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A Retreat Executed as a Pivot — BAT Roadmap 4.0 and the Buyback With No Number
Which sources back which section of this article, and what its evidence base looks like.
Which sources back which section
| Section | Sources behind it |
|---|---|
| What Happened | Brave's own BAT Roadmap 4.0 post (9 July 2026); Brave's own post on changes to Brave Rewards (13 January 2023); Brave's own transparency page; the BAT Rewards Terms of Service (last updated 26 November 2025); a Brave Community forum thread (9 March 2023); CoinGecko's public market data; CoinMarketCap's public market data; MediaPost (April 2019) |
| Timeline | Brave's own BAT Roadmap 4.0 post (9 July 2026); Brave's own BAT Roadmap 3.0 post (27 November 2024); Brave's own post on changes to Brave Rewards (13 January 2023); Brave's own transparency page; the BAT Rewards Terms of Service (last updated 26 November 2025); a Brave Community forum thread (9 March 2023); CoinGecko's public market data; CoinMarketCap's public market data; MediaPost (April 2019) |
| The Argument | Brave's own BAT Roadmap 4.0 post (9 July 2026); Brave's own transparency page; the BAT Rewards Terms of Service (last updated 26 November 2025); Cloudflare's own blog post (1 July 2026); the RSL Collective's own press release (10 September 2025); The Register (10 December 2025); CoinDesk (two articles, 11 March and 15 July 2026); Covington & Burling's summary of the GENIUS Act |
| What Others Add | Brave's own BAT Roadmap 4.0 post (9 July 2026); Brave's own BAT Roadmap 3.0 post (27 November 2024); Brave's own BAT Roadmap 2.0 post (22 February 2021); Brave's own transparency page; CoinGecko's public market data; CoinMarketCap's public market data; Getlatka's revenue estimate; GIGAZINE (July 2026) |
| Conclusion | Brave's own BAT Roadmap 4.0 post (9 July 2026); Brave's own post on changes to Brave Rewards (13 January 2023); Brave's own transparency page; the BAT Rewards Terms of Service (last updated 26 November 2025); a Brave Community forum thread (9 March 2023) |
What the evidence base looks like
- 18Sources behind this article
- 5Sections, every one of them sourced
- 12Read directly at the source
- 6Read via search extract only
| What the source is | How many | How they were read |
|---|---|---|
| The company the article is about, in its own publications | 6 | Five read in full; one fetched directly only to confirm its publication date |
| News and trade reporting | 5 | One read in full; four via search extract only, two of them from a site that blocked direct access |
| Market data, legal summaries and estimates | 4 | The two market-data providers read directly from their own data; the legal summary and the revenue estimate via search extract only |
| Other organisations' own announcements | 2 | Both read in full |
| A community forum thread | 1 | Read in full through the forum's own data feed, including a staff reply |
Reliable
Reliable, but with an interestWorth believing and reliableWeak on both, and used with careHonest, but thin
Worth believing