Vodafone Set to Integrate Crypto Wallets With SIM Cards

6 במאי

Vodafone (VOD) is utilizing SIM card technology to meet the anticipated surge in demand for cryptocurrency on mobile phones. CPO David Palmer discussed how the company is advancing blockchain use on mobile devices to manage crypto transactions. He highlighted the use of Pairpoint, a brand that advances web3 and Internet of Things (IoT) services by utilising SIM card technology for blockchain-based digital wallets on mobile devices.

Palmer believes there will be 5.6 billion blockchain-based digital wallets by 2030, which will be the gateway to financial services. He highlighted the use of public blockchains like Ethereum (ETH-USD) but acknowledged regulatory hurdles. The long-term pathway is towards using public blockchains such as the Ethereum network, and with the Ethereum fork, we are starting to see that public blockchains are becoming faster and more secure.

Vodafone's digital asset broker platform, PairPoint, facilitates transactions between public and private blockchains using smart contracts for seamless integration. It acts as a middleman for large enterprises that wish to write to a public blockchain, allowing cross-chain interoperability through smart contracts.

Vodafone's digital asset broker platform followed its early experiments with peer-to-peer micro-payment transactions and later integrated its SIM card technology with blockchain, introducing interoperable 'digital identity passports'. These passports securely store private keys to digital wallets within the SIM card's hardware module. This culminated in the creation of Vodafone's Pairpoint platform, providing Internet of Things (IoT) devices with decentralized digital identities and enabling them to operate across organizational and system boundaries.

Technical Outlook
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