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How Much I Made By Just Browsing the Web In 3 Months

Walter Guevara
6 min readMay 12, 2021

I think it’s safe to say that the web browser has become one of the most important tools in modern times. It’s how we research, communicate, make purchases and even unwind at the end of the day. It’s also probably safe to admit that you were probably served tens of thousands of ads during that time, most fading into the background of your subconscious never to be heard from again. But still generating income for the publisher, the ad network and the inevitable tax system behind it. There is an underlying economy underneath your browsing.

But what if this whole time, you could have been profiting from your web surfing yourself? Well, there is a specific browser that is designed to do just that. I’ve been using it for over a year now without really paying any attention to the monetization system running underneath it. Until recently that is, when I had the time to set up a digital crypto wallet and to analyze just how much digital cash I’ve accumulated so far. The answer is, not really alot. But also, not really a little either.

First off, Brave browser is the browser in question. It is a Chromium-based browser that is free to use and that pushes strongly for user privacy. The browser aims to not track and follow you around the web enticing you to purchase whatever item you clicked on weeks ago, like the ad networks want. This is…

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Walter Guevara
Walter Guevara

Written by Walter Guevara

I'm a 3x Startup CTO and Co-founder with 20+ years of software development experience. Blogger. Los Angeles native. Future sci-fi author.

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