The Brave New World of Spam 2.0
I am a Gmail user, and I filter all my mailboxes through Gmail. I don't find spam too annoying at the moment because Google catches almost all spam before it reaches my inbox. If anything, I find false positives (legitimate mail sent to spam) more annoying than false negatives (spam in the inbox). But that could change with new generations of blockchain-based spambots. It's a story as old as time, or at least as old as the Internet. Spammers have always found new creative ways to invade our mailboxes, and they have always been early adopters of new Internet technologies. Now, they are....
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Brave, the company behind the Brave browser, has partnered with Solana to provide support for the blockchain directly from its browser. According to a press release, the Brave browser will now default to Solana for cross-chain and decentralized app support. Brave users, that are now in the millions, will have access to a Solana wallet within the app. This feature is expected to roll out during the first half of 2022.
Brave Partners With Solana to Offer Dapp Support
Brave, the company in charge of the development of the Brave browser, a leading privacy-first web browser, has....
In March, Bitcoin Magazine covered the launch of the Brave browser, which offers faster browsing by replacing ads with clean and light ads. The announcement stated that the forthcoming version of the Brave browser, planned for April, would include micropayments and a built-in Bitcoin wallet. It has taken a bit longer, as it usually happens in innovative tech, but Brave micropayments and Bitcoin support are finally here. Brave announced the beta version of Brave Payments, a Bitcoin-based micropayments system that can automatically and privately pay the favorite websites of Brave users,....
In the world of stagnating Internet browsers, Brave is taking a completely different approach. Putting the end user in control of which ads to display – if any – and introducing Bitcoin micropayments will change the way consumers and content creators look at the World Wide Web. Although most people in the world of Bitcoin and digital currency are well....
Brendan Eich, co-founder of Mozilla and creator of the JavaScript programming language, has developed a new browser that will block unwanted web ads and replace them with ads generated by Brave. Eich’s goal is to make the browsing experience easier, to allow users to see ads they are more likely to want to see, and to enable all parties to receive revenue in the process. The last part of this ambitious proposition – remuneration – is where bitcoin comes in. Brave will pay advertisers, users, agencies and publishers in bitcoin. The company has released a developer version of Brave for early....
Brave has announced that they are partnering with Coinbase and BitGo to provide Bitcoin wallets and purchasing tools for the Brave Ledger, a new Bitcoin-based micropayments system which automatically and anonymously pays user’s favorite websites. Brave will also allow users and publishers to opt into a better, privacy-preserving ad model which shares revenue with users as well as publishers. Brendan Eich, President and CEO of Brave Software, says: "The Brave solution fends off intrusive ads and stops the collection of personal details by third-parties, enhancing not just browsing....