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Samsung Adds Support for Blockchain VR Platform Decentraland
Samsung’s Blockchain Wallet App now supports the native tokens of Decentraland, LAND and MANA.
Updated May 9, 2023, 3:10 a.m. Published Jul 21, 2020, 9:33 a.m.
Global tech giant Samsung is adding support for blockchain-based virtual world Decentraland to its wallet app.
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- The Ethereum-powered platform allows users to monetize and build a virtual world using non-fungible tokens (NFTs), or crypto collectibles.
- According to a Decentraland announcement on Monday, the platform’s native tokens, LAND and MANA, are now supported by the Samsung Blockchain Wallet App.
- Non-fungible LAND tokens represent parcels of virtual real estate, according to the marketplace’s website, making it easy to trade land parcels with other Decentraland inhabitants.
- Fungible MANA tokens, based on the ERC-20 standard, are used to make in-game purchases and are burned (destroyed) in order to buy LAND.
- A 3D virtual world in the vein of Second Life, Decentraland differs in that it is owned by its users, co-founder Esteban Ordano previously told CoinDesk.
- Samsung unveiled a cryptocurrency wallet in early March 2019 for its flagship phone at the time, the Galaxy S10.
- The tech giant has expanded support for cryptocurrencies and blockchain projects across its more budget-friendly-phones, where it has also continued adding dapps in its Blockchain Keystore.
- CoinDesk reached out to Samsung for more information but did not receive a reply by press time.
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