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State of the Browser
Moving toward Web 3.0 in Brave
Brave is a browser that aims to disrupt online advertising, while simultaneously protecting the privacy of the user. Brave tends to also be quite a bit faster that the competition.
In this talk I will describe some of the novel browser features, such as a cryptocurrency wallet, an ad system, and our push to enable interesting interactions with what some people call Web 3.0.
Further Reading and Links:
https://brave.com/
http://www.ghostery.com/
https://basicattentiontoken.org/
https://medium.com/@AttentionToken/announcing-a-new-blockchain-based-digital-advertising-platform-775203933c44
https://medium.com/@AttentionToken
https://basicattentiontoken.org/timeline
https://metamask.io/
https://duckduckgo.com/
https://basicattentiontoken.org/funding-your-brave-wallet/
https://ipfs.io/
About Dr Ben Livshits
Ben Livshits is Chief Scientist for Brave Software, the company behind the Brave browser, a fast, open source, privacy-focused browser that blocks intrusive ads and trackers. He is also a Reader at Imperial College London and an affiliate professor at the University of Washington. Previously, he was a research scientist at Microsoft Research. He received a bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1999, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University in 2006.
Ben's research interests include application of sophisticated static and dynamic analysis techniques to finding errors in programs. Ben has published papers at PLDI, POPL, Oakland Security, Usenix Security, CCS, SOSP, ICSE, FSE, and many other venues. He is the author of over 100 academic papers, dozens of patents, and multiple tech transfer awards for bringing research into practice.
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