Brave announced plans to integrate Solana decentralized applications into its privacy-focused browser. Brave, a popular browser that prioritizes privacy, has collaborated with Solana to provide support for its decentralized applications (dApps). The connection would enable Solana decentralized applications to operate natively within the browser, Brave revealed Monday at the Breakpoint conference in Lisbon.
Until now, Brave supported only Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain (BSC) browser-based cryptocurrency wallets and decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregators. The team will now include Solana in its multi-chain strategy’s supported networks.
Brendan Eich, CEO, and co-founder of Brave Software discussed the numerous technological modifications that the team is making to the web browser in order to support Solana’s decentralized applications.
Solana, a high-performance blockchain, has grown rapidly in the last year, establishing itself as a significant contender in the Layer 1 competition. “Brave is adding support for Solana account registration, key management, transaction creation, and signing, as well as Solana’s JSON RPC APIs,” Eich explained.
According to Eich, the default support for Solana will contribute to the provision of quick and affordable access to the decentralized web, thereby “paving the road for the next billion cryptocurrency users.” Integration with Solana is expected to be complete in the first half of 2022.
Brave Browser is extensively used in the cryptocurrency ecosystem as an alternative to Google Chrome that prioritizes privacy. Additionally, the browser compensates users with Basic Attention Tokens (BAT) for viewing anonymous advertisements. By allowing advertisers to purchase ad space, the BAT token supports Brave’s advertising ecosystem.
The current agreement allows Brave’s 42 million monthly active users and 1.3 million verified creators to access the Solana blockchain. In exchange, Solana will also integrate Themis on its network, a privacy-by-design advertising technology. Themis is a critical component of the BAT 2.0 roadmap.
Meanwhile, the Solana (SOL) token has surpassed Cardano and stablecoin provider Tether to become the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.
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