Brave Browser is a lightning-fast, secure web browser that stands out from the competition with its focus on privacy, security, and speed. With features like HTTPS Everywhere and built-in tracker blocking, Brave keeps your online activities safe from prying eyes. Brave is one of the safest browsers on the market today. It blocks third-party data storage. It protects from browser fingerprinting. And it does all this by default.
Speed – Brave is built on Chromium, the same technology that powers Google Chrome, and is optimized for speed, providing a fast and responsive browsing experience.
Brave Browser also features Brave Rewards, a system that rewards users with Basic Attention Tokens (BAT) for viewing opt-in ads. This innovative system provides an alternative revenue model for content creators and a way to support the Brave community.
Brave 1.74.48 changelog:
Web3
- Added support for BTC Ledger hardware accounts. (#38447)
- Added Base to the list of preloaded EVM networks. (#42885)
- Added Squid as a cross-chain “Swap” provider. (#41049)
- Added support for signing “Typed Data V3/V4” on Trezor devices. (#41864)
- Enabled BTC Ledger support by default. (#41574)
- Implemented ZCash Shielded account modal. (#41780)
- Integrated Meld as a provider for “Buy” crypto assets. (#38985)
- Updated 0x “Swap” API to v2. (#41891)
- Removed Aurora from preloaded EVM networks. (#42884)
- Removed divider line in Brave Wallet page headers. (#41458)
General
- Added “Show Apps” under “More Tools” via the hamburger menu. (#16898)
- Added the ability to set a custom “System Prompt” for BYOM (Bring Your Own Model) in Brave Leo. (#40690)
- Added the ability to set “Context size” for BYOM (Bring Your Own Model) in Brave Leo. (#41167)
- [Security] Fixed iframe download popup origin confusion as reported on HackerOne by syarif07. (#42939)
- Improved error messaging for certain Brave VPN cases. (#33031)
- Updated the background color of the search widget on the New Tab Page. (#42845)
- Updated brave://settings to use system fonts. (#41559)
- Fixed intermittent issue where sometimes links opened in a new tab without loading any content. (#39570)
- Fixed issue with Brave Leo where trying to add a new custom model showed edit info for an existing custom model in certain cases. (#41345)
- Upgraded Chromium to 132.0.6834.83. (#43183)
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