The open source browser Brave, which pays attention to privacy protection , announced this week that it has been nearly a year since the official version of Brave 1.0 was released. In the past year, Brave's data has achieved amazing growth in many aspects. There are more than 20 million monthly active users, up from 8.7 million in the same period last year and an increase of 2.3 times in one year. Daily active users have also exceeded 7 million, which is higher than the 3 million in the same period last year and also increased by 2.3 times.
The founder of Brave browser is Brendan Eich, the father of JavaScript, who is also the co-founder of the Mozilla project. Brave is characterized by superior privacy and security. It will block malware and tracking programs. This is the original intention of Brendan to create Brave to help protect the privacy of users and avoid abuse by advertisers.
Regarding Brave’s data, Brendan pointed out: “This shows that users are tired of monitoring the flood of capitalism. Twenty million people have chosen Brave to build a new Web ecosystem and adopt a selective advertising economy. They have regained control over the browsing experience. The global privacy movement is gaining more and more attention, and this milestone is just one step in our journey to make default privacy a standard for all web users."
In fact, although Brave emphasizes that it will protect the privacy of users to avoid abuse by advertisers, it does not exclude advertising itself. The BAT token (Basic Attention Token) issued by it is to redistribute the interests of users, creators and advertisers. This mechanism will encourage users to earn rewards by watching “privacy-conscious” advertisements, which in turn will stimulate creators to produce more content (creators can earn BAT through rewards, donations and referrals from others), and advertisers’ placements are therefore Gain more exposure.
Brave’s announcement this week also used more space to introduce its revenue from the advertising business . Click here for details .