# 10.1 Brave Token ($BAT)

[ **Brave Token ($BAT)**](https://brave.com/brave-rewards/)

Brave token ($BAT) is a token that offers its users strong privacy and security whilst viewing advertisements, as well as a share of the token, simply by clicking on the advertisements and viewing them. These tokens can then be used as a crypto and also has other uses for example, cash, gift cards and tips for websites and content creators. With Brave browser, the data never leaves your device, so will not be sold to big tech companies, the user can also control the frequency of these Brave ads to fit their own personal preferences. Also, Brave ads do not appear as pop-ups, on-page ads or preroll/midroll video ads like the ones on YouTube videos, they only appear as a card in the Brave news feed, or as a small push notification. Brave can be used on all desktop devices (Linux, macOS and Windows) as well as Android devices, however can only be used on iOS to support creators.
