HTC isn't abandoning its blockchain strategy: Following the launch of the Exodus 1 at the end of 2018, the company revealed that a cheaper version of the phone would be on sale later this year. We don't have many details on the phone yet, but HTC did say the phone would work as a full node. In other words, it would validate and relay Bitcoin transactions and help keep the blockchain network up and running. To do this, you need to contain the entire Bitcoin blockchain (200 GB and up and bigger) and suffer the consequences. Apparently the same full node functionality happens to the Exodus 1 too, but this phone will require an SD card. HTC's Phil Chen told CoinDesk that his goal was to make a blockchain phone that is "much cheaper" and "much more affordable," and that running the new phone as a full node will be "a very important piece of cake." ".