The Internet as a whole is largely paid for by display advertisements, which keeps the actual content you want to view free. { -brand-name-brave } has attempted to upend this model by encouraging its users to opt into { -brand-name-brave }’s own reward system, which in reality, is its own ad platform. Once a user has opted-in, { -brand-name-brave } will display what they call “privacy-respecting ads” for which you can view and earn what they call a Basic Attention Token a.k.a. a BAT. From this point { -brand-name-brave } users can choose to spend their BATs on supporting the sites or individual contributors they love, who in turn can convert the BATs into actual currency.

The Internet as a whole is largely paid for by display advertisements, which keeps the actual content you want to view free. { -brand-name-brave } has attempted to upend this model by encouraging its users to opt into { -brand-name-brave }’s own reward system, which in reality, is its own ad platform. Once a user has opted-in, { -brand-name-brave } will display what they call “privacy-respecting ads” for which you can view and earn what they call a Basic Attention Token a.k.a. a BAT. From this point { -brand-name-brave } users can choose to spend their BATs on supporting the sites or individual contributors they love, who in turn can convert the BATs into actual currency.