Solana officially announced earlier today that it will launch the Android phone "Saga" with Web3 as the core. It will include: Web3 dapp store, Solana Pay, seed vault... and other functions. It is currently available for pre-order and will be shipped in the first quarter of 2023. In addition, the official also announced that it will provide SMS with a development fund of 10 million US dollars.
Anatoly Yakovenko, the co-founder and CEO of the public chain Solana, officially announced at a press conference in New York earlier today that he will launch the Android mobile phone "Saga" with Web3 as the core. , the software for developing native Android web3 applications on Solana.
On-App Solana Mobile Stack will include a Web3 dapp store, "seed vault" a secure hosting protocol for mobile devices: facilitate instant signing of transactions while keeping private keys separate from wallets, apps, Android OS, and integrate with Android "Solana Pay" to facilitate QR code-based on-chain payments.
"Saga" is priced at US$1,000, and pre-orders are open now (a deposit of US$100 is required), and it is estimated to be shipped in the first quarter of 2023. However, according to official instructions, Saga is currently only available in the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom. It is reported that the device has a 6.67-inch OLED display, 512 GB of storage space, 12 GB of RAM, and the latest Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 platform.
Yakovenko says:
This is something that I fundamentally think the industry needs to do. 13 years after Bitcoin survived, we didn't see any encryption features at Apple's developer conferences... so I think it's time for cryptocurrency to evolve to mobile devices.
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was also invited to attend the event, and in his conversation with Yakovenko, he said that in most countries, most of the access people do in their daily lives is through mobile phones , but the current accessibility of cryptocurrency products on mobile devices is not great.
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$10 million development fund for SMS
The official stated that Saga has been supported by the Solana ecosystem, including: FTX, Phantom, Oracle, Magic Eden... will all cooperate with Solana Mobile Stack (SMS); the official also stated that it will provide "10 million people who build applications on SMS" USD Developer Fund". Solana Labs COO Raj Gokal said:
Builders are coming and their quality is higher than ever. They are ready for the next generation of user growth.
At present, web3 is not designed for mobile terminals in general, and most interactions need desktop browsers to fully complete.
Solana Mobile Stack is an encryption layer based on Android, which allows mobile users to seamlessly experience various WEB3 applications on the mobile terminal.
It mainly includes the following parts:
(1) Private key store built into secure hardware
User-friendly with optional fingerprint unlock and cross-platform approval. AES encryption to make keys more secure and prevent forensic attacks.
(2) Free and rapid development of applications
The Solana Mobile Stack is built for Mobile, a simple Android build environment that simplifies the developer experience just like you develop other Android applications. 3/(3) SolanaPay for Android
Solana Pay integration is already built in and connects directly to wallets so the next generation of mobile payment experiences can be built.
(4) Decentralized dApp store
The submission and distribution of dApp is easier
The founder of Solana said:
"Web3 and privacy are inextricably linked. I can't imagine a Web3 application asking users to provide logins and passwords. From the beginning, Web3 should be designed with the optionality of user-generated identities in mind."
Therefore, web3 should also have its own native hardware.
In order to allow users to better experience mobile applications, Solana decided to build a mobile phone by itself this time, and jointly created an Android smartphone with a built-in Solana Mobile Stack, Saga, with the hardware company OSOMPrivacy, which will be released in the first quarter of 2023. goods.
(6) In order to create a mobile ecosystem, Solana officially launched a $10 million fund to encourage the growth of mobile dApps, and has opened the SDK.
(7) At Multicoin Summit 2021, founding partners see Solana as Crypto's "iPhone moment."
"The iPhone revolutionized our society. It created the design space for developers to build the apps that mainstream users wanted, resulting in a plethora of mobile apps for all, such as Instagram. We see Solana as Crypto's "iPhone" time".
How does Crypto get out of the circle and create a killer app is a common topic. According to past experience, the transfer from PC to mobile terminal has given birth to super apps such as TikTok and WhatsApp, which have given birth to several large technology companies with the highest market value in the world... …
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Judging that Saga, which focuses on bringing more Web3 services to mobile devices, can expand the coverage of the Solana ecosystem to mainstream audiences and drive more blockchains to join the ranks of development, perhaps one day in the future Compete against traditional technology giants such as Apple and Microsoft.
