Getting started with Brave browser | How to set up brave and earn BAT rewards.
In this article, we are gonna discuss everything you need to know about the Brave browser, it’s benefits, how to install Brave, and make money using this browser.
Brave is very similar to that of google chrome but adds some unique and important features that a traditional browser lacks out of the box.
You might have thought to remove those annoying ads on different websites that are not relevant to you, but it always pop-ups and leads you to a new tab. There are many adblocking services available on google webstore too but it doesn’t have them installed when you download chrome. Another issue with browsers is with their load time. According to my experience, chrome, Mozilla, or safari are fast but it takes a high amount of memory usage from your system.
The above-mentioned problems are solved by the brave browser. It is super fast, block ads without any extensions or settings, and supports all the features of chrome including its webstore extensions, themes, etc because it is built on chromium.
Why you should replace your browser with Brave?
According to the stats, most used browsers are chrome and safari. Let’s talk about chrome because 63% of the users use it. Google Chrome has now become a default browser and the first choice in browsers due to its flexibility, speed, and its features. Although chrome is a good browser it has some negatives like tracking ads and consumes more RAM.
Talking about the Brave browser, it is also built on the same project called chromium which is used by most browsers like Chrome, Mozilla, and the latest edge. But what’s different above brave is that it has an inbuilt ad-blocking system that checks trackers, secure sites, and also malicious scripts present on websites.
Because of this native ad-blocking feature, brave becomes theoretically three times faster than chrome and also consumes less RAM than chrome. According to my experience with brave, I can tell that it is a bit faster than chrome but the best thing I liked about it was that it consumes lesser RAM than chrome because of which multitasking becomes more snappy.
Now, my favorite part about the Brave browser is that it pays you while browsing. Yes, you heard it right, Brave pays you for using their browser in terms of Basic attention token(BAT) These are the 2 methods by which you can earn through Brave browser.
1. Watching some specific ads sent by the browser (Don’t worry, the ads option is optional. You can enable the ads/hour to earn crypto in your account.)
2. Becoming a publisher: The best way to earn from this browser is from Brave publisher program. If you are a youtube creator or a website owner, you can make huge cash out of it. You can even choose a withdrawal method like BTC, USD, BAT, and many more currencies. (To know more about publisher program in detail, continue reading this article till the end.)
Because of these special features, the Brave browser has become so popular now. Let’s check out how you can install brave on your pc or mobile and also setup your account to earn BAT.
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How to set up Brave browser?
This guide is only for a single time, which means you complete the setup once and forget about it. You earn money while you surf the web using the brave browser.
So, Let’s do it fast and easy.
Brave browser is available in almost all well-known platforms such as windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS. You can download and install it by clicking here. Check out the procedure below to install it, changing some important configurations, and enabling /disabling ads (optional).
Download the Brave browser by using the download button below.
After installing the browser, head over to settings. You will come across an option for shields where you can configure how your browser should work against ads, scripts, and other options.
Now, let’s see how to configure ad settings. If you want to earn BAT (crypto token) using brave, click on Settings -> Brave Rewards, it will redirect to rewards page where you can see 4 settings- Ads, Auto-contribute, Monthly contributions, and Tips.
By default Brave browser blocks all annoying ads. But if you want to earn money from Brave, you can enable Ads option and choose the number of ads you want to see per hour. Don’t worry, they are not some kind of ridiculous pop-up ads or any malicious site. (You can check an example of the ads in the screenshot below). My recommendation would be 3 to 5 ads per hour.
What is Auto-contribute, monthly contributions and tips?
Although it is clearly explained over there but let me explain it. Brave helps and supports many creators and publishers by sharing a bit of your income. If you enable the auto-contribute option and set a monthly contribution, you can share some of your BAT rewards with your favorite creators and sites.
Believe me, it really helps us, as I am also a content writer and a site owner, it’s hard to bring out new content and manage sites consistently. So, I recommend you to enable it.
You can also tip your favorite site. (Ex: If you want to support us, you can head over to www.zedore.com and on the top search bar you would find a triangular icon, click on it -> send a tip -> choose the amount and send.)
Download Brave private web browser from Google play store or App Store on your mobile device.
After installing, you can follow the welcome tour. The browser looks similar to google chrome just the navigation setting is down. My recommendation for mobile users is to first click on the 3 dots menu in the bottom right corner, you will similar settings with an addition of brave rewards.
First, click on settings above it, you will find the private/incognito tab, set it to DuckDuckGo (this is my personal preference to truly browse the web, Here’s why you should use DuckDuckGo as your search engine instead of google). You can even change appearance, new tab page, password, and other settings as you wish.
Now, let’s see how to configure ad settings. If you want to earn BAT (crypto token) using a mobile browser, you need to click on the brave rewards, it will redirect to rewards page where you can see 4 settings- Ads, Auto-contribute, Monthly contributions, and Tips.
By default Brave browser blocks all annoying ads, but if you want to earn money watching specific ads from the browser, you can enable Ads option and click on view details -> settings -> (choose the number of ads you want per hour. My recommendation would be 3 to 5 ads/hr). Don’t worry, they are not some kind of ridiculous pop-up ads or some kind of malicious sites. (You can check an example of the ads in the screenshot below). My recommendation would be 3 to 5 ads per hour.
What is Auto-contribute, monthly contributions and tips?
Although it is clearly explained over there but let me explain it. Brave helps and supports many creators and publishers by sharing a bit of your income. If you enable the auto-contribute option and set a monthly contribution, you can share some of your BAT rewards with your favorite creators and sites. Believe me, it really helps us, as I am also a content writer and a site owner, it’s hard to bring out new content and manage sites consistently. So, I recommend you to enable it.
You can also tip your favorite sites. (Ex: If you want to support us, you can head over to www.zedore.com and on the top search bar you would find a triangular icon, click on it -> send a tip -> choose the amount and send)
Head over to uphold official site and create a new account. Enter all your details properly because you have to verify the wallet using a government ID later on. You have to verify using mail id.
After completing the above procedure, you will be forwarded to uphold dashboard. For reference, you can look at the screenshot below.
Verify your wallet using a government ID. You can read out the article on uphold verification.
Now your all set up to start earning from brave. The last thing is to configure your publisher account.
Using this program, you can connect multiple websites (WordPress, blogger, Wix, or any other platform), youtube channel, twitch channel, GitHub, Reddit, and Vimeo video. You will earn BAT rewards when the users browse your site or channel using Brave browser.
You can register for a publisher account from here. Connect publisher account with your uphold account and withdraw the accumulated amount once a month. Check out the image below for a verified publisher account.
NOTE: If you don’t want withdrawal through BAT, you can even choose BTC, USD, and many other popular currencies. You can check out the current value of BAT here.
The last step is to know how to connect your site or YouTube channel with publisher program.
First of all, the people who use WordPress sites can easily verify using this plugin- brave payments verification. Blogger and other platforms can use DNS record based verification.
Most of the site owner would be using WordPress, that includes me. So, let me show you how to enable brave verification for your site.
Step 1: Go to your brave publisher page and click on the add channel.
Step 2: Select your preferred channel (in this case, website) and enter your domain name.
Step 3: You can verify using the brave payment verification plugin or use DNS record. If you are using the plugin, just copy the verification code and insert it into the plugin and click verify.
It will take some time for brave to verify your account. Personally, this website took around 12 hours to get verified.
If you want your YouTube channel to get verified by brave. Follow the below steps
- Go to the publisher dashboard and click on the add channel option.
- Select YouTube channel from those options.
- Select the Gmail account associated with the YouTube channel and give access by clicking on allow.
- Done. when a user watches a video from your channel through Brave browser, you will be getting paid.
Done. You are all set.
Now you can enjoy surfing the web using your new Brave browser and also earn some extra money in the process.😄
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