My prediction:
Basic Attention Token (
BAT) will be $1+ by sometime in October, 2017.
Reasons
Team(to highlight a few):
- Brendan Eich - Creator of Javascript, co-founded Mozilla & Firefox.
- Brian Bondy - Worked extensively on Mozzila, Khan Academy, and Evernote.
- Yan Zhu - Worked extensively on Tor, Yahoo, and HTTPS Everywhere.
- Ankur Nandwani - Product Manager at Coinbase.
Those people people combined are one of the most impressive teams I have seen in the crypto world. Strong and already developed leaders in technology and innovation are a good drive for development in new technology.
Web Browser DevelopmentBasic Attention Token already has a product. The
Brave browser is an already functioning web browser on which the BAT platform is beind developed on. A personal opinion, I think this is a pretty decent browser and recommend people to try it out. BAT is not going to remain solely on the Brave brower. After successful implemnation on Brave, they plan on rolling out to other browsers via default options or extensions/plugins. A chrome extension is already planned and with Brendan Eich's relationship with Mozilla & Firefox, we can assume BAT will be a feature on it in the future as well.
Over 150 publishers have joined Brave Payments already. Wikihow, Archive.org, and Smashing Magazine have given BAT approval to use their names. Other large name publishers will also be added.
RelationshipsWith an already experienced team, we can note that these people already having standing relationships with companies they have worked in and around. I have already talked about Brendan Eich's relationship with Mozilla & Firefox.
Greg Badros has worked in high positions with Google and Facebook, so we can assume he has connections to them and elsewhere because of those positions. Now we can assume that Facebook and Google more than likely won't work with a competing product/company, but those connections are great to have regardless.
Already noted before, Ankur Nandwani is Product Manager at Coinbase where he manages the consumer division of the company. Prior to that he co-founded BitMonet, which was the Bitcoin-based monetization platform for content publisher. A relationship with Coinbase? A very good one to have and something that I will talk about next...
Potential PartnerContinuing on from Relationships... Ankur Nandwani. Remember that Ankur Nandwani is the Product Manager for Coinbase.
BAT has already
partnered with a company that will help with the conversion of BAT to fiat such as USD, EUR, GBP, etc. Detail's of that will be
announced very soon. Now what company supports conversion of crypto assets to fiat, particularly USD, EUR, and GBP? Coinbase, which is one of the most popular places to buy/sell top digital assets. What company has announced they plan on supporting more crypto currencies in 2017? Coinbase,
as said by founder Brian Armstrong.
We are in the middle of the 3rd quarter now and so far this year Coinbase has added support for only Litecoin, probably due to the creator of Litecoin's heavy work and involvement with Coinbase. With end of the year fast approaching, I think BAT is the most viable candidate for Coinbase's next digital currency.
The plan to integrate a system to convert BAT/Fiat is
scheduled for mid-September. I'll give them some delay and some time for media to attract even more attention.
These are my reasons for my prediction that BAT will be valued at $1+ come mid-October.
