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Brave Wallet: a secure crypto wallet, built natively in a web3 browser

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Re: Brave Wallet: a secure crypto wallet, built natively in a web3 browser

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Post by mikece »

bbondy wrote: post #46
mikece wrote: post #2

I would be happier if Brave made an "Enterprise" version of their browser without the Tor or crypto stuff. My company recently banned the use of Brave because it is a Tor client. I had been using Brave as a Chrome-adjacent browser for testing and web dev but I've had to go back to the Google-monitored version of Chrome.

You could consider using the admin policy for disabling the Tor functionality: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/454

Not my choice to make anymore: literally cannot run Brave anymore -- it's blocked at the binary executable level (via CarbonBlack).

Re: Brave Wallet: a secure crypto wallet, built natively in a web3 browser

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Post by celsoazevedo »

dartharva wrote: post #66
beepbooptheory wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah if you got a million CPUs to compile the darn thing!

Why? They already provide compiled binaries: https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-bina... Portapps build: https://portapps.io/app/ungoogled-chromium-portable/ If you're not satisfied with them, there are even more options here: https://chromium.woolyss.com/

If they blocked a browser because it has tor built in, I assume they would also block those binaries:

"IMPORTANT: These binaries are provided by anyone who are willing to build and submit them. Because these binaries are not necessarily reproducible, authenticity cannot be guaranteed. For your consideration, each download page lists the GitHub user that submitted those binaries."

Re: Brave Wallet: a secure crypto wallet, built natively in a web3 browser

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Post by BiteCode_dev »

mikece wrote: post #2

I would be happier if Brave made an "Enterprise" version of their browser without the Tor or crypto stuff. My company recently banned the use of Brave because it is a Tor client. I had been using Brave as a Chrome-adjacent browser for testing and web dev but I've had to go back to the Google-monitored version of Chrome.

You haven't been flooded with comment advising to use firefox instead yet ? Must be a slow day on HN.

But, joke aside, firefox is great and we do need people to use more to preserve rendering engine diversity.

Re: Brave Wallet: a secure crypto wallet, built natively in a web3 browser

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Post by celsoazevedo »

freeAgent wrote: post #23
mikece wrote: post #2

I would be happier if Brave made an "Enterprise" version of their browser without the Tor or crypto stuff. My company recently banned the use of Brave because it is a Tor client. I had been using Brave as a Chrome-adjacent browser for testing and web dev but I've had to go back to the Google-monitored version of Chrome.

Why not use Edge?

I haven't checked this myself, but Edge might not be that private:

- https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-professor-says-edge-is-the-w...

- https://www.scss.tcd.ie/Doug.Leith/pubs/browser_privacy.pdf

Re: Brave Wallet: a secure crypto wallet, built natively in a web3 browser

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Post by Nicksil »

gunapologist99 wrote: post #70
Nicksil wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>a much worse browser Firefox How do you figure?

Firefox has turned anti-privacy, and aside from any technical issues, it seems it is being driven entirely by Google's agenda. It just seems to be wandering around and doesn't lead in any appreciable way anymore.

>Firefox has turned anti-privacy, and aside from any technical issues, it seems it is being driven entirely by Google's agenda.

>It just seems to be wandering around and doesn't lead in any appreciable way anymore.

OK, but this is all speculation.

How is Firefox a much worse browser?

Re: Brave Wallet: a secure crypto wallet, built natively in a web3 browser

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Post by Nicksil »

faeyanpiraat wrote: post #63
Nicksil wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>a much worse browser Firefox How do you figure?

FF devtools is a pain to use compared to Chrome. Apart from that from a user perspective FF is just as good as Chrome.

>FF devtools is a pain to use compared to Chrome.

How so?

Re: Brave Wallet: a secure crypto wallet, built natively in a web3 browser

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Post by knownjorbist »

nklmilojevic wrote: post #14

They just lost me as an user. Used it as primary browser for a couple of years, but adding this NFT scam stuff and crypto has forced me off of it. sigh

The high level points in this blog post do a pretty good job of explaining why web3 is worth paying attention to instead of dismissing as "NFT scam stuff and crypto".

https://mirror.xyz/theodorachu.eth/TJU1w2Z49KvzcrKnPEwJodTvB...

Re: Brave Wallet: a secure crypto wallet, built natively in a web3 browser

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Post by knownjorbist »

roywiggins wrote: post #58
evergrande wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some are and they are overfitting those cases to an entire technology. It's understandable to see that nuance get lost on Twitter, but disappointing to see on a tech forum. It's like discounting email because it enables nigerian prince scams.

No, NFTs seem like a scam on the order of "buying a star". https://www.wired.com/2001/12/buy-a-star-but-its-not-yours/ But good news! You can also get your star registered on the blockchain now. Whether that's any better than the ISR's legacy offering (a certificate and an entry in their own ledger) is up to you. https://nftevening.com/star-naming-registry-gets-an-nft-twis... Really, both products are just selling a…

NFTs are just a standard. They can be a part of scams as much as they can function as an authorization scheme in dapps.

Re: Brave Wallet: a secure crypto wallet, built natively in a web3 browser

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Post by knownjorbist »

loceng wrote: post #51
nathias wrote: post #22

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They just gained me as an user. Haven't used it as primary browser for a couple of years, but adding this NFT stuff and crypto has forced me on it.

What use case and/or value do you see useful to you/others and why can't that be achieved with existing/other technology?

Have a skim over the high level points covered in the post I linked here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29244992

There is something really novel unfolding right now and HN seems blissfully unaware.

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