Eich's Brave browser and BAT token ecosystem is the only really exciting ICO project in the space at this stage (from my perspective). While only ~5 million mo

Eich's Brave browser and BAT token ecosystem is the only really exciting ICO project in the space at this stage (from my perspective). While only ~5 million monthly active users that's a) still significant in the crypto (but not browser!) space and b) these numbers are before 1.0 is released in February at which point the first marketing push happens. I'd go as far as to say Brave / BAT will likely be the poster child for the hoped-for utility wave in the crypto scene: the time is right to challenge the surveillance capitalism model (publishers are very receptive to new funding models now) and a fast, secure, crypto-native browser is an obvious onramp for the general public, and if it works their first experience of 'owning' crypto will be through having earned BAT. Apart from the security and privacy benefits Eich's model offers, I really like the idea of browser-native tipping, donations and microtransactions and can see how it's potentially a much bigger threat to the dominant players and models than people realise.