[ericnolte]

Is the Brave browser a pseudo-solution to this problem? It can hold a crypto coin balance and either collect more of it through advertisements or pay it out to publishers like news sites.

[herbst]

Its a few years ago, but when i earned something like $1500 in ads each month, brave paid calculated something around $2. I haven't looked into it since.

[jasonv]

Brave doesn't have enough market share to matter for this, so far.

This was revealed in a recent HN thread where webmasters shared the browser breakdown for their traffic.

[0-_-0]

Why pseudo-solution?

[sliken]

Maybe because it requires the content provider to join a new ad/payment network and most haven't.

[cblconfederate]

BAT is a cryptocurrency which can be traded for another coin which can then be traded for USD or other etc etc. It's not a lock-in