tl;dr
- Brave is a web browser like Chrome (it's based on Chromium), and even better it has ad-blocking and other privacy features built in.
- It also has a rewards system whereby you can opt-in to privacy-respecting adverts, and you receive 70% of the advertising revenue (Brave gets the other 30%).
- I have been making over $10/month just web browsing as normal on my mobile and desktop (over $120/year of free money!)
- Download it on both desktop and mobile. You can choose to import all your bookmarks etc from your current browser.
- It is fast!
More detail
- Brave is a new, high-performance web browser with a strong focus on privacy from the ground up. It has built-in ad-blockers and other privacy features to stop big tech companies from tracking you and selling your data.
- It is built by a team of privacy focused, performance oriented pioneers of the web, including the inventor of JavaScript and co-founder of Mozilla.
- Despite ad-blocking, users have the choice to opt-in to Brave's own privacy-respecting ad system. If you opt-in, you can choose how many adverts you want to see per hour, and they appear as simple text-based notifications that are easily closed. You receive 70% of the advertising revenue in return (you don't even need to click on the ads - if the notification appears you get paid).
- The ad payment is in the form of Basic Attention Tokens, which are like cryptocurrency and are stored within the browser's built-in wallet. BUT, even if it does sound like funny money, you can easily cash them out via their partnership with the crypto exchange Uphold (convert to £s) or their partnership with TAP Network (which lets you cash out as gift vouchers for popular websites).
- Ad payments get totalled up and paid out monthly (you can check your progress at any time within the browser).
Bonus money!
- Brave has a Creators program where you can register your Twitter, Reddit, Twitch and YouTube handles, and also your website. This allows other Brave users to tip you BAT if they like your content.
- But more importantly! Registering your handle allows you to create an affiliate link. For every user that downloads Brave from your affiliate link and uses it for 30 days, you earn up to $7.50 per user! This can quickly add up to a lot of free money, when you start getting all your friends and family to install Brave, AND you get them to do it on every device (mobile, desktop, laptop etc!).
- Talking of affiliate links, this is mine!
Nothing here costs you any money - it is all free money just from browsing the web as you normally do! Even better, it's a privacy-focused browser that stops big tech from tracking you and selling your data. It has a great team behind it including the inventor of Javascript and co-founder of Mozilla!