58 PCWorld DECEMBER 2019REVIEWS BRAVE 1.0
BAT (about 25 cents) for a
nice tweet sounds fun, but
unless you pester them to
join Brave, they’ll be as poor
as ever.
I can totally see savvy
freelancers signing up for
BAT eligibility in droves as
a way to make a few extra
bucks per month, though.
Maybe Brave’s counting
on that?
Conversely, Auto
Contribute is probably the
most interesting and practical way of
spending BAT. Instead of laboriously seeking
out verified Brave users and giving them BAT,
Auto Contribute does it automatically—and
smartly, too. Brave figures out the attention
you’ve given various sites, and divvies up a
scheduled monthly
contribution among
them. Even better, it
identifies Brave-
verified sites in your
list of sites, so you’ll
know that you can
also tip them, too.
Theoretically, you
should be able to
adjust your BAT
“income” and
“payments” so that
each balance out.Simple, right? Mostly.
It’s easy to work within the BAT ecosystem.
Taking money, real money, out of BAT is
another thing altogether, though. For that,
you’ll need to verify your account with Uphold,
a third-party service. And since Uphold isIf you do find someone who’s verified, sending them a BAT “tip” is easy.Brave automatically figures out where you should be putting your BAT.