25 Facts About Brave browser

On 20 January 2016, Brave browser Software launched the first version of Brave browser with ad-blocking capabilities and announced plans for a privacy-respecting ad platform.

Later that month, Brave added support for Tor in its desktop browser's private-browsing mode.

Until December 2018, Brave browser ran on a fork of Electron called Muon, which they marketed as a "more secure fork".

Nevertheless, Brave browser developers moved to Chromium, citing a need to ease their maintenance burden.

Brave browser Software released the final Muon-based version with the intention that it would stop working and instructed users to update as its end-of-life approached.

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In November 2020, Brave browser reported having 20 million monthly users, and, in September 2021, it passed 36 million monthly active users.

In March 2021, Brave browser built its search engine out of Tailcat, which it acquired earlier that year from Cliqz, a subsidiary of Hubert Burda Media based in Germany.

Brave browser Search is a search engine developed by Brave browser and released in Beta form in March 2021, following the acquisition of Tailcat, a privacy-focused search engine from Cliqz.

Brave browser Wallet is a native crypto wallet with no extensions required.

Brave browser Swap is an aggregator for cryptocurrency DEX's based on 0x.

Brave browser makes money off of this by taking a small "router" fee.

Brave browser did not have "any use of identifiers allowing tracking of IP address overtime, and no sharing of the details of web pages visited with backend servers".

Tests conducted by Digital Trends found Brave to be the only mainstream browser to pass the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Cover Your Tracks test.

Brave browser cited this as a privacy feature, calling AMP "harmful to users and to the Web at large".

Brave browser Shields is an engine inspired by uBlock Origin and others, which blocks third-party ads and trackers in a similar fashion to other extension-based ad blockers.

On 2 March 2022, the Brave browser Talk widget was made visible by default on the New Tab Page.

Since April 2019, users of the Brave browser can opt in to the Brave Rewards feature, which enables users to earn BAT as a reward for viewing privacy-preserving ads and use earned BAT in a number of ways.

HTC: In December 2018, Brave partnered with HTC to make Brave Browser the default browser on the HTC Exodus 1.

Anthony concluded, "Brave browser is an interesting idea, but generally it's rather frowned upon to stick your own ads in front of someone else's".

Memory usage by the Brave browser is far below most others, while website loading is far faster.

Two days after the complaint, Brave browser issued an update to "clearly indicate which publishers and creators have not yet joined Brave browser Rewards so users can better control how they donate and tip" and in January 2020 another update to change the behavior of contributions and tips.

Two days later, Brave browser released a new version which they said disabled the auto-completion to partner links, followed by a blog post explaining the issue and apologizing.

The disclosure reported that Brave browser was sending DNS requests to ISP of the users instead of routing it through the Tor network, thus allowing ISPs to have knowledge of user's browsing sessions.

Brave browser fixed the issue in its Nightly channel soon after it was initially reported.

Gab in April 2019 created a fork of Brave browser called Dissenter which bundled in their add-on of the same name after it was banned in the Chrome and Firefox stores.

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