@prophethax Yes. It used to be there was vBAT earnings and you just couldn’t access outside of Brave unless you were verified. But this has changed and you MUST be connected to a custodial partner, such as Uphold, in order to earn BAT. It doesn’t matter if you’re a Creator or a User.
This was announced in the link SmartAadi shared but also prior to that, the Creators changes was shared at [Action required] Changes to being a verified creator: connect a custodial account AND they also had sent emails to everyone warning of the change.