4 Leading Web3 Browsers to Protect your Privacy

Web3 browsers feature the same characteristics that dApps get from the blockchain, including immutability, which enables customers to access content the same way that a creator or developer made it.

Web3 browsers help users to surf decentralized applications (dApps) which leverage blockchain technology to provide more control to the user as opposed to Web2 applications where corporations have control of user data.

Web3 browsers feature the same characteristics that dApps get from the blockchain, including immutability, which enables customers to access content the same way that a creator or developer made it.

Benefits offered by Web3 browsers include:

  • Increased transparency and security
  • User anonymity and confidentiality
  • Ability to integrate crypto wallets with multiple blockchains
  • Creators have control of their content
  • Immutability
  • Some browsers offer rewards for use

On the last benefit, browsers like Brave are trying to make it so that, other than just browsing, users retain ownership of their data and have more share in its revenue.

Below is a look at 5 Web3 browsers:

 

Brave

Brave is a free, open-source, and privacy-focused browser based on the Chromium web browser. By default, Brave blocks online advertisements and web trackers.

Brave also has the Basic Attention Token (BAT) cryptocurrency. If users want, they can turn on ads on Brave for the chance to be paid in the $BAT crypto. Users can also send tips to websites and content creators using $BAT.

Some key features of Brave include:

  • Cost-free video calls
  • Fully autonomous search
  • Offline playlists
  • Personalized news feeds

As of August 2022, Brave claims to have:

  • Over 57.42 million monthly active users
  • 19.3 million daily active users, and
  • Network of more than 1.6 million content creators

 

Opera

Opera, an internet company running the Opera browser, Opera Mini and Opera Mobile, launched a Web3 browser (in beta) in January 2022, with the idea to build a better experience for Web3 users.

The crypto browser is designed to work with a variety of decentralized applications as well as provide deeper functionality than a traditional browser with a basic web wallet add-on.

The beta included a Crypto Corner which gives users access to the latest blockchain news, upcoming airdrops, an industry events calendar, NFTs, crypto communities, educational content, podcasts and videos as well as crypto prices, gas fees, and market sentiment – all in one spot.

The browser also has a native non-custodial crypto wallet which helps users access their crypto or sign into dApps directly from the browser without installing any extensions.

The browser has integrations and partnerships with several blockchains including:

  • Ethereum
  • Bitcoin
  • Celo
  • Nervo
  • NEAR
  • Polygon
  • Handshake
  • Solana

Puma

Puma describes itself as a mobile browser and wallet for the Web3 ecosystem. The browser is private by design.

“Your browser is your connection to the web. It should serve you, not the ad industry.”

Puma enables seamless payments for creators, app, and game developers via Coil and Interledger Protocol and access to Handshake HNS & Ethereum ENS domains.

In the long-term, Puma’s goal is to give 1 billion people access to the peer-to-peer and ownership-based economy via Web3, DeFi, and NFT projects.

Beaker

Beaker is an experimental peer-to-peer Web browser. It adds new APIs for building hostless applications while remaining compatible with the rest of the Web.

Beaker Browser peer-to-peer technology allows users to self-publish websites and web apps directly from the browser without the need to set up and administrate a separate web server or host their content on a third-party server.

All files and websites are transferred using DAT, a hypermedia peer-to-peer protocol which allows files to be shared and hosted by several users.

The browser also supports the HTTP protocol to connect to traditional servers.

 

 

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