Our future phase (Apollo) blockchain work will move more txns on-chain but not solve all regulatory problems. No blockchain can do that unless you are using p2p directly, and then on the current big chains you don't have anonymity or low fees. This may change, we're working on it.
We use platforms which do not ask for our ID, and we would prefer if you would not reduce the probability of Brave users donating to us because they think those BAT tokens will reach us.
Yes, unverified creators are marked as such, but a donation call in the browser UI is a powerful default, more so than the donation service preferred by the creator, which can only be shown as a web page.
Not verifying ID almost certainly causes a violation of American, British and European anti-money laundering code.
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. This is not legal advice.
> Passport and/or national driver’s license or government-issued identification card to verify your identity
(from https://www.blockchain.com/legal/privacy). That's consistent with every other exchange I've used.
Brave would be able to offer BAT withdrawals for creators in a legally sound way.
https://support.blockchain.com/hc/en-us/articles/36001835987...
If you want to send p2p on a big blockchain, knock yourself out. This will do nothing to support the publishers you can see at batgrowth.com (more all the time, see batgrowth_bot on Twitter). It's a fine thing to do when you are sure of the destination address, and willing to fingerprint yourself on-chain. We never "insert ourselves" there -- no one can. That is the beauty of it. But it doesn't solve all problems.