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What's the difference between Brave Rewards and Brave Wallet? Follow

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Brave Wallet

Brave Wallet is a Web3 wallet that allows you to buy, store, send, and swap almost any crypto asset & NFT, connect other wallets and Web3 dApps, and generally manage your whole crypto portfolio. You can learn more about Brave Wallet here.

Brave Wallet is self-custody, meaning you alone have the ability to manage (or transact with) your assets. You can learn more about the details and benefits of self custody with our Intro to Crypto Custody.

Brave Rewards

Brave Rewards is a feature in Brave that allows users to earn tokens (called Basic Attention Tokens or “BAT”) for ads they see in Brave, and gives users multiple ways to support websites and content creators online. You can learn more about Brave Rewards, here.

In order to earn BAT for Brave Ads, you will need to connect an account from one of Brave's custodial account partners to your Brave Rewards profile.

Can I connect Brave Wallet to Brave Rewards?

You can connect a Brave Rewards profile through a self-custody wallet or custodial account.

A self-custody account, like Brave Wallet, means you alone have the ability to manage (or transact with) your assets, like BAT. There is no third-party or intermediary holding your assets for you.

A custodial account is an account with a company or third-party (custodian) that holds your BAT for you. This includes crypto exchanges like Uphold or ZebPay. The list of supported regions for custodial accounts can be found here.

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