Phil Chen

Phil Chen is a well-known Jamaican bassist. He was one of England's most utilized session bassists during the 1970s and 1980s, including Jeff Beck, and the Rod Stewart band from 1977 to 1980, but is probably best known for his later work with Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of The Doors.

Life and career

Phillip Chen was born and spent much of his early life in Kingston, Jamaica. He is of Chinese ancestry. He attended St. George's College and played in the Vikings in the 1960s and in bands on the club circuit in Kingston before relocating to England in the late 1960s. Chen has worked with numerous nationally known musicians during his career since the '60s. He first joined Jimmy James and the Vagabonds before realizing that he could make much more money as a session musician. He went on to record with Jeff Beck on his album Blow by Blow,Donovan on Cosmic Wheels and Joan Armatrading on Back to the Night. He also joined The Butts Band led by Doors members Robby Krieger and John Densmore and recorded their self-titled debut with them. He is also known for having been a member of Brian May's Star Fleet Project, along with Eddie Van Halen, in 1983.

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New HTC Phone Will Run a Full BTC node

Crypto Crimson 12 May 2019

Phil Chen, Chief Content Officer at HTC revealed the news at the Magical Crypto Conference in New York ... Phil Chen, announcing the HTC Exodus 1S HTC ... Chen explained that beyond offering a simple hardware wallet, HTC’s team focused on providing a greater sense of security to users while contributing to making the network even more secure.....

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HTC Introduces New Phone with Bitcoin Full Node Support

CoinGape 12 May 2019

The company through its decentralized chief officer Phil Chen announced that it will be launching its new phone which can support the full Bitcoin blockchain with a full node ... The new phone is a cheaper and more advanced version of the former EXODUS 1, the first blockchain phone the company produced which was released in 2018, Chen said....

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HTC is launching a cheaper version of its blockchain phone

TechRadar 12 May 2019

HTC's Phil Chen told CoinDesk that the aim was to make a blockchain phone that's "a lot cheaper" and "a lot more accessible", and that having the new phone run as a full node is going to be “a really important piece of the pie” ... Back in February, Chen ......

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Htc’s New $300 Smartphone ‘Exodus 1s’ Can Run a Full Bitcoin Node

Cryptocoin News 12 May 2019

HTC plans to launch a second generation of the Exodus 1 blockchain smartphone by 2019, according to the company’s Chief Decentralized Officer Phil Chen ... What Chen and the Exodus team envision is a decentralized web ... through cloud or mainframe boards,” as Chen says....

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Key To Crypto Adpotion: HTC May Bring Blockchain Mainstream With Exodus 1s

NewsBTC 11 May 2019

The EXODUS team, led by venture capitalist and technologist Phil Chen, is looking to build on its initial success with a new device — the EXODUS 1s ... For instance, DigiTimes reported that according to Phil Chen explained that his team’s flagship product was to be succeeded by a newfangled device....

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HTC to Launch EXODUS 1s, Smartphone With Full Node Capacity

The Bitcoin News 11 May 2019

“With the EXODUS 1, we gave people the power to own their own keys, now we’re giving people the power to run their own node,” Phil Chen, decentralized chief officer at HTC, told Bitcoin Magazine ... Chen also described some of the phone’s technical challenges....

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HTC Exodus: second generation on the way

BitRSS 10 May 2019

HTC Exodus announced last week in Taipei the release of the second generation of its blockchain phone that will be arriving during the second half of 2019. For Phil Chen, CEO of the company, the development of blockchain technologies is still at an early ... ....

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George Norcross’ lawyers hit back at Gov. Murphy’s tax credit investigation as ‘unlawful’

Philadelphia Daily News 07 May 2019

The letter also took aim at task force chair Ronald Chen, questioning his statutory authority over the embattled Economic Development Authority (EDA), the state agency that was the focus of a scathing audit for poor oversight of the multi-billion dollar tax credit program....

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HTC disappoints as April revenue slumps over 70%

Taipei Times 06 May 2019

In an attempt to revive cryptocurrency’s momentum, the company said that it is going to release a follow-up to the Exodus blockchain phone, which was launched in October last year and has apparently met the company’s sales expectations, HTC decentralized chief officer Phil Chen (陳信生) said....

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Crypto Tidbits: Elon Musk Tweets ‘Ethereum’, Square Sees Massive Bitcoin Demand, Facebook Cryptocurrency Nears

NewsBTC 04 May 2019

Another week, another round of Crypto Tidbits ... On Monday, DigiTimes reported that according to Phil Chen, the C-suite-level head of HTC’s blockchain division, the cryptocurrency-friendly Exodus 1 smartphone will soon have a successor ... An exact launch date was not mentioned, but Chen noted that users should expect the new device by the end of 2019 ... ....

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After the death of crypto, is a second HTC Exodus blockchain phone viable?

TechRadar 02 May 2019

According to DigiTimes Phil Chen (HTC's 'auteur' phone-maker, not the bassist), has plans to release a HTC Exodus 1 successor, which we're tentatively labelling the HTC Exodus 2, by the end of the year ... By the sounds of it, Chen doesn't plan to release the ......

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HTC set to launch new bockchain phone in H2 2019

The Bitcoin News 01 May 2019

The move was announced by HTC’s decentralised chief officer Phil Chen during a speech at an investment trend forum held in Taipei last Friday ... HTC launched its first blockchain phone, the Exodus, in October, with Chen saying at the time that boosting user privacy was the company’s primary motivation for the move....

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HTC to Launch “Version 2” of its Flagship Blockchain Smartphone in 2019

The Bitcoin News 29 Apr 2019

The Chief Decentralised Officer at HTC, Phil Chen revealed that this new action is a step towards boosting of sales for the company’s blockchain-focused smartphone called ‘Exodus,’ which was launched last year spring and to grow the company’s blockchain ecosystem....