[logicalmonster]

> There is something nauseating about using "privacy" and other nice-sounding words to pump your own crypto-currency.

To be fair, this statement seems to be relying on mind-reading. You seem to be making a guess that Brendan's motives are to pump his token, rather than privacy.

I view Brave as a very interesting experiment that could be very much in defense of privacy.

Here's the chain of logic, as I see it.

We all realize that data is a commodity that businesses are desperate for.

This is bad because it ultimately leads to privacy being wrecked, among other issues. We can see Google and Facebook operating here as an indication of this.

One possible solution to this is to come up with a new business model for advertising that does a far better job protecting people and giving people ultimate control: which is what Brave is attempting to do. Who knows what direction Brave will take? BAT is just an ERC-20 token that can be moved by any Ethereum wallet even apart from Brave. If this succeeds, the advertising market online in the next few years may move in a positive direction.