
We are updating the text and visuals in the browser wallet verification process to make it abundantly clear that wallet verification is optional. In this case, your tips will be held in your browser for up to 90 days, awaiting full Uphold verification on the part of the creator. Note: Creators who have verified with Brave, but not with Uphold, cannot be tipped immediately if you’ve verified your browser wallet with Uphold. In early 0.69 builds we had a bug where creators were shown as verified only if they’d fully verified (KYC’d) with Uphold.
If you want to withdraw, exchange, or otherwise take control of your ad earningsĬontent creators who have a verified account with Brave Rewards | Creators will continue to be shown as verified, as they did in 0.68 and prior releases. If you added BAT to your pre-existing Brave Rewards wallet, and want to withdraw, exchange, or otherwise take control of your previously added BAT, rather than contribute them to content creators. “KYC” or full verification with Uphold is also required for two other cases: Beyond that, you will need to fully verify with Uphold. Uphold will allow you up to $1000 worth of BAT contributions via Brave Rewards. However, you can send a limited amount of BAT to your Brave Rewards wallet by registering with Uphold without fully verifying with your government ID, a process often referred to as “KYC” or Know Your Customer. In Brave 0.69, you cannot send BAT you own to your Brave Rewards wallet anonymously in accordance to compliance laws established to prevent bad actors listed in OFAC sanction lists. You can continue to earn and use your ad earnings, and collect grants when they are offered to your Brave Rewards wallet. There’s no change here, but it is worth reiterating.
You do not need to use Uphold at all to continue to use Brave and Brave Rewards.
Thanks for testing the new Brave Rewards wallet introduced in Brave for Desktop version 0.69, now in our beta channel. EDIT : Based on feedback from the Nightly build