<s>
Brave	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Brave	B-Application
Software	I-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Chromium	B-Language
web	I-Language
browser	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
is	O
a	O
privacy-focused	O
browser	B-Application
,	O
which	O
automatically	O
blocks	O
some	O
advertisements	O
and	O
website	B-Application
trackers	I-Application
in	O
its	O
default	O
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
Software	I-Application
's	O
headquarters	O
are	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
claims	O
to	O
have	O
more	O
than	O
57.42	O
million	O
monthly	O
active	O
users	O
,	O
19.3	O
million	O
daily	O
active	O
users	O
and	O
a	O
network	O
of	O
more	O
than	O
1.6	O
million	O
content	O
creators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
28	O
May	O
2015	O
,	O
CEO	O
Brendan	O
Eich	O
and	O
CTO	O
Brian	O
Bondy	O
founded	O
Brave	B-Application
Software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
20	O
January	O
2016	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
Software	I-Application
launched	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Brave	B-Application
with	O
ad-blocking	O
capabilities	O
and	O
announced	O
plans	O
for	O
a	O
privacy-respecting	O
ad	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2018	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
released	O
a	O
pay-to-surf	O
test-version	O
of	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
of	O
Brave	B-Application
came	O
preloaded	O
with	O
approximately	O
250	O
ads	O
and	O
sent	O
a	O
detailed	O
log	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
browsing	O
activity	O
to	O
Brave	B-Application
for	O
the	O
short-term	O
purpose	O
of	O
testing	O
this	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
expanded	O
trials	O
would	O
follow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
that	O
month	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
added	O
support	O
for	O
Tor	B-Application
in	O
its	O
desktop	O
browser	B-Application
's	O
private-browsing	B-Protocol
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
December	O
2018	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
ran	O
on	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Electron	B-Operating_System
called	O
Muon	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
marketed	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
more	O
secure	O
fork	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nevertheless	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
developers	O
moved	O
to	O
Chromium	B-Language
,	O
citing	O
a	O
need	O
to	O
ease	O
their	O
maintenance	O
burden	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
Software	I-Application
released	O
the	O
final	O
Muon-based	O
version	O
with	O
the	O
intention	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
stop	O
working	O
and	O
instructed	O
users	O
to	O
update	O
as	O
its	O
end-of-life	O
approached	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2018	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
partnered	O
with	O
HTC	O
to	O
make	O
Brave	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
the	O
default	O
browser	B-Application
on	O
the	O
HTC	O
Exodus	O
1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2019	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
started	O
testing	O
a	O
new	O
ad-blocking	O
rule-matching	O
algorithm	O
implemented	O
in	O
Rust	B-Application
,	O
replacing	O
the	O
previous	O
C++	B-Language
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
uBlock	B-Protocol
Origin	I-Protocol
and	O
Ghostery	B-Operating_System
algorithms	O
inspired	O
the	O
new	O
logic	O
,	O
which	O
Brave	B-Application
claims	O
to	O
be	O
on	O
average	O
69	O
times	O
faster	O
than	O
the	O
previous	O
algorithm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
launched	O
its	O
stable	O
release	O
,	O
version	O
1.0	O
,	O
on	O
13	O
November	O
2019	O
,	O
while	O
having	O
8.7million	O
monthly	O
active	O
users	O
overall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
1.0	O
,	O
running	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
or	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
integrated	O
"	O
almost	O
all	O
of	O
Brave	B-Application
's	O
marquee	O
features	O
across	O
all	O
platforms	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Engadget	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2020	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
reported	O
having	O
20	O
million	O
monthly	O
users	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
in	O
September	O
2021	O
,	O
it	O
passed	O
36	O
million	O
monthly	O
active	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
built	O
its	O
search	O
engine	O
out	O
of	O
Tailcat	O
,	O
which	O
it	O
acquired	O
earlier	O
that	O
year	O
from	O
Cliqz	B-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Hubert	O
Burda	O
Media	O
based	O
in	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2021	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
became	O
the	O
first	O
browser	B-Application
to	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Epic	O
Games	O
Store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
public	O
beta	O
for	O
Brave	B-Application
Search	I-Application
,	O
Brave	B-Application
Software	I-Application
's	O
search	O
engine	O
,	O
was	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
exited	O
its	O
beta	O
phase	O
in	O
June	O
2022	O
along	O
with	O
an	O
announcement	O
that	O
within	O
its	O
year-long	O
beta	O
testing	O
period	O
Brave	B-Application
Search	I-Application
surpassed	O
2.5	O
billion	O
total	O
queries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
uses	O
its	O
Basic	O
Attention	O
Token	O
(	O
BAT	O
)	O
to	O
drive	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
incorporated	O
in	O
Delaware	O
as	O
Hyperware	O
Labs	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
later	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
Brave	B-Application
Software	I-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
registered	O
in	O
California	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
is	O
headquartered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2019	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
launched	O
Brave	B-Application
Ads	O
,	O
an	O
ad	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
Software	I-Application
takes	O
30%	O
of	O
the	O
ad	O
revenue	O
and	O
the	O
rest	O
is	O
given	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
Firewall	O
+	O
VPN	B-Application
is	O
a	O
browser	B-Application
based	O
system	O
wide	O
firewall	O
and	O
VPN	B-Application
for	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
the	O
Guardian	O
VPN	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
Search	I-Application
is	O
a	O
search	O
engine	O
developed	O
by	O
Brave	B-Application
and	O
released	O
in	O
Beta	O
form	O
in	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Tailcat	O
,	O
a	O
privacy-focused	O
search	O
engine	O
from	O
Cliqz	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
October	O
2021	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
Search	I-Application
is	O
the	O
default	O
search	O
engine	O
for	O
Brave	B-Application
browser	I-Application
users	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Canada	O
,	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
France	O
,	O
and	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
Wallet	O
is	O
a	O
native	O
crypto	O
wallet	O
with	O
no	O
extensions	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Brave	B-Application
Wallet	O
support	O
is	O
limited	O
to	O
Desktop	O
browser	B-Application
,	O
but	O
is	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
extended	O
to	O
mobile	O
browsers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
Wallet	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
store	O
non-fungible	O
tokens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
Wallet	O
(	O
Legacy	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
MetaMask	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
comes	O
pre-installed	O
with	O
the	O
Brave	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
lets	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
interact	O
with	O
websites	O
supporting	O
the	O
MetaMask	B-Protocol
API	O
's	O
to	O
sign	O
crypto	O
transactions	O
for	O
supported	O
Ethereum	B-Application
Virtual	O
Machine	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
Swap	O
is	O
an	O
aggregator	O
for	O
cryptocurrency	O
DEX	O
's	O
based	O
on	O
0x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
lets	O
users	O
swap	O
Ethereum	B-Application
tokens	O
for	O
other	O
tokens	O
from	O
within	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
makes	O
money	O
off	O
this	O
by	O
taking	O
a	O
small	O
"	O
router	O
"	O
fee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
browsing	O
data	O
is	O
not	O
sent	O
to	O
Brave	B-Application
's	O
servers	O
,	O
so	O
only	O
the	O
user	O
of	O
the	O
device	O
can	O
see	O
the	O
browsing	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
research	O
study	O
analyzing	O
browser	B-Application
privacy	O
by	O
Professor	O
Douglas	O
J	O
.	O
Leith	O
of	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Dublin	O
reported	O
that	O
Brave	B-Application
had	O
the	O
highest	O
level	O
of	O
privacy	O
of	O
the	O
browsers	B-Application
tested	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
did	O
not	O
have	O
"	O
any	O
use	O
of	O
identifiers	O
allowing	O
tracking	O
of	O
IP	O
address	O
overtime	O
,	O
and	O
no	O
sharing	O
of	O
the	O
details	O
of	O
web	O
pages	O
visited	O
with	O
backend	O
servers	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
prevent	O
browser	B-Protocol
fingerprinting	I-Protocol
,	O
Brave	B-Application
uses	O
fingerprint	O
randomization	O
,	O
which	O
makes	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
look	O
different	O
to	O
websites	O
over	O
browser	B-Application
restart	O
,	O
to	O
ensure	O
Brave	B-Application
's	O
users	O
cannot	O
be	O
uniquely	O
identified	O
or	O
tracked	O
periodically	O
by	O
using	O
browser	B-Protocol
fingerprinting	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
15	O
October	O
2021	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
new	O
privacy	O
feature	O
dubbed	O
"	O
debouncing	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tests	O
conducted	O
by	O
Digital	O
Trends	O
found	O
Brave	B-Application
to	O
be	O
the	O
only	O
mainstream	O
browser	B-Application
to	O
pass	O
the	O
Electronic	O
Frontier	O
Foundation	O
's	O
Cover	O
Your	O
Tracks	O
test	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2022	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
de-AMP	O
feature	O
that	O
bypasses	O
Google	B-General_Concept
's	I-General_Concept
AMP	I-General_Concept
system	O
,	O
directing	O
the	O
user	O
straight	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
website	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
cited	O
this	O
as	O
a	O
privacy	O
feature	O
,	O
calling	O
AMP	B-General_Concept
"	O
harmful	O
to	O
users	O
and	O
to	O
the	O
Web	O
at	O
large	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
Shields	O
is	O
an	O
engine	O
inspired	O
by	O
uBlock	B-Protocol
Origin	I-Protocol
and	O
others	O
,	O
which	O
blocks	O
third-party	O
ads	O
and	O
trackers	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
fashion	O
to	O
other	O
extension-based	O
ad	O
blockers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
are	O
given	O
control	O
to	O
adjust	O
ad	O
blocking	O
,	O
script	O
,	O
and	O
cookies	O
settings	O
in	O
the	O
Shields	O
and	O
Privacy	O
section	O
of	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
well	O
as	O
ads	O
and	O
cookie-based	O
trackers	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
shields	O
also	O
protect	O
against	O
fingerprint	O
tracking	O
using	O
a	O
technique	O
it	O
calls	O
"	O
farbling	O
"	O
,	O
allowing	O
each	O
browser	B-Application
session	O
to	O
appear	O
unique	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
Talk	O
is	O
a	O
browser-based	O
video	O
conferencing	O
tool	O
based	O
on	O
Jitsi	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
integrated	O
into	O
Brave	B-Application
in	O
September	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
Talk	O
has	O
both	O
free	O
and	O
paid	O
tiers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
April	O
2019	O
,	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
Brave	B-Application
browser	I-Application
can	O
opt	O
in	O
to	O
the	O
Brave	B-Application
Rewards	O
feature	O
,	O
which	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
earn	O
BAT	O
as	O
a	O
reward	O
for	O
viewing	O
privacy-preserving	O
ads	O
and	O
use	O
earned	O
BAT	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
ways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Advertising	O
campaigns	O
are	O
matched	O
with	O
users	O
by	O
inference	O
from	O
their	O
browsing	B-Protocol
history	I-Protocol
;	O
this	O
targeting	O
is	O
carried	O
out	O
locally	O
,	O
with	O
no	O
transmission	O
of	O
personal	O
data	O
outside	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Site	O
owners	O
and	O
creators	O
must	O
first	O
register	O
with	O
Brave	B-Application
as	O
a	O
publisher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
micropayments	O
feature	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
2016	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Brave	B-Application
Payments	O
"	O
and	O
used	O
Bitcoin	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Advertisements	O
were	O
shown	O
in	O
a	O
separate	O
browser	B-Application
tab	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tor	B-Application
-	O
Brave	B-Application
offers	O
Tor	B-Application
,	O
.onion	O
,	O
and	O
Tor	B-Application
bridges	O
support	O
in	O
its	O
desktop	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
switch	O
to	O
Tor-enabled	O
browsing	O
by	O
clicking	O
on	O
the	O
hamburger	O
menu	O
in	O
the	O
top-right	O
corner	O
of	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SugarCoat	O
:	O
A	O
tool	O
integrated	O
in	O
Brave	B-Application
since	O
the	O
fourth	O
quarter	O
of	O
2021	O
that	O
automatically	O
replaces	O
tracking	O
libraries	O
with	O
a	O
spoofed	O
,	O
privacy-preserving	O
replacement	O
to	O
increase	O
site	O
compatibility	O
with	O
adblocking	O
scripts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
InterPlanetary	B-Protocol
File	I-Protocol
System	I-Protocol
(	O
IPFS	B-Protocol
)	O
:	O
In	O
January	O
2021	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
became	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
to	O
offer	O
native	O
integration	O
with	O
a	O
peer-to-peer	O
networking	O
protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blockchain	O
domain	O
names	O
:	O
As	O
of	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
supports	O
decentralized	O
domains	O
,	O
namely	O
the	O
ones	O
provided	O
by	O
Unstoppable	O
Domains	O
(	O
.crypto	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
Ethereum	B-Application
Name	O
Services	O
(	O
ENS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
News	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
:	O
In	O
December	O
2020	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
integrated	O
a	O
personalized	O
news	O
reader	O
focused	O
on	O
user	O
privacy	O
into	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
renamed	O
from	O
Brave	B-Application
Today	O
to	O
Brave	B-Application
News	O
in	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
June	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
news	O
feed	O
also	O
includes	O
promoted	O
articles	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
Brave	B-Application
ads	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wayback	O
Machine	O
Integration	O
:	O
In	O
February	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
Wayback	O
Machine	O
was	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
Playlist	O
:	O
An	O
iOS	B-Application
feature	O
that	O
lets	O
users	O
create	O
playlists	O
containing	O
content	O
from	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
media	O
sources	O
,	O
including	O
both	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
streams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
De-AMP	O
:	O
In	O
May	O
2020	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
began	O
to	O
roll	O
out	O
an	O
update	O
to	O
its	O
mobile	O
clients	O
that	O
would	O
automatically	O
bypass	O
Google	B-General_Concept
's	I-General_Concept
AMP	I-General_Concept
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Basic	O
Attention	O
Token	O
"	O
(	O
BAT	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
cryptocurrency	O
token	O
based	O
on	O
Ethereum	B-Application
,	O
created	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
,	O
decentralized	O
ad	O
exchange	O
platform	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
cryptocurrency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
initial	B-Application
coin	I-Application
offering	I-Application
on	O
31	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
sold	O
one	O
billion	O
BAT	O
for	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
156,250	O
Ethereum	B-Application
( $35	O
million	O
)	O
in	O
less	O
than	O
30	O
seconds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Advertisers	O
must	O
purchase	O
BAT	O
to	O
show	O
ads	O
on	O
the	O
Brave	B-Application
Rewards	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
facilitates	O
USD-based	O
ad	O
purchases	O
,	O
but	O
will	O
then	O
buy	O
BAT	O
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
the	O
advertiser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
ads	O
are	O
then	O
shown	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
user	O
then	O
receives	O
the	O
BAT	O
spent	O
on	O
the	O
ad	O
,	O
minus	O
a	O
30%	O
fee	O
going	O
to	O
Brave	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
then	O
tip	O
creators	O
using	O
the	O
"	O
Brave	B-Application
Creators	O
"	O
platform	O
(	O
creators	O
being	O
hosts	O
of	O
websites	O
the	O
user	O
has	O
visited	O
or	O
literal	O
creators	O
on	O
platforms	O
such	O
as	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
or	O
withdraw	O
their	O
BAT	O
to	O
a	O
verified	O
Gemini	O
or	O
Uphold	O
wallet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2016	O
,	O
in	O
reaction	O
to	O
Brave	B-Application
Software	I-Application
's	O
initial	O
announcement	O
,	O
Sebastian	O
Anthony	O
of	O
Ars	O
Technica	O
described	O
Brave	B-Application
as	O
a	O
"	O
cash-grab	O
"	O
and	O
a	O
"	O
double	O
dip	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anthony	O
concluded	O
,	O
"	O
Brave	B-Application
is	O
an	O
interesting	O
idea	O
,	O
but	O
generally	O
it	O
's	O
rather	O
frowned	O
upon	O
to	O
stick	O
your	O
own	O
ads	O
in	O
front	O
of	O
someone	O
else	O
's	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TechCrunch	O
,	O
Computerworld	O
,	O
and	O
Engadget	B-Application
termed	O
Brave	B-Application
's	O
ad	O
replacement	O
plans	O
"	O
controversial	O
"	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2016	O
,	O
Andy	O
Patrizio	O
of	O
Network	O
World	O
reviewed	O
a	O
pre-release	O
version	O
of	O
Brave	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Patrizio	O
criticized	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
's	O
feature	O
set	O
as	O
"	O
mighty	O
primitive	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
lauded	O
its	O
performance	O
:	O
"	O
Pages	O
load	O
instantly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
CEO	O
of	O
the	O
Newspaper	O
Association	O
of	O
America	O
,	O
David	O
Chavern	O
,	O
said	O
that	O
Brave	B-Application
's	O
proposed	O
replacement	O
of	O
advertising	O
"	O
should	O
be	O
viewed	O
as	O
illegal	O
and	O
deceptive	O
by	O
the	O
courts	O
,	O
consumers	O
,	O
and	O
those	O
who	O
value	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
content	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2017	O
,	O
TechWorld	O
praised	O
Brave	B-Application
's	O
"	O
great	O
speeds	O
and	O
advanced	O
ad-tracking	O
controls	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
said	O
that	O
its	O
"	O
extension	O
functionality	O
is	O
still	O
lacking	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2019	O
,	O
CNET	O
reviewed	O
the	O
newly	O
released	O
1.0	O
version	O
of	O
Brave	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
praised	O
the	O
speed	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
Brave	B-Application
is	O
hands-down	O
the	O
fastest	O
browser	B-Application
I	O
've	O
used	O
this	O
year	O
on	O
any	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
for	O
both	O
mobile	O
and	O
desktop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Memory	O
usage	O
by	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
is	O
far	O
below	O
most	O
others	O
,	O
while	O
website	O
loading	O
is	O
far	O
faster.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
said	O
battery	O
usage	O
could	O
be	O
reduced	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
–	O
"	O
With	O
less	O
strain	O
on	O
resources	O
comes	O
less	O
strain	O
on	O
your	O
device	O
's	O
battery	O
life	O
as	O
well.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
they	O
had	O
concerns	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
base	O
is	O
still	O
far	O
below	O
Chrome	B-Application
,	O
and	O
thus	O
it	O
may	O
not	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
build	O
out	O
its	O
ad	O
system	O
fully	O
yet	O
,	O
saying	O
–	O
"	O
The	O
browser	B-Application
will	O
need	O
more	O
users	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
to	O
truly	O
build	O
out	O
its	O
new	O
ad	O
system	O
:	O
while	O
8	O
million	O
people	O
is	O
a	O
good	O
start	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
still	O
need	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
's	O
billion-plus	O
users.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
analyzed	O
internet	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
and	O
recommended	O
Brave	B-Application
as	O
the	O
best	O
privacy	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2018	O
,	O
British	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
content	O
creator	O
Tom	O
Scott	O
said	O
that	O
he	O
had	O
not	O
received	O
any	O
donations	O
collected	O
on	O
his	O
behalf	O
by	O
Brave	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
tweet	O
,	O
he	O
stated	O
"	O
So	O
if	O
you	O
thought	O
you	O
'd	O
donated	O
to	O
me	O
through	O
Brave	B-Application
,	O
the	O
money	O
(	O
or	O
their	O
pseudo-money	O
 [ BAT ] 	O
)	O
will	O
not	O
reach	O
me	O
,	O
and	O
Brave	B-Application
's	O
terms	O
say	O
that	O
they	O
may	O
choose	O
to	O
just	O
keep	O
it	O
for	O
themselves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
amended	O
the	O
interface	O
with	O
a	O
disclaimer	O
for	O
each	O
creator	O
who	O
has	O
not	O
signed	O
up	O
with	O
Brave	B-Application
and	O
promised	O
to	O
consider	O
adding	O
"	O
an	O
opt-out	O
option	O
for	O
creators	O
who	O
do	O
not	O
wish	O
to	O
receive	O
donations	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
switching	O
the	O
default	O
so	O
users	O
cannot	O
tip	O
or	O
donate	O
to	O
unverified	O
creators	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
system	O
should	O
be	O
opt-in	O
and	O
not	O
opt-out	O
,	O
that	O
the	O
disclaimer	O
did	O
not	O
clearly	O
state	O
absence	O
of	O
any	O
relation	O
with	O
the	O
creators	O
,	O
and	O
suggests	O
that	O
creator	O
begun	O
process	O
of	O
signing	O
up	O
with	O
Brave	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
days	O
after	O
the	O
complaint	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
issued	O
an	O
update	O
to	O
"	O
clearly	O
indicate	O
which	O
publishers	O
and	O
creators	O
have	O
not	O
yet	O
joined	O
Brave	B-Application
Rewards	O
so	O
users	O
can	O
better	O
control	O
how	O
they	O
donate	O
and	O
tip	O
"	O
and	O
in	O
January	O
2020	O
another	O
update	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
behavior	O
of	O
contributions	O
and	O
tips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
now	O
held	O
in	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
and	O
transferred	O
if	O
the	O
creator	O
signs	O
up	O
within	O
90	O
days	O
;	O
otherwise	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
returned	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
6	O
June	O
2020	O
,	O
a	O
Twitter	B-Application
user	O
pointed	O
out	O
that	O
Brave	B-Application
inserts	O
affiliate	O
referral	O
codes	O
when	O
users	O
navigate	O
to	O
Binance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
research	O
revealed	O
that	O
Brave	B-Application
also	O
redirected	O
the	O
URLs	O
of	O
other	O
cryptocurrency	O
exchange	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
backlash	O
from	O
the	O
users	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
's	O
CEO	O
apologized	O
and	O
called	O
it	O
a	O
"	O
mistake	O
"	O
and	O
said	O
"	O
we	O
're	O
correcting	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
days	O
later	O
,	O
Brave	B-Application
released	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
which	O
they	O
said	O
disabled	O
the	O
auto-completion	O
to	O
partner	O
links	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
explaining	O
the	O
issue	O
and	O
apologizing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
privacy	O
issue	O
appeared	O
via	O
a	O
private	O
disclosure	O
on	O
Brave	B-Application
's	O
HackerOne	O
bug	O
bounty	O
platform	O
on	O
12	O
January	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
disclosure	O
reported	O
that	O
Brave	B-Application
was	O
sending	O
DNS	B-Protocol
requests	O
to	O
ISP	O
of	O
the	O
users	O
instead	O
of	O
routing	O
it	O
through	O
the	O
Tor	B-Application
network	I-Application
,	O
thus	O
allowing	O
ISPs	O
to	O
have	O
knowledge	O
of	O
user	O
's	O
browsing	B-Protocol
sessions	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
fixed	O
the	O
issue	O
in	O
its	O
Nightly	O
channel	O
soon	O
after	O
it	O
was	O
initially	O
reported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
bug	O
received	O
public	O
attention	O
in	O
mid-February	O
from	O
Twitter	B-Application
users	O
verifying	O
the	O
vulnerability	O
,	O
the	O
fix	O
was	O
soon	O
uplifted	O
to	O
the	O
Stable	O
channel	O
and	O
landed	O
in	O
Brave	B-Application
1.20.110	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2019	O
,	O
Gab	O
,	O
created	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Brave	B-Application
called	O
Dissenter	O
which	O
bundled	O
in	O
their	O
add-on	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
after	O
it	O
was	O
banned	O
in	O
the	O
Chrome	B-Application
and	O
Firefox	B-Application
stores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eich	O
criticized	O
the	O
decision	O
to	O
fork	B-Application
Brave	B-Application
as	O
unnecessary	O
and	O
"	O
parasitic	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
February	O
2020	O
research	O
report	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
School	O
of	O
Computer	O
Science	O
and	O
Statistics	O
at	O
Trinity	O
College	O
Dublin	O
tested	O
six	O
browsers	B-Application
and	O
deemed	O
Brave	B-Application
to	O
be	O
the	O
most	O
private	O
of	O
them	O
,	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
phoning	O
home	O
:	O
"	O
In	O
the	O
first	O
(	O
most	O
private	O
)	O
group	O
lies	O
Brave	B-Application
,	O
in	O
the	O
second	O
Chrome	B-Application
,	O
Firefox	B-Application
and	O
Safari	B-Application
,	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
third	O
(	O
least	O
private	O
)	O
group	O
lie	O
Edge	B-Application
and	O
Yandex.	O
"	O
</s>
