Basic Attention Token (BAT)

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Basic Attention Token (BAT) is a cryptocurrency founded by Brendan Eich in 2017. It is a token based on the Ethereum blockchain that aims to revolutionize the digital advertising industry by directly connecting advertisers, content creators and viewers together.

The team over at BAT aim to create a new form of digital advertising space that fairly rewards content creators and the viewers of the advertisements through the power of blockchain technology. Furthermore, advertisers will also receive a better ROI using their system as they get more accurate data to play around with. 

The entire project is powered through the Brave browser, a specially designed browser that is focused on privacy and speed. It is created by Brendan Eich, the co-founder of the popular web-browser Mozilla and the creator of the programming language JavaScript. The Brave browser blocks all advertisements, cookies and malicious trackers by default, helping users to retain privacy. The browser also automatically upgrades every website to HTTPS for an additional layer of security whilst browsing. 

Brave automatically tracks the attention that a user may devote to a particular advertisement and assigns an Attention Value to that user. Using machine learning on that Attention Value for different adverts then allows Brave to show relevant advertisements to that specific user. This is perfect for both users and advertisers alike. The most important feature regarding attention tracking is the fact that the data tracked will always remain anonymous and never leaves the hosts computer at any time, allowing the user to retain his data.

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SPOOKY! 👻 vBAT not in custodial accounts is flying away! 🦇

9 Oct 2023 1 minute read 2 comments STUB

Happy spooky season, everyone. I was greeted by this scary notification from the Brave browser: Action required: Connect a custodial account or your [virtual Basic Attention Token] vBAT will be lost On October 30, 2023 at 8:00 PM, we will be discont...

End of Q3 2023 Thunderboltkid Crypto Watch list Progress Report & Next Moves..,

7 Oct 2023 4 minute read 1 comment Thunderboltkid

This is a short note to self, derived from an early comment I made today on my Big Upside List posted in Dec 2022 as my beginning of 2023  prediction post To let myself and  you readers know how I did.., please reference the above post as a baseline....

AI Powered BAT : In-Browser Ad Wars are Poised to heat up, partly powered by Crypto?

3 Oct 2023 12 minute read 2 comments Thunderboltkid

Good Ole BAT  Ranked #117 in Market Cap by Coingecko keeps chugging along as the Brave Browser Team slowly improves Permissioned Ad Placement Targeting to Consumers through their Brave Browser, oh so slowly. That 'slow' pace, now endemic to Brave, ha...

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2 Oct 2023 2 minute read 0 comments OfTheFreeMarket

“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” ― Mahatma Gandhi As we continue to explore the world of digital currency, we’ve found some coins, trading platforms, wallets and other environments of the currencies which we support, see as reliable and...

Brave Officially Finds a Partner in the Biggest Country in the World

19 Sep 2023 2 minute read 1 comment Cje95

For most of my life China was the world's most populous country and with that label came economic clout. This year we have finally seen China dethroned by another country, India, to become the most populous thus resulting in an economy that is growin...

Looking into the Fall of BATs Price and Brave Browser

9 Sep 2023 4 minute read 5 comments Cje95

Brave Browser has been and continues to be one of the go-to web browsers for cryptocurrency and Web 3 users. While Brave itself is not a Web 3 browser itself it does function as a bridge between Web 2 and Web 3 a role that not many others are able to...

Brave Broswer Releases New Supported Regions and Sets the Sunset Deadline for vBAT

4 Sep 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Cje95

Sunsetting on vBAT Earlier this year Brave Browser announced that they would be sunsetting vBAT later on this year. There was no date given for this though and we were told that it would be announced later on. Well now that update has been released a...

Brave Browsers Two Big August Announcements

30 Aug 2023 2 minute read 4 comments Cje95

After being quiet for a couple of months Brave Browser came back this month and let loose with two big announcements this month. These updates did not deal with crypto or blockchain which I did see as a bit of a bummer since we haven't gotten a Brave...

DuckDuckGo browser now available on the same OS they sold their users out to

29 Aug 2023 1 minute read 4 comments Kovichni

Let's break this one down into three easy to read and relatable parts shall we. 1. The News: "DuckDuckGo has finally launched the first public beta of its web browser on Windows...As you'd expect from DuckDuckGo, the browser comes with a ton of priva...

Brave Crypto Wallets?

20 Aug 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Lameshark

Late to the party as per usual, I decided to create my first ETH wallet today. After all, I need somewhere to transfer my crypto to. All 40 cents worth. In all seriousness, I have been enjoying Publish0x despite the incredibly low payouts: Afterall,...