BAT

capdoesit

get some BAT too

VirualWhisperer

BAT

Kappatalizable

Community participation points like Moons and to an extent, BAT

capdoesit

BAT probably

Wonzky

Bitter about my BAT still

JoeChip87

Honestly BAT is a bullhorn right now. I know so many people who have gotten into Brave the last couple months. Also, as soon as I see this post pop up— my Curve and ETH positions are now up. *Sorcererrrrrrr*

capdoesit

BAT project due for a bounce up at some point in the near future I would think

timburgessthis

I still remember seeing someone post saying Gemini earn might be in trouble because of FTX and Genesis. I am glad I finally listened for once and removed my funds from earn. Need to protect my BAT you know

BHIXSE

Can I tip BAT to myself? unable to link my wallet to my laptop

funkitecht

Guess its time to move my 12 BAT out from my Gemini wallet

002timmy

Damn, I guess I’ll never get back my $13 of BAT

PokeJem7

So which alts have dropped the most over the last year or two? And more importantly which do people think are dead, and which do people think will soar back to/beyond ATHs? I reckon UNI is a good bet, it's down about 85% from ATH and is one of the most useful tokens around. I'm honestly surprised it's performed so poorly since it's peak. Similarly I am hopeful for BAT as I love Brave and again its a good working product, also down about 85%, but I don't think the token has the same value. ENJ, on the other hand, is down 92%, at one point over 95% down, and I don't see it reaching those highs again. Could be good for a few pumps during the next bull run when a few people inevitably try to make NFTs a thing again, but I think the novelty has worn off. Other coins that have suffered to watch/avoid?

GarugasRevenge

Welp, there goes my BAT.

biohazard382

Welp there goes my 40 dollars worth of BAT. Got lucky it wasn't more.

TheGhostTooth

What will happen to BAT? Earned BAT?

TheFedsKnow

I don't know why but I thought this meant gemini. For a second I thought my BAT was gone. All $2 of it... Can we all just agree to not keep money on any platform unless we're offloading?

CryptoScamee42069

I have no reason to worry about cops though, I’d rather earn BAT

CryptoScamee42069

I’d like to earn BAT on IOS but Apple are big ol’ buttholes

Relevant-Ad-8022

I do want that. I want people to see the tech I can care less about how much I earn. I mean yeah it's fun and it's a nice little chunk of change thst will be something one day. But regardless I hate Google and I'd like BAT to take over google.

Relevant-Ad-8022

BAT will be superior one day

DBRiMatt

It's funny how we hate the idea of ads... Until we see we can make a few cents out of it Like using brave to remove ads, but then also accept ads so they can earn BAT

Ryuzaki_63

I convert my Brave/BAT rewards to moons every couple months Other than that I just take the old shitposting route

Ill-Addition2024

Thank god I withdrawed my 5$ BAT already.

Swampfoxxxxx

Idk about Gemini specifically, but it's often cheaper to convert your BAT to LTC or XLM and then withdraw that to a wallet. You can swap back using a DEX like Uniswap, Sushi, Quickswap, etc

BenadrylTumblercatch

So fortune is long on BAT then, I wouldn’t trust it either

GarugasRevenge

Welp there goes my BAT.

active_ate

My precious BAT still locked up in earn. RIP.

VandalVlog

My wife's been earning BAT for years.

DBRiMatt

Don't forget those precious BAT rewards!

uwu2420

- no they have not stopped, otherwise you could withdraw your BAT without using Gemini. If you don’t think Gemini isn’t paying for this I dunno what to tell you. - no, the addons are not added bloat, specifically, because you get to pick and choose what you want to install. Bloat is when something comes with a lot of useless functionality. If your computer comes pre installed with candy crush or trial versions of stuff, that is bloatware. Similarly, BAT and the Tor feature in Brave are bloat. Even if you disable it, they are still there. Anyways, we acknowledge that Firefox can do the good things Brave does but without the bloatware. So why not just use Firefox and skip the crap that Brave comes built in with? - Fingerprinting - Most fingerprinting these days is done with the use of cookies which no browser I know of blocks out of the box as it would break a lot of sites.

Wendals87

> The invasion of privacy is because when I access a particular URL, I expect to be accessing that URL, not that URL + a referral tag. It was Binance first right? Now it’s Gemini. They haven’t even stopped, they are just more brazen with it now. Why do you insist on pushing a browser that directly makes its money from advertising to its users and pushing them to sign up for third party services that require significant amounts of personal info, to use core functionality? That’s a conflict of interest. What if one day FTX v2 or something shadier offered more money for this? After all, it’s not done out of technical requirement, so there’s no reason why they wouldn’t just go for the highest bidder. yeah they have stopped. I installed a fresh copy today and Binance didn't have a referral url added >- The BAT **donate buttons** injected on webpages are enabled even if you never opt into BAT, and I know this for a fact because it was one of the main reasons I gave up on it. If this has changed, it was changed within the last couple months at most I can't say I ever noticed this tipping buttons before as I mostly use reddit on my mobile with the app (which they don't appear in). I confirmed they do not appear on a fresh install on desktop with BAT rewards turned off. I turned it on, they were there and I could turn them off on the tipping settings >- There are these really cool things called adblock plugins like uBlock Origin and Adnauseam that can block ads as well but without the sketchy history and added bloat. Aren't the add-ons added bloat? it already has it builtin to brave and is on by default. I don't have to install an extra addin. >- If Tor were truly used only to hide IP addresses then at the very least hidden services would be blocked on it by default, but they are not, the feature is clearly marked as Tor, and the average user not knowing better will use it as such. Again, there’s a reason why this is not easy to do out of the box with the regular Tor Project releases. I agree they probably should have called it something else. They aren't hiding the fact that it's not the same as tor, but I guess lots of people wouldn't know read that >Give me a single good thing that Brave does that I can’t do with Firefox or any Chromium browser + uBlock Origin/Adnauseam. I already listed out a bunch of negatives. * adblock installed and on by default - no add on required. Firefox and many chromium browsers require third party add-ons *anti tracking installed and on by default - Firefox does this, but many chromium browsers don't have it enabled or you can't enable it *brave syncing is encrypted client side - Firefox is but many chromium browsers aren't *brave randomizes your fingerprint data - Firefox and many other chromium browsers use a set one Brave has more features you can turn on to enhance your experience but with less privacy. This doesnt make brave less private out of the box. These go into more depth with the privacy features https://brave.com/shields/ https://brave.com/privacy-features/#advanced-expanded-accordion

majorpickle01

Wikipedia accept BAT? maybe it's time to give Jimmy Neutron his slice he's been complaining about for 10 years

capdoesit

love to see BAT on there

capdoesit

would really love to see BAT have a nice run here that actually sticks

uwu2420

BAT *rewards* are off by default, yes, but the BAT buttons on Reddit/Github/etc are on by default, even if you never opt into BAT rewards, unless it was changed very recently. Half of those things are done by a standard adblock plugin or honestly even just built in features on most browsers, except unlike Brave, most standard Adblock plugins don’t also want to show you their own ads or otherwise modify webpages at all, default or not. Some are entirely false - “policies and practices” like their practices of requiring the use of a particular CEX to use their rewards feature or their history of embedding referral links are not privacy-friendly, and again, building in Tor is at best misguided and at worst an active honeypot. So again, just call it what it is. You’re getting paid to look at ads, like Bing Rewards or similar.

Harold838383

Really? I withdrew mine recently and didn't have to do this. I just had a large withdrawal fee in BAT

Breaker2195

Shit, I had 5 BAT from brave rewards in Gemini. Is it safe?

Wendals87

Sorry not sure what to tell you. I just did a fresh install on both my phone and desktop and BAT rewards are off and I have to turn it on ​ >What is privacy friendly about it? https://brave.com/privacy-features/

StonedRex

Gemini is a piece of sh**. I made the mistake to send my BAT to there in order to withdraw and to 'unlock' the withdraws they ask you to send a wire transfer from your back account, which costs $30 fee. To hell with them.

Wendals87

Yeah thats part of the BAT tipping settings. Turn that off and it will disappear Its not a default setting out of the box . It only turns on when you enable BAT rewards and during the setup you have the option to turn tipping on or off. You can also do it afterwards

uwu2420

The BAT buttons that they inject on at least Reddit and GitHub.

Lillica_Golden_SHIB

Losing my $17 in BAT really hurts

Status_Floor1746

So US regulators cleared it as not a security which is why this is all possible. Plus BAT has quite a bit of utility with being used in Brave Swap or being redeemed for gift cards

Lunar_Horticulture

Fortunately I never got enough BAT rewards to bother with Gemini Earn...

sea3pea0

RIP my 143 BAT tokens

SlugFunkE

I swear I’m just involved in everything lol. Celsius struck and I dodged that bullet, anchor broke and bob and weaved out of that, Luna collapsed and I took and a big hit, and finally Genesis is dying and my poor BAT is gone. It wasn’t worth much but BAT was just an innocent token, like a little kid. It’s a shame.

SlugFunkE

There goes my BAT.

uwu2420

- So you acknowledge they have a poor track record of privacy friendly actions. - A privacy browser doesn’t modify websites by default. When I tried it it doesn’t even persist disabling it across updates. - so what’s the point if you disable bat? isn’t that the entire point of brave? replace ads on sites with other ads that pay you instead of the website owner. if you aren’t using it’s main feature isn’t it just bloatware at that point? - Gemini is not optional if you wish to redeem your BAT which again is like… the whole point of using it - using Tor in a regular browser is a poor security practice that encourages people to be lazy and make mistakes, and there’s a really good reason why the Tor Project doesn’t make this easy to do out of the box. There’s no way to use Tor in Brave safely because of all the information that inevitably leaks. So this is at best useless bloatware but could easily become a honeypot. So tell me again where does it do anything that’s remotely privacy-friendly. Call it what it is, you’re getting paid a couple dollars to look at ads.

Butternut_Biscuit

My BAT!!! No!!!

Status_Floor1746

Yeah I agree with you. Brave is a really good browser even without BAT. I personally look at it like the BAT is just icing on the cake since at the end of the day its not like I get anything from using Chrome, Firefox, Edge, etc.

Counterstrike99

GNT, BAT & WTC back in 2017. Aah the good old days lol

Wendals87

have you actually used brave? The "ads" are just notifications you swipe away. You don't even have to open them BAT rewards are off by default and you'll only see the ads when you enable them

iamNebula

I've earnt $1 of BAT. Call me a whale. But seriously, it's all a bit fucked. They also blacklisted my desktop browser from earning for no reason and they just say to wait for a new check.

Wendals87

Reading the comments, I think people think that you have to sign up with gemini to use brave To clarify, BAT rewards are off by default and entirely optional You get rewarded BAT when you see a notification for an ad (very unobtrusive and barely an inconvenience to swipe away IMHO). You can choose how many you see a day or turn it off entirely It's not a core component of Brave and you don't have to sign up with gemini if you don't want to, but you just won't get rewarded

Wendals87

how is it based on centralisation? BAT rewards are off by default and entirely optional. You don't have to have it enabled at all

superberde

Sadly, I think you'll lose it, virtual BAT (vBAT) will go away sometime in April 2023. "If you’re in an unsupported country, you will still have the option to contribute your vBAT balances to verified creators you’d like to support"

Wendals87

Earning BAT rewards is entirely optional and are off by default

superberde

Brave Rewards changes in February (Beta), you will need to connect a custodial account (Gemini, Uphold) to your Brave Rewards profile to earn BAT. If you live in an unsupported country (e.g. Germany) for connecting a custodial account, you'll lose your "virtual" BAT

pwnti

I had so much hope in BRAVE because the browser alone is very good and the idea with BAT is brilliant. But in the last year so much has been overslept..

TipToeTurrency

Yes, I get a few dollars a month in BAT that goes directly to a Gemini account. Not sure why people wouldn’t. Use it to surf the web only and don’t login to any sites if you’re paranoid about security.

Martin1905

Brave rewards are total garbage. No, I will not KYC to receive a few BAT via a PRIVACY browser. WTF? Should also mention: Neither Uphold nor Gemini are available for me anyway so even if I wanted to I couldn\`t get the rewards out.

skyvina

> To begin earning and accruing BAT for Brave Ads, you will need to connect a custodial account to your Brave Rewards profile with upcoming version 1.48. Brave currently works with three custodial account provider partners: Gemini, Uphold, and bitFlyer in Japan. TOO CENTRALIZED FOR ME SCREW YOU BAT BRENDAN

Mike_In_OH

I like the browser "OK" and the idea of BAT is nice, but not enough to go through KYC for another exchange. I don't know. Maybe I'll keep it for the tips only thing, but I feel like maybe I will just delete it and revisit later if they ever support a exchange I use. I don;t have enough "VBAT" to matter. Maybe some of us leaving will spur them to improve that part???? Dunno. It's not awesome enough to jump through the hoops right now though.

Draker-X

I ship my BAT straight to Gemini and I still have them. What do you mean?

Baecchus

I think most people just ignore BAT after a while and use Brave just because it's a good browser.

Baecchus

BAT is probably the least interesting and exciting thing about Brave as a browser and I'll die on that hill.

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; With the Brave Android app update rolling out today (v1.38), Brave users who opt into Brave Rewards on Android can connect a Gemini account to their browser's Brave Rewards to manage their Basic Attention Tokens (BAT). *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.*

danieltopo12

Yeah I'm still wondering what happened to the few BAT I had in Gemini before it stopped working here. Shame I liked the system but I guess a good chunk of the users got screwed.

the_nibler

Don’t forget to turn off the auto contribute to creators. They’ll give away your hard earned BAT

Dry_Log_4696

> users who want to earn BAT from Brave Ads and accrue a balance must first connect a custodial account. It's 2023 and brave still can't work on-chain and needs a centralised exchange. My country along with 93 others are not supported by Gemini and uphold. It's going down the hill day-by-day

already_night

TL;DR Brave will now send you your BAT to your custodial wallet of choice between the options offered by them connected to your browser instead of you having yo transfer them. Pretty neat.

rastafarey25

Mine was AXS SHIB DOGE GRT and BAT on Netcoins

pyxploiter

BAT

CointestMod

#BAT Con-Arguments Below is an argument written by ImTheVictim which won 3rd place in the BAT Con-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > BAT is one of the few coins that get talked about over and over. > > **But is it really a coin that'll move the world for the better?** > > First lets examine Brave's business model of BAT. > > One side of their business is being a privacy browser, and the other side is having their own ad network. > > Currently to get any BAT, you need to have KYC completed, which means everything can be traced. Thats already a huge blow to privacy, but looking past that where else are they working towards privacy? Well they block trackers and cookies by default. That's not really impressive enough to get people to change as everyone who wants privacy will have extensions on their preferred browser instead. > > So that brings us to their other business model, their ad network. Since they know the browser itself won't attract much people, how do they incentivize people to switch? They know money will get people to switch, so they offer it to get people to switch. > > How does BAT itself work? BAT replaces all ads on websites and puts their own in. > > Why is this bad? Websites are an investment and a business. Many free websites rely on ads, which Brave takes from them and makes their own money off them. If brave gets big enough, it'll shoot everyone in the foot and websites will switch their business models to pay to view, or another one that ends up costing the consumer money. > > "But websites can join BAT and get paid in BAT and even receive tips in BAT. All this does is add a middleman to the party, and the websites will receive less money. As u\/Cintre said, humans are naturally hoarders. No one is going to donate to websites, and they are going to receive pennies on the dollar in compensation from BAT that they are taking from them. > > People aren't even receiving much money from BAT in the first place, but will happily accept their couple of dollars a month for using it. Many are willing to accept a couple dollars a month from BAT and if it gets big enough, it'll screw over many people. Who will be able to afford to view these websites? Certainly not many Africans and other poor people throughout the world that everyone is always preaching will be saved by crypto. > > So what does BAT show? It shows that everyone who rips on capitalists for screwing over poor people will do the same. > > > **Knowledge is power, and BAT will strip it from poor people** ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/qk4yqq/coin_inquiries_round_bat_conarguments_november/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_basic_attention_token) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds. Since this is a con-argument, what could be a better time to promote the Skeptics Discussion thread? You can find the latest thread [here](/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/10dwvz3/daily_general_discussion_january_17_2023_gmt0/).

CointestMod

#BAT Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by MDot_Cartier which won 2nd place in the BAT Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > BAT token pro's- BAT is a great way to introduce people to cryptocurrency as there is no cost or barrier for entry whatsoever (excepttime viewing ads). To earn BAT tokens all you need to do is downloaded the brave privacy browser, search like you normally would, and look at the occasional in browser ads. THAT'S IT! You don't even *have to* create/connect your wallet to brave until you decide to cash out. Or at all if all you use your BAT for is tipping verified creators. > > The folks over at at brave have made it so super simple that a literal monkey could earn BAT tokens on the platform. Right now BAT is worth around $0.85 usd/BAT and you earn around 0.015 bat per ad viewed which isn't terrible either. > > Also BAT tokens can be used to tip verified creators as well which adds to the learning element of BAT vis a vis crypto as a whole for beginners. Tipping also shows beginners a simple to understand and operate use case for BAT (and Crypto in general by extension) that beginners will have no problem navigating or understanding that in this redditors opinion will certainly help adoption across the board as brave gains in popularity. > > Those are my pro BAT views, thanks for reading > > Mc² ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/sifdc4/coin_inquiries_basic_attention_token_proarguments/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_basic_attention_token) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.

CointestMod

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Fritz1818

Felt nice to tip wikipedia,org 10 BAT I had cached up in my browser. Now if only they can know its me and stop showing me ads that they need money lol

explision

My BAT earnings have been so crap, I don't even look at them anymore. I like that it blocks youtube and that it looks neat, but the whole earing system is so low, I could just find 2 PET bottles and make more money

DBRiMatt

*Jan 1 – Jan 31 Estimated Earnings 1.490 BAT* My BAT rewards seem to have been drying up over the last couple of months.

superberde

Brave browser -> BAT Presearch search engine -> PRE Publich0x -> ETH, AMPL, and SPOT

already_night

BAT? Not technically mining, but might as well hit 2 birds with one stone when you browse reddit.

HANDSOMEHISOKA

I don't think this qualify but mining BAT is free and you can do it with any device (except ios devices).

XursConscience

IllegalLifeProTip: If you use a BAT to assault people or defend yourself put a sock on the end so that when they try to grab it all they get is sock.

TooWhiteToFunction

These guys need a BAT to the kneecaps. Seriously, tho, give me back my BAT.

R4ndyM4r5h420

I dunno where the appeal lie