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I started working on this exactly 2 weeks ago, so was pretty surprised to see this post by mozilla just now!

Essentially a very simple browser extension to tip websites, where you load some credit and it gets distributed as you browse (with more nuances obviously, but that is the main idea)

Even if it never amounts to anything it might at least inspire others to start similar projects until something better than ads appears!

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Even though it isn't without controversy, Brave browser has this exact feature through use of its BAT token [1].

Basically, you earn BAT either by directly depositing money into your wallet, or by viewing "privacy respecting ads" (herein lies part of the controversy), which let you earn 70% of the ad revenue as BAT. These tokens are then distributed over the content creators who have signed up for the program. The exact distribution depends on how much attention you gave each creator.

[1] https://brave.com/brave-rewards/

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