Gab wants to make a browser rewarding you in BTC

[kenzawak]

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"

[stompix]

Brave will give users a 70 percent cut of its advertising revenue, which Eich estimates could work out to about $5 a month.

At 5$ a month, and that is most likely for US citizens or at least Western world I doubt many will take the offer since right now I would probably pay myself 5$ to not see all those annoying ads every time I browse around  . I've never understood people that don't use adblocking add-ons
Besides, I wonder how long is going to take before they are overrun by bots: one, two days?

[kenzawak]

Brave will give users a 70 percent cut of its advertising revenue, which Eich estimates could work out to about $5 a month.

At 5$ a month, and that is most likely for US citizens or at least Western world I doubt many will take the offer since right now I would probably pay myself 5$ to not see all those annoying ads every time I browse around  . I've never understood people that don't use adblocking add-ons
Besides, I wonder how long is going to take before they are overrun by bots: one, two days?

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.

[feryjhie]

Brave will give users a 70 percent cut of its advertising revenue, which Eich estimates could work out to about $5 a month.

At 5$ a month, and that is most likely for US citizens or at least Western world I doubt many will take the offer since right now I would probably pay myself 5$ to not see all those annoying ads every time I browse around  . I've never understood people that don't use adblocking add-ons
Besides, I wonder how long is going to take before they are overrun by bots: one, two days?

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.

So you are using brave browser and getting 1 BAT per day?
While a few days ago i just install brave browser and i found the BAT wallet but the ads section just written coming soon

If GAB make a new web browser like brave i would definetly try it

[jseverson]

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.

Wait, how does that work? Don't you have to opt-in to their rewards program? That should mean they'll be showing you non-obtrusive ads.

If you're a fan of that business model though, then this would be better. BAT is essentially useless and IIRC they have plans to introduce KYC measures in the future.

[proTECH77]

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.

[mindrust]

As long as they don't force KYC down to your throat the idea looks great. Gab on the other hand is a bit hated by the establishment. I've never used their platform but I assume they are a bit too free compared to facebook...

If they manage to use this idea right gab can be as big and maybe even bigger than fb in a few months.

Think about it, people share almost all of their personal data on fb and fb makes money from it while paying NOTHiNG to its data providers. (Users  )

People will move in drones from fb to gab but like I said, I don't want to deal with KYC horse shit.

[aad140386]

The idea is pretty good, but need to have to figure out how it will be implemented and what the reward will be. If there is an archaic interface, then I definitely will not use this browser. Moreover, as you understand, the reward will be symbolic. It seems to me that this browser will not cause much attention from the crypto community. Especially if it is rather mediocre. It seems to me that the Sharpay project offers a better idea. They integrate their buttons on the partner sites, clicking on which both the site owner and the user receives a reward in cryptocurrency.

[Bitinity]

Brave will give users a 70 percent cut of its advertising revenue, which Eich estimates could work out to about $5 a month.

At 5$ a month, and that is most likely for US citizens or at least Western world I doubt many will take the offer since right now I would probably pay myself 5$ to not see all those annoying ads every time I browse around  . I've never understood people that don't use adblocking add-ons
Besides, I wonder how long is going to take before they are overrun by bots: one, two days?

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.

Are you sure that you dont have to see ads and do not need to click anything to get the BAT reward? AFAIK it is like a pay to surf when a user is getting paid by watching ads through the browser.
By the way, I'll wait for the forked browser and lets see how this new browser is better than Brave browser.

[stompix]

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.

As others said, that is pretty weird..
Is there some kind of option in the browser where you view only certain ads on certain websites, like the adblock whitelist and you simply haven't hit those pages? Or it is a daily fixed payout like an airdrop?

Anyhow the whole things is ridiculous.
They claim others have privacy problems while they basically do the same thing:

Users are abused
Privacy is violated when large media sites host up to 70 trackers.
..............
The Brave browser knows where users spend their time, making it the perfect tool to calculate and reward publishers with BATs. This service creates a transparent and efficient Blockchain-based digital advertising market.

This is such a load of bs...

BAT is essentially useless and IIRC they have plans to introduce KYC measures in the future.

Oh, KYC!!!
What could be better, hand over your address and age to the company that knows everything you do on the internet.
Bet they could sell such profiles for 10x times what they "pay" you.

[Haunebu]

People will move in drones from fb to gab but like I said, I don't want to deal with KYC horse shit.

I disagree. Who in the heck has even heard of gab? This is the first time I am actually hearing of it honestly. For 5 freaking dollars, I am not willing to give up my privacy by submitting KYC just like you.

I don't think anyone in their right mind would want to waste their time fiddling around with such a browser for such a small amount of money.

[kenzawak]

So you are using brave browser and getting 1 BAT per day?
While a few days ago i just install brave browser and i found the BAT wallet but the ads section just written coming soon

If GAB make a new web browser like brave i would definetly try it

Here is a tutorial for the ad viewing service :
https://whatisbat.com/2019/04/25/how-to-turn-on-brave-ads-and-earn-bat-with-the-brave-browser/

If you're a fan of that business model though, then this would be better. BAT is essentially useless and IIRC they have plans to introduce KYC measures in the future.

For now KYC is only for creators (i.e. youtube publishers) not for regular users viewing the ads.
As of now, there is no way to withdraw your BAT, it will be implemented later. I don't see any reason why there should be a KYC for that.
They actually claim to want to decentralize more and more their project.

As long as they don't force KYC down to your throat the idea looks great. Gab on the other hand is a bit hated by the establishment. I've never used their platform but I assume they are a bit too free compared to facebook...

If they manage to use this idea right gab can be as big and maybe even bigger than fb in a few months.

Think about it, people share almost all of their personal data on fb and fb makes money from it while paying NOTHiNG to its data providers. (Users  )

People will move in drones from fb to gab but like I said, I don't want to deal with KYC horse shit.

Same here. I'll never feel comfortable using any browser anyway.
Brave is based on Chrome so I'm definitely having trust issues regarding privacy here.
But I'd rather use the same exact browser (Brave and GIB would use the same code) and be paid in BTC.

Are you sure that you dont have to see ads and do not need to click anything to get the BAT reward? AFAIK it is like a pay to surf when a user is getting paid by watching ads through the browser.
By the way, I'll wait for the forked browser and lets see how this new browser is better than Brave browser.

100% sure. I promise you I have had zero interaction with any ads for now. I don't know if it's a bug or if it's supposed to be this way but until now I litterally got paid for doing... well nothing.

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.

[therhslv]

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"

Can i ask whats the point of browser like Brave ? I know it blocks adds and offers to watch some adds with rewards . But i think anyone can create plugin for lets say Chrome and it will do same thing :/

[feryjhie]

So you are using brave browser and getting 1 BAT per day?
While a few days ago i just install brave browser and i found the BAT wallet but the ads section just written coming soon

If GAB make a new web browser like brave i would definetly try it

Here is a tutorial for the ad viewing service :
https://whatisbat.com/2019/04/25/how-to-turn-on-brave-ads-and-earn-bat-with-the-brave-browser/

i just follow the tutorial from the link you gave above, but it turns out there is a limited region that ads work.
maybe BAT not accept an Asian country for the ads Rewards?
Edit:
i just search on google and found this

*Brave Ads are now available on desktop in the U.S., Canada, France, Germany and the U.K. Brave Rewards is now available in the latest version of Brave for Android (1.0.91).
source: https://medium.com/paradigm-fund/basic-attention-token-brave-ads-rollout-on-desktop-in-canada-france-germany-the-u-k-7299f311e0a8

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"

Can i ask whats the point of browser like Brave ? I know it blocks adds and offers to watch some adds with rewards . But i think anyone can create plugin for lets say Chrome and it will do same thing :/

Maybe the difference for me just like the brave browser has a wallet built in it

[Harris Stevens]

It really sounds interesting would like to see what it is.

[Lucius]

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.

[erikoy]

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.

Well, that ain't bad news. But, I wonder how do the dev earn with their website without those paying ads? As we all know that these ads paid through flashing in the web browser. Anyway, whatever it is I do believe on this statement since it support the article being shared by OP.

And may the team and the founder achieve the target and goals.

[Genemind]

Brave will give users a 70 percent cut of its advertising revenue, which Eich estimates could work out to about $5 a month.

At 5$ a month, and that is most likely for US citizens or at least Western world I doubt many will take the offer since right now I would probably pay myself 5$ to not see all those annoying ads every time I browse around  . I've never understood people that don't use adblocking add-ons
Besides, I wonder how long is going to take before they are overrun by bots: one, two days?

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.

Would be great for blocking ads and getting paid at the same time. However, why undergo KYC. I think I have been seeing this before and this also goes with referral. A lot of people are promoting this in our country, if I am not mistaken.

[Beerwizzard]

Would be great for blocking ads and getting paid at the same time. However, why undergo KYC. I think I have been seeing this before and this also goes with referral. A lot of people are promoting this in our country, if I am not mistaken.

You can just install any ad blocker to any browser. That's not really a strong feature of Gab. Payrates would also be pretty low. It seems like those 5$ that were mentioned on this topic are way overestimated. As I remember, any kind of service that gave some rewards for doing almost nothing had incredibly low payrates. I guess that you would have to use this browser for a year in order to get enough funds to pay tx fees for sending those rewards to someone.

[dothebeats]

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.