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by jonathansampson 1832 days ago
Our Rewards server distributes virtual tokens to the instance of Brave (which has an associated Payment ID). These tokens can be exchanged when ad notifications have been viewed, and when other ad-related events occur. The tokens aren't tied to any user information.
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9935c101ab17a66 1830 days ago
Not to nitpick, but you still didn’t answer the question. I don’t think anyone is confused over the concept “view ad -> get token”. The parent comment was wondering how you determine an ad was viewed.
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jonathansampson 1830 days ago
Apologies, I thought I did address that. Here's a deep-link to the process of "confirmation," which means a user has viewed an ad: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Security-and-pri....
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9935c101ab17a66 1829 days ago
NP, I appreciate the follow up, thanks!
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