

Additionally, the Giving Block is providing ad inventory and test use cases for their partner charities and nonprofits while The Human Rights Foundation is testing tipping through Brave Rewards. The company named a few: In addition to BuySellAds, TAP Network, AirSwap, Fluidity, and Uphold, which were part of the early access program, Vice, Home Chef, ConsenSys, Ternio BlockCard, M圜rypto, and eToro are now also supplying ads. The pitch is simple: Because Brave Ads are opt-in, brands know their ads are viewed by users who welcome advertising.īrave Ads so far includes several ad networks and brands.

At the end of the Brave Rewards monthly cycle, you claim the accumulated tokens and either donate them to your most visited sites or tip your favorite content creators.īrave Ads let brands highlight offers, promote content, and engage users while reducing the chance of fraud associated with middlemen in digital advertising. In return for your attention, you’ll receive 70% of the gross ad revenue, paid out with BAT. The feature is, however, optional: You must opt into the browser’s integrated Brave Rewards (brave://rewards/) and then turn on Ads. Developer and beta users started testing it in January with some 250 ads, and now it’s rolling out to all Brave users with over 500 ads.

Eich is now on a mission to “fix the collapsing internet.” Brave’s digital advertising platform aims to “repair a broken digital ad ecosystem - one that is invasive and riddled with fraud” while also helping users “reclaim their own data privacy.”īrave announced its digital ads platform in June 2018. To get the new feature, you’ll have to download Brave version 0.63 for Windows, macOS, or Linux.īrave is a Chromium-based open source browser developed by Brave Software, led by CEO Brendan Eich, best known for inventing JavaScript and cofounding Mozilla. Brave users can now earn its cryptocurrency Basic Attention Tokens ( BAT) for viewing the browser’s built-in ads. That’s right - the ad-blocking browser is getting ads. Register here.īrave today rolled out Brave Ads, its digital advertising model, to desktop users in Canada, France, Germany, the U.K., and the U.S. Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23.
