Basic Attention Token
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Basic Attention Token is a blockchain-based digital currency designed to reward users and publishers for attention within the Brave browser’s privacy-focused advertising ecosystem.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Basic Attention Token canonical | 4 |
| Basic Attention Token (BAT) ecosystem | 1 |
| Basic Attention Token ecosystem | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3451259 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basic Attention Token Context triple: [Brave, cryptocurrencyUsed, Basic Attention Token]
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A.
REN token
REN token is the native cryptocurrency of the Ren protocol, used primarily for staking and securing its decentralized network of Darknodes that enable cross-chain asset transfers.
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B.
Algorand blockchain protocol
Algorand blockchain protocol is a scalable, secure, and energy-efficient public blockchain platform designed by cryptographer Silvio Micali that uses a pure proof-of-stake consensus mechanism.
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C.
Worldcoin
Worldcoin is a cryptocurrency and digital identity project that aims to create a global financial network by uniquely verifying individuals, co-founded by Sam Altman.
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D.
Ripple
"Ripple" is a beloved folk-influenced ballad by the Grateful Dead, known for its gentle melody, spiritual lyrics, and enduring sing-along chorus.
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E.
Ripple
Ripple is a small village in the Dover District of Kent, England, known for its rural character and historic parish church.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basic Attention Token Target entity description: Basic Attention Token is a blockchain-based digital currency designed to reward users and publishers for attention within the Brave browser’s privacy-focused advertising ecosystem.
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A.
REN token
REN token is the native cryptocurrency of the Ren protocol, used primarily for staking and securing its decentralized network of Darknodes that enable cross-chain asset transfers.
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B.
Algorand blockchain protocol
Algorand blockchain protocol is a scalable, secure, and energy-efficient public blockchain platform designed by cryptographer Silvio Micali that uses a pure proof-of-stake consensus mechanism.
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C.
Worldcoin
Worldcoin is a cryptocurrency and digital identity project that aims to create a global financial network by uniquely verifying individuals, co-founded by Sam Altman.
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D.
Ripple
Ripple is a small village in the Dover District of Kent, England, known for its rural character and historic parish church.
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E.
Ripple
"Ripple" is a beloved folk-influenced ballad by the Grateful Dead, known for its gentle melody, spiritual lyrics, and enduring sing-along chorus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ethereum token
ⓘ
cryptocurrency ⓘ utility token ⓘ |
| abbreviation | BAT ⓘ |
| basedOn | Ethereum blockchain ⓘ |
| canBeUsedFor |
auto-contribute to favorite sites
ⓘ
tipping Twitch streamers ⓘ tipping YouTube creators ⓘ tipping websites ⓘ |
| category |
ad-tech token
ⓘ
blockchain-based digital currency ⓘ |
| circulatingSupplyCap | 1500000000 BAT ⓘ |
| creator |
Brendan Eich
ⓘ
Brian Bondy ⓘ |
| developer | Brave Software ⓘ |
| ecosystem |
Brave web browser
ⓘ
surface form:
Brave Rewards
Brave web browser ⓘ
surface form:
Brave browser
|
| governedBy |
Brave Software
ⓘ
surface form:
Brave Software, Inc.
|
| hasOfficialWebsite |
https://basicattentiontoken.org/
ⓘ
https://brave.com/bat/ ⓘ |
| headquartersOfProject | San Francisco ⓘ |
| icoDate | 2017-05-31 ⓘ |
| icoDuration | about 30 seconds ⓘ |
| icoFundsRaisedUSD | approximately 35 million ⓘ |
| initialCoinOffering | yes ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2017-05-31 ⓘ |
| maxSupply | 1500000000 BAT ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
reward token for privacy-respecting ads
ⓘ
unit of account for attention ⓘ |
| privacyFeature | no individual user data stored on-chain ⓘ |
| rewardRecipient |
Brave users
ⓘ
content creators ⓘ content publishers ⓘ |
| settlementLayer |
Ethereum blockchain
ⓘ
surface form:
Ethereum mainnet
|
| supports |
opt-in advertising
ⓘ
privacy-preserving ad targeting ⓘ |
| symbolOnCoinGecko | BAT ⓘ |
| symbolOnCoinMarketCap | BAT ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | BAT ⓘ |
| tokenStandard | ERC-20 ⓘ |
| totalSupply | 1500000000 BAT ⓘ |
| useCase |
digital advertising
ⓘ
rewarding content publishers ⓘ rewarding user attention ⓘ |
| walletIntegration |
Brave Wallet
ⓘ
Gemini ⓘ Uphold ⓘ |
| whitepaperPublicationYear | 2017 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Basic Attention Token Description of subject: Basic Attention Token is a blockchain-based digital currency designed to reward users and publishers for attention within the Brave browser’s privacy-focused advertising ecosystem.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Brave
this entity surface form:
Basic Attention Token ecosystem
this entity surface form:
Basic Attention Token (BAT) ecosystem