About the episode
Brave Software CEO Brendan Eich joins Kevin to discuss how the Brave Browser protects privacy, supports IPFS, has a built-in crypto wallet, works with your favorite Chrome extensions, and rewards users with the Basic Attention Token (BAT) cryptocurrency.
About our guest

Brendan Eich
Brendan Eich (@brendaneich) created JavaScript and co-founded Mozilla and Firefox. Now, he’s the co-founder and CEO of Brave Software, known for its privacy-first and crypto-supporting Brave Browser.
Links from the episode
Connect with Brendan Eich: Website | Twitter
About Brave Rewards | Brave Browser
These Web Browsers Are Sending Companies Your History or Personal Data | Business Insider
Welcome to the Era of Fake Products | Wirecutter
“Don’t Be Evil” Isn’t a Normal Company Value. But Google Isn’t a Normal Company. | Vox
Know Your Client (KYC) | Investopedia
Office of Foreign Assets Control | US Department of the Treasury
Confused by the Auto-Contribute Brave-Rewards Feature | r/brave_browser
What Is ERC-20 and What Does It Mean for Ethereum? | Investopedia
The Future of Customer Experience: Personalized, White-Glove Service for All | McKinsey & Company
Identity Escrow | Annual International Cryptology Conference
Minimalist Wallet Builder | GRIP6
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Breaks Down the Solana and Serum Ecosystems | The Scoop
Brave Software Bug Bounty Program | HackerOne
The Legacy of Firefox OS by Ben Francis | Medium
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act | US Copyright Office
Opera vs. Vivaldi Comparison 2021 | Slant
Google Is Still Paying Apple Billions to Be the Default Search Engine in Safari | The Verge
Google Suggesting Firefox Users Change Their Search Engine & Home Page | Search Engine Land
Mozilla, Yahoo Sue Each Other Over Firefox’s Default Search | PCMag
Old Yeller by F. Gipson | Amazon
Google’s Antitrust Cases: A Guide for the Perplexed | Wired
What Can We Expect From Brave’s New Search Engine? | MUO
Google vs Bing: How the Search Giants Stack Up | Search Engine Journal
Signal’s Newest Feature Shows Why Putting Privacy First Is So Hard | Fast Company
Looking Back at How Signal Works, as the World Moves Forward | Signal Blog
A Framework for Searching Encrypted Databases | Journal of Internet Services and Applications
What Is Tor and Why Should I Use It? | Lifehacker
InterPlanetary File System (IPFS)
Unstoppable Domains’ .crypto Websites Now Available via Brave Browser | Cointelegraph
Zero-Knowledge Proof: Explain it Like I’m 5 (Halloween Edition) | Hacker Noon
How Did Basic Attention Token (BAT) Become the Most-Used DeFi Token? | Cointelegraph
Show notes
What happens if someone tries to tip a content creator who isn’t signed up for Brave Rewards?[16:41]
Are there any major publishers participating in these rewards?[17:56]
Given Brendan’s history with Mozilla, how did Brave come to be Chromium-based?[36:46]
How does Brave Search aim to stand out from its competition?[45:01]
Now waitlisted, when will Brave Search launch?[48:18]
What are the challenges of delivering search results anonymously?[49:39]
How Tor private windows are incorporated into Brave.[52:33]
What are Brendan’s favorite crypto projects at the moment?[56:39]
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