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I've been clicking the desktop ad notifications like a madman. Earning BAT, then taking that BAT and converting it to an interest bearing stable coin token in DeFi (~8%). Some of the BAT I earn, I also convert into ETH so I can pay for gas, making my transactions 'free'. It has been a fun experiment in playing with this stuff, but it certainly isn't going to make me rich or anything.

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Has anyone tried running a bunch of Brave instances in containers or VMs to farm the ads? I wonder if you could automate the entire process. How can they tell if you're a human?

You don't have to click on them to earn tokens.

Oh really? That's interesting... any documentation on this?

Yes, here: https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026361072-Bra...

> In the initial Brave Ads release, users receive BAT for viewing the ad notifications. In future releases, users will be able to earn additional rewards for engagement events within the ad tabs. Brave does not reward users for clicking on the notifications. Brave’s position is that users should only click on ads that they have a genuine interest in engaging with.

Sweet! You just saved me some clicking. Thanks!

I've apparently earned 103 BAT since last September. Something is up, though, because I earn way more than estimated at the end of the month.

To save folks a search: that's worth about $24 at current market price (less whatever fees it would take to convert in to your currency of choice). $4/month.

Amazing that a web browser actually pays you to use it.

Whats old is new again: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllAdvantage

I thought you could only use the earned BAT to pay creators? Or has it changed?

You can cash out through Uphold. KYC rules apply.

You can also swap it for any other coin on the ethereum chain on uniswap https://uniswap.exchange/swap

I prefer http://1inch.exchange/ which aggregates multiple exchanges for the best price. It also has limit orders so you can catch the small swings in stable coin rates if you aren't in a hurry.

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