If you are a web content creator and you own a channel (e.g. They can decide to transfer these tokens in other wallets, exchange them for fiat currencies or use them to reward the web content creators they like in the form of anonymous contributions. Brave users receive BAT tokens proportionally to the number of ads they receive on the internal Brave wallet.

What is a BAT?īAT is an acronym for Basic Attention Token and indicates a blockchain-based token used as a currency inside Brave. However, if the user decides to take part in this ecosystem, it will be rewarded receiving BAT. Indeed the user can decide to completely shut down the Brave Shield or even turn it on just on specific websites. Using Brave as browser does not oblige the user to accept silently this ecosystem.

advertisers can run less intrusive and more effective ads without violating privacy.

publishers earn revenues from ads (if they decide to activate them on their domain) and directly from user contributions.

users have complete control of their privacy and are entrusted to choose if they want to receive ads and their quantity, earning revenues proportionally to the number of received ads.

On the contrary, it defines a new ecosystem where:

The Brave ecosystemĪlthough Brave is able to block all ads on a page, its goal is not to kill advertising. Therefore, if you're concerned about your privacy, Brave is surely a valid option to look at. While you surf the internet and access websites you leave breadcrumbs in the form of events and triggers used for advertising and tracking purposes.īrave is able to block the majority of the ads and trackers automatically and natively, which means without the need of installing any external extension (as it would be required for other browsers). The features offered by this browser are manifold and would require a dedicated post to analyse them all, but its raising popularity among the community is clearly due to its privacy-preserving shield. It is also completely open-source with its code pushed on this repository. Patreon or Ghost), there is a completely free option consisting in becoming a Brave Verified Creator and offered by Brave.īrave is a Chromium-based browser available on all platforms and that you can download here. Do you want to be able to receive tips from the people that read your content? Among the several options available today (e.g.

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