The cryptocurrency-friendly browser Brave was at the center of a high-profile scandal after there were found embedded referral links leading to the sites of several bitcoin exchanges and wallets in it.
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The corresponding function in the source code of the browser was discovered by the host of the cryptocurrency podcast, Yannick Eckl (cryptonator1337). He noted that when you enter binance.us in the URL field, the user is automatically offered a referral link to this exchange.
Users can turn off the display of ads in the privacy-oriented browser Brave, or receive rewards in BAT tokens for viewing them. But the browser's creators did not ask the community for a redirect.
At the same time, that the browser is engaged in the substitution of referral links, users paid attention last year.