TL;DR: Responding to a Bitcoin Cash (BCH) enthusiast who asked publicly to have BCH added to funding choices on the popular Brave browser, CEO Brendan Eich tweeted, “BCH and other funding choices coming in @Brave 0.68.”

Brave Browser 0.68 Will Include Bitcoin Cash



“Finally getting around to downloading and using @Brave! It’s really cool,” BCH advocate David Shares lauded, “but now I’m highly disappointed that I can’t fund my wallet with Bitcoin Cash (BCH)! @BrendanEich can you review? I’m sure a lot of Bitcoiner’s will want to use BCH too with Brave.”

It’s right in line with the BCH ethos: might as well ask. The world’s number four ranked cryptocurrency by market capitalization sells itself. Ridiculously low transaction fees, lightning fast confirmation times, the only stalling point is getting the word out. Once merchants and users give it a spin, really nothing more need be done. They’re hooked.

Brave markets itself as an advertisement-free, opt-in browser. It’s also open-source, and is based largely on a Chrome-like scaffolding. It works to block ads and trackers, supporting Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. It also features five different search engines by default. Currently, it works as a pay-to-surf, preloaded with ads, and there are also plans to pay users for viewing advertisements with its proprietary Basic Attention Token (BAT) — in Spring of this year, the company rolled out BAT Ads. The HTC Exodus 1 phone will have the Brave browser as its default in their upcoming cryptocurrency version.

As online discussion about adding BCH continued, Eich elaborated about how he follows lead developer Amaury Séchet, “and have no problem with BCH as a funding choice. Working on it, missed when Uphold added (or they always had it?). Anyway, we’ll get it in the mix for choice of funds-in.” Version 0.68 looks to be scheduled for a 20 August 2019 release.

DISCLOSURE: The author holds cryptocurrency as part of his financial portfolio, including BCH.

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