Sorry to say this but I have some really BAT news for many of you!

If you have been earning BAT tokens using Brave, but do not have a custodial wallet linked to your Brave account, you are about to lose all your BAT tokens.

Brave is planning to stop using the VBAT (virtual BAT tokens), VBAT tokens are whatever you see in your browser. These tokens are not part of the real supply. They only become part of it when at the end of the month your BAT tokens are sent to your Gemini or Uphold wallet.

Now Gemini only applies to the US and has its fair share of problems, but for users outside of the US Uphold was the place to go. Although according to many not their favorite place, more like a necessary evil place. If you could go at all, because Uphold has been listing and delisting many countries over the last couple of years.

If you are in a supported country as per the list below, great! You can KYC and keep earning BAT from Brave. If you are not, or not willing to KYC February is probably going to be the last month you will earn BAT for using the Brave Browser.

The so-called lucky ones

1. Andorra
2. Argentina
3. Australia
4. Austria
5. Bahamas
6. Belgium
7. Belize
8. Brazil
9. Canada
10. Cayman Islands
11. Chile
12. Colombia *
13. Costa Rica
14. Cyprus
15. Czechia (Czech Republic)
16. Denmark
17. Ecuador *
18. Estonia
19. Finland
20. France
21. Grenada
22. Guatemala
23. Honduras
24. Hong Kong
25. Hungary
26. Iceland
27. Ireland
28. Italy
29. Jamaica * 
30. Latvia
31. Liechtenstein
32. Lithuania
33. Luxembourg
34. Malta
35. Mexico
36. Monaco
37. New Zealand
38. Nicaragua *
39. Norway
40. Paraguay
41. Peru
42. Poland
43. Portugal
44. Singapore
45. South Africa
46. Spain
47. Sweden
48. Switzerland
49. Türkiye *
50. United Kingdom
51. United States (excluding New York state)
52. Uruguay

* Uphold no longer offering new accounts in regions marked with *  

Now the thing is that the list of countries not supported is twice as long! The people living in those countries will not only no longer earn BAT, but also lose all the BAT they are holding in their Brave Browser. And that can be a lot I have seen people with close to 100 BAT in their browser wallet. All VBAT and all about to disappear. 

List of countries without any available custodial option for Brave Rewards: 

1. Albania
2. Algeria
3. American Samoa
4. Angola
5. Anguilla
6. Antarctica
7. Armenia
8. Aruba
9. Azerbaijan
10. Bangladesh
11. Barbados
12. Belarus
13. Benin
14. Bosnia and Herzegovina
15. Bouvet Island
16. Burkina Faso
17. Burundi
18. Cambodia
19. Cameroon
20. Central African Republic
21. Chad
22. China
23. Colombia
24. Côte d'Ivoire
25. Cuba
26. Democratic Republic of the Congo
27. Dominican Republic
28. Ecuador
29. Egypt
30. Equatorial Guinea
31. Eritrea
32. Ethiopia
33. Fiji
34. French Southern and Antarctic Lands
35. Georgia
36. Germany
37. Ghana
38. Gibraltar
39. Guinea
40. Guinea-Bissau
41. Haiti
42. Heard Island and McDonald Islands
43. India
44. Indonesia
45. Iran
46. Iraq
47. Jamaica
48. Jordan
49. Kazakhstan
50. Kenya
51. Kosovo
52. Lebanon
53. Liberia
54. Libya
55. Mali
56. Mauritius
57. Moldova
58. Mongolia
59. Montenegro
60. Morocco
61. Myanmar (Burma)
62. Nepal
63. Netherlands
64. Nicaragua
65. Nigeria
66. North Korea
67. Pakistan
68. Palau
69. Panama
70. Philippines
71. Republic of the Congo
72. Russian Federation
73. Samoa
74. Serbia
75. Somalia
76. Sri Lanka
77. Sudan
78. Syria
79. Tanzania
80. Togo
81. Trinidad and Tobago
82. Tunisia
83. Turkey
84. Turkmenistan
85. Uganda
86. Ukraine
87. United States Minor Outlying Islands
88. Uzbekistan
89. Vanuatu
90. Venezuela
91. Vietnam
92. Yemen
93. Zimbabwe

So What Can I Do?

Well first DYOR and don´t let a Baby online be your only source of truth; hence here is what is changing https://brave.com/rewards-changes/#whats-changing-for-users

How Can I Still Get Something For My BAT?

Well if you know me then you know these next weeks, probably till you get your last bit of BAT in early March, you can use my diabolical deal. 

Almost a year ago I found out that many people can not monetize their BAT due to being in a region that was not supported by Uphold, or because they did not want to do the Uphold KYC.

So I came up with this little win/win idea.

It´s very simple if you have no Uphold wallet, you don´t make a cent from the BAT in your Browser. But you can tip a Twitter account or YouTube channel. If you do that, 5% goes to Brave and 95% to the content creator that owns the channel,

Well, and as it happens I had a channel or two to be tipped. 

Over the course of this year, I started with little 3-8 BAT deals, of which the person tipping me would get 66,6% in BCH from me. the other 33,3% would be 5% to Brave and 1% for fees. Leaving me with a nice little revenue as well, everybody wins. 

Now that little business grew so fast. From 10 BAT in that first month to 260+BAT in December 2022 and all happy customers:

I could make a whole post with these references and maybe I should, but not today.

Today is just a warning, a gentle reminder, and an initial heads-up. To:

WAKE UP & TAKE ACTION

Whatever you do, even if you wanna throw away your BAT tipping Logan Paul I don't care but do something with it or be ready to lose it all. So as a wise man once said "Use it Or Lose It" and don´t tell me I did not warn you!

The Good News 

Yes, there is some good news! Although it will not help you get any wealthier from the Brave ads.

That good news is that in a month or two you will see no more screaming babies willing to take your BAT and give you BCH or HIVE for it in return. I will do a little campaign over the next 4 weeks or so to make sure everyone gets a fair chance to monetize the BAT they are still holding in their Brave Browser but after that, BATCoin Baby will hide in the shadows forever.

So if you are interested in monetizing your BAT  just read this and give me a call if you are ready to take the deal:

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐁𝐀𝐓 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐡 (𝐁𝐂𝐇) 𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐔𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝

More about my BAT Deal and how it almost went bust you can read here:

𝗨𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗸𝘀 - Make money from Brave Ads without Uphold

Bottom Line

Hope this did not come as to big a shock as I know that for many people this was just a nice little extra every month. But maybe the thought about not seeing me dress up as BATBABY is that little bit of sugar that helps the medicine go down. If you want to swap just leave me a comment, reach out to me in chat on TORUM https://www.torum.com/u/bitcoinbaby or drop me a note in discord: BitcoinBaby#3310

Just make sure to monetize that BAT before the VBAT is removed from your browser.