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Brave Browser, best known for creating an alternative to Google Chrome that decreases ads on the page and increases privacy plans to save journalism.

“Brave provides a high-integrity platform that directly connects publishers and users so that publishers get better revenue and users’ privacy is respected. Brave cuts out middlemen ad exchanges, reduces ad fraud, and even shares revenue with users to reward them for their attention,” said Luke Mulks, Director of Business Development for Brave Software.

Brave has partnered with Dow Jones Media Group to offer premium content to readers, and also test blockchain-supported payment technology. Based on the sale of Brave’s Basic Attention Token (BAT), which generated $35M in 30 seconds, the company grew its platform and user-base. Brave readers can access two years of MarketWatch newsletter and Barron’s for free. Brave also has other programs in the works, including an ad revenue split that rewards publishers 70% and users 15% for their attention (tracked by the user’s browser).

This week Brave & BAT participated in MWC19 (Feb. 25–28) where the project exhibited an interactive booth and ‘experiential installation’. Pioneered by Brave’s design team, the installation showcased a Productify Chamber, where guests learned about how users have become ‘products’ on the web today, and how such a state of affairs came to be.

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Learn about Basic Attention Token (BAT), a new blockchain-based rewards platform, and Brave, a privacy-focused web browser, created by the inventor of JavaScript and co-founder of Mozilla & Firefox.

The event will be hosted by Jennie and Chris from the BAT Team.