Gab Forks Brave, Adding Bitcoin Lightning For a New ‘Free Speech Browser’
The controversial social media site Gab has built its own Dissenter web browser. The browser is the first step in eventually creating a “free-speech marketplace and app store...
GDPR Can’t Stop Behavioral Ads, But These Bitcoin-Friendly Browsers Can Help
The GDPR has lofty goals when it comes to protecting consumer privacy. But even if you’re opting out and blocking cookies, you’re still being tracked. According to a group of...
Brave Browser Donations Controversy: Not Optional For Creators
When Bitcoinist reported on the ability to tip content creators directly from Brave browser, that was a positive thing, right? Actually, not so much when it uses creators’ names...
The HTC Exodus 1 ‘Blockchain Phone’ is Here and It’s Underwhelming
This week saw the first reviews of the HTC Exodus 1 blockchain phone, as ‘Genesis Block’ pre-orders started to ship. However, threatening to steal HTC’s thunder came...
Brave: 10,000 Content Creators Can Now Be Tipped In-Browser on Reddit and Twitter
Privacy focussed web browser Brave is introducing a new feature to allow the tipping of individual Reddit and Twitter users. The functionality will be available from directly within...
Blockchain Offers Viable Alternative to Outdated Online Advertising
Even a decade ago, television was the sole king of advertising, while the internet had to take its dust together with billboards and radio ads. Over the years, however, the situation...
ICO (re)Evolution: Clarity Is Still Needed
Last year was huge for ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings) though they’ve continued to come under increasing scrutiny as they lack definition and regulation. While they’ve taken a big...
Brave Browser Creates Ad Platform Using New Ethereum Token
The Brave internet browser has changed the way people around the world use the Internet by making made browsing faster and safer in addition to integrating Bitcoin’s peer-to-peer...
AdNauseum Protects Your Privacy By Clicking Ads
A new Privacy add-on for the Firefox and Chrome web browsers is taking a scorched-earth approach to ad-blocking. The aptly named AdNauseum is an open-source fork of uBlock origin, that...
Brave Browser Works As Advertised Despite No Bitcoin Integration Yet
Now that the brave browser has been available to users for little over a month, it provides an excellent timeframe to see how the Bitcoin community feels about this powerful tool...