In October I got a new PC but connecting my Brave browser for BAT Rewards to Gemini was no longer offered. Instead, I was able to sign up for Solana direct deposits to my Brave Wallet. When I click on the triangle in the URL bar of my Brave Browser, it says my account is connected to the Solana wallet. However, when I open the wallet and click on Accounts there is only 2.83988 BAT in there despite it being over 3 months of usage now and having ads set to the max amount–way less than I used to get for just one month of ad viewing.
In the Account section of my Brave wallet, if I then click on Transactions, it says “No transaction history.” Does that mean I am not receiving my monthly BAT deposits? Where can I check that? And, if I am, why am I receiving so few BAT now compared to before?
@seebs How much BAT are you expecting per month? I think you might have some unrealistic expectations there. Many of us are getting around 1 BAT or less per month right now. I kind of touch on a lot of that at Saoiray's Discussion about Rewards payout amounts but then you can also see people making topics to complain about receiving less as well. It’s based on a lot of incoming changes, including us not being paid for house ads anymore. You’ll see more details in that link where I talk about a lot of things.
You only see transactions you initiated from your Wallet. It won’t show history of things you received. If you want to check history of what you got and all, you’ll want to look at your Solana account number and check it to like solscan.io where it can show everything you’ve done and received.
Thanks for the response. In the 12 months prior to changing over from Gemini to Solana/Brave Wallet (i.e. November 2023 through October 2024, I received the following BAT deposits: 8.87, 5.06, 6.64, 6.94, 5.16, 9.14, 7.43, 4.07, 2.45, 6.65, 7.27, 3.31. That’s an average of 6.08 BAT per month, whereas in the past three months since switching to Solana/Brave, and checked via the solscan.io link you provided, I’ve only received 2.84 BAT total (0.73, 1.68, and 0.42 BAT, respectively,), which is only 0.943 BAT per month–an 84% decrease in average monthly BAT even though my Brave browser usage is the same. That seemed like a drastic drop, so I was concerned I wasn’t receiving BAT payouts at all (though that apparently is not the case and, instead, it just seems to coincidentally line up with a recent drop in BAT payouts compared to the past, at least that’s my understanding based on the write-ups you sent).
@seebs yeah, that’s the long and short of it. It’s going to fluctuate based on usage and all, but there’s not been a lot of ads lately. The number one kick in the pants for us all is just not getting paid for house ads anymore. Keep in mind the promise was always that we would get 70% of ad revenue. But they were paying out of their own pockets for us to see ads, just as a way to help build things up.
So combine the loss of that along with them seeming to struggle on getting advertisers and we’re seeing losses.
They are now looking at moving to newer format. Not sure if you saw the one announcement I made, but they suggested no longer showing notification ads after they introduce the Offer Wall. So depending on the types of things available on the Offer Wall, it may be even more reduced offerings for people. Though they have tried to sell it as if it will be a way for us to earn more. I’m kind of hesitant about it though.
It seems my earnings in the time you talked about were a bit higher. Most likely based on how much time I’m on the computer.
Honestly, I still never know how to read this. Part of why I did math and compared what we get to advertising costs is because it does feel like Brave has been shafting us. The quantity of BAT should be increasing as the USD value decreases. But any time I dive down the rabbit hole to figure it out, I see that it works itself out. Especially as they aren’t trying to be volatile with it. So some time periods we get far less than we should, but then as it recovers we’ll end up with higher.
