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Technology evaluation is fast, and blockchain and cryptocurrencies play a big part in it.

With Blockchain and Crypto, the entire web structure changed, giving high preference to decentralization and privacy.

The change made by the blockchain and crypto ecosystem to the web is called Web3.

I’ve already made a dedicated post explaining Web3. But in this post, we’re looking at browsers to access Web3.

What Is a Web3 Browser? How It Differs From a Normal Browser.

A Web3 browser is a browser that allows you to access Web3 platforms.

Web3 platforms have different characters than those we typically use on web platforms such as Facebook and Google. They are built upon a public blockchain and allow users to control the platform instead of profiting from the user data.

How Do Web3 Browsers Differ From Normal Browsers?

Web3 browsers are just like any other browsers like Chrome or Firefox and let you access all the Web platforms like Facebook and Google. But the difference is it comes with a Web3 wallet and even offers many services, such as decentralized file storage and IoT communications.

You can even make a regular browser like Chrome as a Web3 browser just by installing wallet add-ons like MetaMask. However, there is a concern about your privacy and security. Web3 browsers tackle these privacy and security issues giving you direct access to Web3.

List of Web3 Browsers.

Opera Browser.

Opera is one of the popular browsers known for speed and privacy.

Opera, by default, offers ad and tracker blockers, and on their desktop version, you can easily access social media and messaging apps like WhatsApp from the sidebar.

Moreover, the browser also has a VPN for better privacy and offers its own web game platform GX.games for gamers.

Apart from all these features, the browser has the crypto wallet integrated.

The crypto wallet supports various blockchains like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Binance, Polygon, Celo, Solana, and Fantom Opera.

To further enhance the Web 3 experience for you. The browser partnered with Chainlist, where you can connect your wallet and Web3 middleware providers to the appropriate Chain ID and Network ID. And with the FIO protocol, where you create a handle for buying and selling crypto assets along with buying Web 3 domains.

The browser also partners with Koinly, a crypto tax calculator, to make crypto tax calculation easier.

Brave Browser.

Brave Browser is a popular Web3 browser with a sleek design.

Browsers concentrate on privacy and security by blocking trackers and ads.

Brave comes with a crypto wallet that supports more than 100 crypto assets, including NFTs. And also has integration with Decentralized Exchanges for swapping tokens on Solana and Ethereum EVM.

Using the assets on the wallet, you can access many Web 3 platforms. However, the uniqueness of Brave is their native ERC20 token BAT (Basic Attention Token).

Even though ads are blocked by the browser. Brave shows its own ads, a kind of small touch notification for earning BAT, and you can use the BAT to do any activity in the crypto world, don’t have to worry about ads because ads are optional and shown based on your behavior without your privacy getting compromised.

The BAT token is also used to contribute to the content creator registered with Brave, which is also optional for you. As a result, publishers, consumers, and advertisers can exist in a mutually-beneficial relationship.

Brave wallet integrated the fiat-on-ramps for buying crypto assets using fiat money, credit, and debit cards.

The brave browser supports IPFS integration, and IPFS facilitates in-built decentralized file storage. IPFS can help in reducing the concentration of data through the distribution of file storage through a global network.

Puma Browser.

Puma is a mobile browser available for Android and iOS.

The browser has a simple design aiming to provide a safe, secure, and ad-free web experience.

Puma is the first mobile browser to integrate web monetization methods that incentivize content creators by charging a user instead of showing ads.

Puma partners with Coil content Network, providing exclusive mobile access to their $100M+ content network, for only $5 a month. When you sign up,  you’ll receive that balance to spend through Puma on payment-supporting sites or charities of your choice.

Apart from web monetization, Puma supports three additional Web3 protocols Ethereum Name Service (ENS) and Handshake (HNS) domains and Inter Planetary File System (IPFS), which help you access Web3 sites and IPFS functionality, which enables built-in decentralized file storage and reduces data concentration by distributing file storage across a worldwide network.

Stack Browser.

Stack Browser is built for productivity and available for Mac, Windows.

The browser comes with a free and premium version, where you’re charged $199.

The free version is unlike any other browser. But in the premium version, you get tons of options, and one of them is Stack NFT.

Stack NFT is a utility token for Stack users that gives you lifetime pro access and cash rewards.

Here is a video explaining more about the Stack NFT.

Mises Browser.

Mises Browser is an Android and browser designed specifically for interacting with decentralized websites and applications on the blockchain.

Mises Browser, is a part of Mises Web3 infrastructure which includes Mises Chain, Mises ID, Mises Browser, Decentralized Storage, and NFT.

The browser offers ad blocking and privacy protection.

The uniqueness of the browser lies in the dedicated section for the Web3 platforms, where browsers support all the Web 3 platforms and are even bifurcated based on types so that you can surf easily.

Another stand-alone feature is its extensive support. Like in the desktop browser, Mise offers a browser extension on the Android browser.

Other than sites and extension browsers, it also supports Unstoppable Domain, Ethereum Name Service, and IPFS.

Conclusion.

These are all the browsers facilitating Web3 access without any hustle.

The bonus is with Web3 browsers. You can access both Web2 and Web3. But as I mentioned earlier, you have to install extra extensions to Web2 browsers like Chrome.

Look, Web3 is an important branch of the internet. There are still a lot of scopes to be explored. So to stay updated with these advancements, you’ll need some of the above browsers.