Gab wants to make a browser rewarding you in BTC

[Kemarit]

I use Brave for some time, but I never check my BAT wallet until now. As far as I could see user will not receive any rewards if Brave Rewards is not turned on, and in my case this was disabled. User need to click on colored triangle in address bar and manually turn on this option. But as feryjhie quote those rewards (ads) are not available for all, they target only Tier 1 countries. I also see that no ads are available in my region, which is rather discriminatory, but it show it is all about money (15% to users - 15% to Brave - 70% to publishers and content creators).

They will add new countries based on number of users in each country, so small countries do not have great chances to get on this list. I hope Gab projects will not follow the same path, project only for selected countries it's not something I personally support.

Mine is activated unfortunately, I'm not in the Tier 1 region and it only shows "Coming Soon" on my end. And as far as I know, Brave have announced initially that they are going to pay with Bitcoin, I don't what made them switch to BAT though. They also blocks mining scripts in the background based on this github repo (https://github.com/brave/ad-block/commit/5be124382023a9cc81ae8a741e4b6c5695ae78bc). So let's see how this 'forking' would do, specially Gab chooses Bitcoin.

[xvids]

Well this is really interesting but let's hope that they wouldn't need a KYC and wouldn't invade our privacy.
But this would be a great way to earn while surfing and I think it would be great for some internet shop owners.

[mk4]

I'd stick to my normal browsers with adblockers please. The payrate is low, the stakes are high and they'd be asking for KYC information which is not a pretty good sales pitch if you ask me. I've seen browsers with rewards system in the past that had become plagued with bots on just a couple weeks after launching, and perhaps this would also be the case for this new contender on browsers with rewards.

Fortunately, you can use Brave as it is right now without all the ad rewards and such, and I assume you wouldn't need KYC with all these off. The rewards thing by viewing ads is just an option you can turn on and off on the browser settings.

Also, without all these rewards, Brave is still a damn good browser in terms of privacy due to it's tracker browsing feature. I've always preferred Chrome's UI over Firefox, so Brave was a godsend(as Brave is a modified version of Chromium).

[r1s2g3]

They will add new countries based on number of users in each country, so small countries do not have great chances to get on this list. I hope Gab projects will not follow the same path, project only for selected countries it's not something I personally support.

I guess it not about adding specific country but it all dependent on how much advertisement/publisher that they are getting from that region.
It does not make any sense to show ads targeted for region X to be shown on region Y. (if lot of global business join them, then might everyone will get chance.

[Yakamoto]

Gab is creating its own web browser using Brave’s open-source code replacing the BAT token with Bitcoin Lightning Network integration :

https://decryptmedia.com/6719/gab-forking-brave

"The company has built its own web browser—a forked version of the open-source Brave browser—and will be releasing it within the next few weeks"

That might be interesting, especially considering that Gab essentially started as a social media platform, their expansion into the browser market might actually generate something worthwhile for their company after all the various payment processors tried to close them out. I don't know if this is a viable strategy, but I'm sure there will be some people who will start using the browser, especially if it does include a share of the advertising revenue. I might consider using it in that case, even if it is just something like $5.

Replacing the BAT token will probably also be a net benefit for them. Gets one less shitcoin taking up the market and helps generate actual value.

[drumamat]

Gab is creating its own web browser using Brave’s open-source code replacing the BAT token with Bitcoin Lightning Network integration :

https://decryptmedia.com/6719/gab-forking-brave

"The company has built its own web browser—a forked version of the open-source Brave browser—and will be releasing it within the next few weeks"

That will be a plus to the company and many will like to use the Browser too. One thing i personally love about Brave browser is, that of the unsolicited ads that will never show up while browsing the internet, like others. Many will use the Browser in as much they will get paid for doing so, hope this will be general and not restricted to a particular region or zone.

As far as I know the restrictions on the location really will be.Not everyone who wants to make money on viewing advertising will be able to get such an opportunity.

[kenzawak]

The only real issue I've had so far is that there seems to be a daily cap, a maximum of 21 ad notifications per day... which in itself might be reassuring.

Now I'm getting pissed about this. I've been stuck at 21 notifications for more than 24 hours and I know I'm not the only one.
None of the 10 mods they have on reddit is answering.
Why launch a release version if it still has bugs ?

[chaoscoinz]

Gab is creating its own web browser using Brave’s open-source code replacing the BAT token with Bitcoin Lightning Network integration :

https://decryptmedia.com/6719/gab-forking-brave

"The company has built its own web browser—a forked version of the open-source Brave browser—and will be releasing it within the next few weeks"

Sounds like th he Brave network had inspired another company to make a browser. Nice! I hope they pull it off, because it is always good to have an alternative of different browsers available. Competition forces the innovation to come out.

[Ayiranorea]

Gab is creating its own web browser using Brave’s open-source code replacing the BAT token with Bitcoin Lightning Network integration :

https://decryptmedia.com/6719/gab-forking-brave

"The company has built its own web browser—a forked version of the open-source Brave browser—and will be releasing it within the next few weeks"

Sounds like th he Brave network had inspired another company to make a browser. Nice! I hope they pull it off, because it is always good to have an alternative of different browsers available. Competition forces the innovation to come out.

As said brave had inspired more people to go with the base plan. It is something new and a good level of competence will be there rather than an alternative. Both will focus on development, and with brave I got around 20 tokens and these can be tipped to users whom we find good in his/her contributions through some articles or other works where tipping services is integrated.

[GelaiThePom]

$5 a month will not do the trick. Electroneum tried it with their mobile crypto and it’s sad that it doesn’t work. I will gladly pay $5 per month to remove those ads. Most Americans and Europeans can earn that money within an hour of work and I think I will also fail. For me it’s better to play some online games to earn that bitcoin.

[pushups44]

Yeah, I heard Brendan Eich is not too happy about Gap forking Brave, though Brave is open-source. I think a Lightning Network version of Brave is a great idea and perhaps the founder of Brave knows it's a potential competitor.

[Kwansimaa]

A web browser that pays you in BTC is good but I have tried connecting my wallet with the brave browser and has never been successful. I hope this new innovation would have a simple and easy set up. To those who are thinking it's too small think again, does Google pay you browsing and with all those ads that keep popping up whiles we surf the internet, No!
This is good and I hope it becomes a big reality.

[Nadziratel]

Gab is creating its own web browser using Brave’s open-source code replacing the BAT token with Bitcoin Lightning Network integration :

https://decryptmedia.com/6719/gab-forking-brave

"The company has built its own web browser—a forked version of the open-source Brave browser—and will be releasing it within the next few weeks"

I'm so happy to hear about this. I tried Brave for a while. But I have decided that this is not a smooth browser for market conditions. First of all it is not decentralized as it should be!

I always support a new and more logical browser. Useful like Brave and more decentralized browser would be very good.

[mk4]

I'm so happy to hear about this. I tried Brave for a while. But I have decided that this is not a smooth browser for market conditions.

What device are you using if you don't mind saying? Brave has just been as smooth as Chrome on my Windows and Ubuntu device.

First of all it is not decentralized as it should be!

Gab isn't going to be decentralized either. Not to mention that browsers don't need to be decentralized in the first place, the world wide web should.

[ariyzt]

how its work ?
you getting pay for using their browser only? and how many hour should we use the brave browser?
from some comment it said you need to complete kyc to get your reward? if true then not worth to try

[jak3]

Why don't they just request brave browser to do so, there is no point of making another whole Browser for Bitcoin rewards. As we know brave browser is already a custom version of Chrome and now cab is making a custom version of brave Browser that makes no sense. The brave browser already supports all the extensions and plugins of chromium Web Store so there is no point of making another Browser why not just request brave browser to do so.

[0t3p0t]

Browsers that has those features are good but  how about the security? If GAB will be rewarding users with Bitcoin I think more and more people will use it. Though not that important but still it is a nice feature nowadays. I usually use Chrome, Operamini, Firefox, UC, and CM browser and heard about the said Bitcoin rewarding browser just now. When it comes to add-ons Chrome is my choice of course due to it's metamask feature.

[Mpamaegbu]

Actually, I've been using Brave for the past couple of days and I don't see the ads and don't have to click on anything. I still get paid though, about 1 BAT per day.

Of course you don't expect the adverts and click baits to start pouring in now. It's too early and that will piss people off. But you don't expect them to run this charity without adverts for a long time, do you? Even Santa Claus will get wearied out doing that.

I even suspect they may bring in sundry charges and subtractions in the near future to make the reward given out a waste of time just like faucets are today.

[klaaas]

The lighting part is nice to read but i wont see many people running fast  to change there favorite browser.  Maybe they made some tweaks and tunes that can pull them over but we have to see when it will be released.

[shesheboy]

Why don't they just request brave browser to do so, there is no point of making another whole Browser for Bitcoin rewards.

Its because brave browser has its own coin which was bat coin  . they only see bitcoin and other cryptos as a rival but i dont like the idea of stealing someones code and then use it for their own good  . your right , why they dont confront bat/brave about their idea making such browser with a reward feature ?  

As we know brave browser is already a custom version of Chrome and now cab is making a custom version of brave Browser that makes no sense.

I didnt know that things but if that was true then thanks for that info   . i think its legal to create or develop your own browser but as long as it isnt copyrighted to other existing browsers