Re:Brave expands Basic Attention Token platform to YouTube
by username223 on Friday November 17, 2017 @12:07PM
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Yeah, seems pretty sketchy, more or less like sending money via PayPal to random email addresses in the hope that the owner checks it for money. I respect Brave for trying, but accepting money from consumers and holding it until creators sign up to receive it is not good enough.
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Re:Brave expands Basic Attention Token platform to YouTube
by michaelbuckbee on Friday November 17, 2017 @12:55PM
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That in large part is how Paypal got started. You would get an email that said: "You were just paid $25, click here to get your money." and you'd signup for Paypal.
Re:Brave expands Basic Attention Token platform to YouTube
by angryasian on Friday November 17, 2017 @01:11PM
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No there was a big difference. Paypal was a referral system and the money came out of Paypal's pocket not the user sending the referral. So if the user never redeemed it was no loss to paypal.