The Homework Task by @yohan2on:

I expect you to talk about both the Dapp and its centralized application counterpart. Explain the advantages and disadvantages associated with both applications and give your conclusive remarks on which one you suppose will rule the future.

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Brave Browser VS Firefox

Brave is advertised as the "browser reimagined". The primary controller of the internet space is ADs. That's something we see in almost everything and this is what Brave is trying to control. They are trying to give back privacy to the users through multiple means.

Here are the main features of Brave as a browser:

Brave can block data-grabbing ads and trackers. Using Brave Shield, this decentralized browser is able to block things like identification and movement tracking across the web by different websites and ads, allowing you to have the freedom and security to browse.

Brave can make your internet browsing theoretically faster by blocking harmful ads and trackers. Upon them testing, Brave can load up major news site to up to 6x faster than other browsers like Chrome and Firefox, on both mobile versions and desktop versions.

Brave has a bulit-in ToR browser for more privacy. While other browsers onyl have private modes (which usually makes the user think they're already invulnerable when they use it), Brave browser has Tor in it, that you can use. Tor is very useful at hiding your history, masking your location from the websites you visit by being able to route your activity through multiple servers before reaching your destination. Moreover, these connections have been encrypted to increase your anonymity significantly.

Brave helps you browse without censorship and outside influence. They do this by using IPFS, which is a p2p or peer to peer protocol that has been designed to make the internet faster and more open. This has been integrated into Brave. Users can easily access content directly from IPFS by resolving ipfs:// URIs through a gateway or by installing a full IPFS node in just one click. This integration gives users an enhanced surfing experience, while also increasing the availability of content throughout the web, reducing costs from content publishers, and overall improving the resiliency of the internet.

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Brave's Big Pro

The biggest advantage of using Brave is being able to take control of your ad consumption and getting rewarded for it. Brave has a native cryptocurrency called BAT.

You simple have to turn on the Brave Rewards system to be able to earn BAT by just viewing ads that are privacy-respecting. You have control as to how much ads you can see per hour. You can also provide support to your favorite websites or creators by contributing your tokens. A marketplace is being planned as well. Not to mention you can trade BAT for other cryptocurrencies as well using different markets.

Firefox

Using Firefox has its advantages as well. Personally, I'm using Firefox right now. Chrome has failed me before where I lost all my data, bookmarks, history, etc that's why I switched to Firefox.

Firefox aims to make your browsing secure as well like what Brave does. The biggest difference between the 2 is the fact that Brave has rewards built onto it.

Now, for Firefox, the biggest pro of using it will be familiarity, security, and synchronicity. I am very familiar with Firefox since I have been using it for years now and I'm comfortable with it.

It has all the features that I need, and has good speed and integration - my desktop and mobile Firefox browser is connected to each other. My bookmarks are safe as well as my saved logins. I even has multiple extensions that are very helpful with browsing.

Like Brave Firefox blocks most trackers automatically. Ads are distracting & may make web pages load slower than usual while their trackers are watching every move you make online.

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The Verdict

For me, I think both Brave and Firefox are going to the right direction of making user's web browsing experiences more fun, more secure, and faster. Brave currently has the plus points because of integrating a reward system based on a cryptocurrency, which is a very cool thing.

To be honest, if Firefox and Brave merges that will be the most badass browser you can use, they should really just settle their differences and make a single browser that could beat them all!

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For a complete list of features and pros/cons of Brave and Firefox, I suggest visiting their websites:

• https://brave.com/
• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

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Thanks a lot for reading!

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_{Images with no source were made by me. Thanks @yohan2on, @steemitblog, @steemcurator01, @steemcurator02.}