A ‘Brave’ New Benchmark: Putting the Browser’s Hype to the Test
We previously tested a very early build of Brave to see what kind of performance the new browser was packing. The thing is, that build wasn’t feature-complete or optimized for release. Now that it’s out in the wild (users are still waiting on the promised Bitcoin-centric features mind you) with all of its bells and whistles we thought we’d revisit our initial tests, and cast a wider net to give you a good metric for Brave’s real-world performance as it stands. Is it as fast as it was before release? Is the responsiveness a nice bonus to their browsing experience, or is it just placebo....
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Editor’s note: At the request of the Brave team, Bitcoinist will be conducting an interview with the company’s CEO so he can make his case for Brave’s data collection practices. We will publish this interview in full on Bitcoinist.net. Editor’s note (3/13/2016 3:39 PM EST): The Brave CEO did not agree to an interview with Bitcoinist. Instead, an interview between Bitcoinist and “someone from Brave” was discussed. We would like to apologize to our readers for this miscommunication. Brave has since declined any interview with us. Instead, they have opted to leave their input in the comments....
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