum too.
EthOS was designed with Web3 in mind. The phone allows you to interact with any dApp on the go as long as you have an internet connection. This operating system will be the ultimate tool for both creators and users of Web3.
The operating system is not built from scratch. Creating an OS from scratch would be technically challenging. Therefore, EthOS is built on top of LineageOS, an AndroidOS fork. This means that by appearance, it will look like LineageOS, but the functionality will be so much grander.
What Will You Be Able to Do On EthOS?
ethOs will allow you to own a wallet as a first-class citizen. The moment you turn on the phone for the first time, you are ready to dive into the crypto-verse. The built-in wallet is handy for newbies in crypto because private keys will be encrypted in the hardware. The hardware here is the Titan Chip.
You will be able to browse the internet in a decentralized way, seamlessly injecting identity into a browsing session and connecting to dApps.
Furthermore, .eth domain support will be available since the browser will come with IPFS. This means you will finally be able to have .eth websites that have content.
Like the Google Play or Apple Store, the EthOS will come with a decentralized autonomous DApp store. It will be 100% managed by the community. The DApps will always be smart-contract regulated.
This phone will expand its potential as it continues incorporating more blockchain features. Web3 Future is finally here.
Note:
If you have a Google Pixel 3 phone, you can install ethOS right now and try it!. Here is a guide on how to flash the ethOS-test.