Brave Browser is a web browser project started by Brendan Eich, the inventor of JavaScript and co-founder of Mozilla. The browser comes with built in ad-blocking and features a native cryptocurrency called Basic Attention Token (BAT). Currently, users can tip registered YouTubers and Twitch streamers with BAT, and the company says Twitter and Reddit will soon be supported as well. According to Brave, 10,000 content creators and publishers have registered so far to receive BAT payments.

Reddit already features a tipping feature of its own called Reddit Gold. While receiving Reddit Gold gives a user access to premium Reddit features, it can not be exchanged for anything else – if you receive a healthy amount of BAT for your Reddit post, however, you will either be able to keep the BAT or head to a cryptocurrency exchange and trade it it for another token or fiat currency.

Of course, you shouldn’t expect to get rich with your clever tweets and funny Reddit posts when the feature goes live, as the BAT ecosystem is still very small. In the relatively young cryptocurrency market, speculation is still the name of the game – despite its limited real-life usage, the BAT token currently has a market capitalization of $248 million. BAT was also named by Coinbase as one of the 5 tokens they are considering adding to their platform in the future.

BAT tokens can either be acquired on an exchange like any other cryptocurrency or through the monthly $500,000 giveaways ran by Brave. The browser has recently integrated the popular MetaMask extension, which allows users to interact with decentralized applications.

Brave, however, is not the only browser that’s taking a proactive stance towards the emerging blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Opera has been testing an integrated cryptocurrency wallet for its browsers, supporting ETH, ERC20 tokens and non-fungible tokens or collectibles (ERC721).