It was offering the opportunity to earn BAT, a token I hadn't come across before.
My first instinct was to ask...ok, what is this scam? But upon doing some additional research, and having been a Coinbase user for a while now, I was intrigued enough to click on the link provided in the email. It seems that BAT is aiming to change the way advertising is done on the internet, rewarding users for their attention to ads that they opt in to instead of just bombarding everyone with all of the ads, all of the time.
Coinbase has started an educational program where they will reward you for learning about specific tokens, BAT being one of them. Through the modules I completed, I earned a few BAT and also learned about a new browser called "Brave", which is powered by Chromium (the same open-source system that powers Google). Brave blocks adds, gives you some additional security features, and interfaces with BAT to reward you for the ads and sites you CHOOSE to view. You can also opt to reward content creators that you like with BAT. Very interesting. I'm giving this browser a try - currently writing this post using it, so I'll post a review in a few days about my experience with it and anything else I learn while exploring this new BAT token. By blocking ads, the browser claims to be faster and getting paid to browse seems like a pretty awesome perk.
Anyone else do the Coinbase BAT modules or try the Brave browser yet? Curious to hear others thoughts!
Stay tuned ;)
Jackie O
