CES 2020: BOB, world’s first blockchain phone unveiled

Pundi X, a fin-tech company has made a big splash at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020 (January 7-10) by announcing Blok On Blok (BOB), touted to be the world’s first blockchain-based mobile, in Las Vegas.

The new BOB series phone is powered by a custom mobile interface dubbed as the Function X aka f(x). It is an open source-based operating system and is developed with prime importance given to the consumer’s privacy. It offers full control over to the user on how the phone is built and how the data is used.

It boasts a modular design language. It comes in a box and the user has to assemble it (the video below). The device comes with Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 octa-core, 6GB RAM, and a 48MP primary camera on the back.