Bitcoin Browser Brave Raises $4.5 Million to Fight Online Ads

in steemit •  8 years ago 


The maker of ad-blocking browser Brave has raised $4.5m to expand its effort to let users voluntarily send bitcoin micropayments to their favorite websites in exchange for an ad-free experience.

When Brave Software first unveiled a version of the browser earlier this year, members of the media signed what has been called a cease-and-desit letter addressed to Brave. Signed by some of the biggest publishers in the world, the letter described what they perceived as the browser’s "blatantly illegal" blocking of their ad revenue.


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http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-browser-brave-raises-4-5-million-to-bridge-publishing-gap/

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