Brave

Brave Search, developed by a team from Cliqz, has processed over 13 billion queries since its launch in June '21. It now handles around 27 million queries daily. The search team is congratulated on their achievements, and users are thanked for adopting the private, independent, and transparent search engine.

The Japan Brave community celebrated the $BAT NFT Sage Burn & ECHO NFT magazine's debut, reaching over 1 million wallets with the help of @drip_haus. Issue #002 of the magazine will focus on Web3 gaming and feature content from Brave partners like @XBorgHQ, @BAT_Ambassadors, and the community.

The Brave community warns of fake $BAT airdrop programs, withdrawal bots, and multipliers. Users are advised to avoid sending funds, revealing private keys, clicking unknown links, or sharing info with unknown individuals. Any suspicious activities should be reported.

Google will have human reviewers check users' conversations with AI Gemini and retain the data for up to three years. In contrast, Brave's assistant Leo, available on desktop, does not record or share chats and does not use them for model training. Leo can be accessed in Brave by typing a question in the URL bar or clicking the Leo icon in the sidebar. Brave plans to introduce Leo in its iOS and Android versions soon.

BAT is widely distributed among advertisers, users, creators, and holders, with 99% of the total supply in circulation. It is the 12th most distributed token on Ethereum, with 67.18 million monthly active users out of 2.64 billion users. There are only 1.5 billion BAT in existence, which is utilized across various ecosystems on multiple chains.

Zcash, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency, is being integrated into the Brave Wallet. The milestone of making transparent Zcash available for testing on Brave Nightly has been reached.

Brave Nightly users can now perform transparent ZEC transactions through the browser's wallet. Shielded transaction support is to be added this summer. Zcash co-founder Zooko and an external party have contributed to the integration. Brave Nightly allows users to test upcoming features before public release.

Brave, a privacy-focused browser based on Chromium, has launched a stable version for ARM64 on Windows PCs. It offers the same features as on x64/x86 with native performance.

Due to ongoing service outages with the previous node provider, Brave has rerouted all Solana traffic for Brave Wallet use and SNS lookups from Syndica to Chainstack to enhance stability. Users are advised to update their browser to 1.62.x or later to restore Solana use.

In January, Brave experienced significant growth with the browser reaching 59.21 million Monthly Active Users, a 3.8% increase, and the search feature receiving 810.7 million monthly search queries, a 7.3% increase. Additionally, Brave surpassed 25 million Daily Active Users, a new All-Time High.