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The updates show that IBM files new patent for what is described as a blockchain based web browser. Filed on August 6 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the IBM patent is geared towards a web browser that would be backed by a peer to peer network. IBM recently filed for a patent to protect a blockchain-based web browser created by its scientists, a move that would take peer-to-peer networking to new levels. And such a browser could help. Brave Software's fast, privacy-oriented browser, combined with its blockchain-based digital advertising platform, is resetting the web for users, publishers and advertisers. Users get a better, less cluttered and speedier web experience, publishers increase their revenue share, and advertisers receive better conversion. Made for the non-custodial web. Websites built on p2p networks like IPFS can be accessed by lookups on blockchain registries, like.crypto and.zil, enabling an Internet free from intermediaries that can.

Technology company IBM filed yet another blockchain-based patent application at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) last week.

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A new patent application from IBM describes a blockchain-based web browser.

Filed on August 6 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, IBM's patent is for a web browser backed by a peer-to-peer network.

The browser collects pre-specified information from web browsing sessions, according to the patent. The information is then transferred to a network of peer-to-peer nodes for collection and storage. Information collection depends on the type of browsing experience chosen. Browsing on a work computer versus a personal browser would demand different settings, for example.

Types of potentially storable session information include what websites one visits, bookmarks, task performance, geolocation, plugin installation, and security patches.

As the company states, a blockchain-based browser 'affords a system for storing browsing information such that privacy is preserved and places privacy in the ‘hands of a user' rather than a third party.'

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One potential use-case the document includes, among others, is an attack on a computer's browser. If secured by blockchain technology, a viable backup of all user information is available.

Interestingly, IBM included a token in their model. IBM says tokens will verify a users browser session activities as they are packaged into blocks for the peer-to-peer network.

IBM's blockchain web browser concept is not the only one in the field, however.

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Norwegian web browser Opera company recently launched their iOS Opera Touch browser in June. Built for Web 3.0, Opera Touch has a built-in cryptocurrency wallet and connects seamlessly to Web 3.0 applications including ERC-20 tokens.

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