Dissenter

Basics

• Gab, the free-speech absolutist social media network, is creating its own web browser using Brave’s open-source code, scrapping the BAT token, and replacing it with Bitcoin Lightning Network integration

• According to the founder of Gab:

The Dissenter web browser removes the “parts of Brave that weren’t needed,” like the BAT token, but keeps “the best parts,” says Torba, such as default ad and tracker blocking and access to Tor. “Preventing ad fraud, launching ‘privacy-friendly’ ad networks, and empowering advertisers in general aren't things that inspire us or real people outside of BAT holders for that matter,” he says. Instead, the idea is to create a “free-speech browser” and, eventually, a “free-speech marketplace and app store that is powered by free-speech money, bitcoin.”

• "We are working on [Lightning Network] integration with a very influential [LN] company, but don’t have any public news on that just yet." 4-2019

• The Dissenter browser is the third major release from Gab. The company has previously launched the Gab social network and the Dissenter comments app.