Brave brings blockchain startup Civic’s identity verification services to verified publishers

Privacy web browser Brave is collaborating with Civic, a blockchain-based identity verification startup, to bring the latter’s identity verification services to its verified publishers.

There are currently more than 21,000 Brave-verified publishers, and 4 million monthly active users of the Brave browser. With this collaboration, publishers would be able to use Civic identity verification and other Know Your Customer (KYC) services to collect the Basic Attention Tokens (BATs) earned via the Brave browser and the BAT platform in a secure manner.

Using the integrated Brave Payments system in the browser, Brave users can opt to anonymously and automatically reward publisher content by donating BATs. In the future, publishers who provide their own Ethereum wallets to receive BAT payments will have the option to use Civic Reusable KYC to verify identity and ensure authenticity. Publishers will benefit from convenient, secure, and private identity verification through the Civic App.

"Brave and the Basic Attention Token aim to directly connect users and publishers in a transparent system to guarantee privacy and authenticity, without the intermediaries that harvest user data. Civic shares our values around privacy and protecting user information, and we're excited to work with them to offer Civic Reusable KYC, which will be key to ensuring security and privacy on our publisher network," said Brendan Eich, CEO and co-founder of Brave Software.

Civic recently launched its Reusable KYC incentive campaign, called "Civic Libre," where anyone with a legitimate business can benefit from no cost identity verification services until the end of 2018. Civic Reusable KYC will enable publishers to safely and securely verify their identities and receive BAT contributions without sharing unnecessary data. They will also have a way to conveniently identify themselves with their mobile devices each time they log in to claim their tokens.

"As Brave is experiencing exponential publisher and user growth, implementing Civic will enable more people to safely and securely utilize the Brave platform while establishing and sustaining trust between publishers and users. We're thrilled to partner with Brave and bring our trusted identity verification services to help build a better browser with the benefits of blockchain technology," said Civic CEO and Co-Founder, Vinny Lingham.