Brendan Eich: The Man Behind Brave

Not just a founder. An internet architect.
1995
JavaScript in 10 Days
> Netscape
> Eich built JavaScript in a single sprint
> That quick prototype became the language powering almost every website on Earth.
Buttons. Forms. Dynamic content. All of it traces back to those 10 days.
One engineer. Internet changed forever.
Mozilla Era
> After Netscape collapsed, Eich helped found Mozilla and launched Firefox one of the world's most popular browsers
> Open web over corporate control
> That philosophy stuck
2015
The Brave Bet
Eich co-founded Brave Software with a simple, aggressive idea:
> Block trackers
> Kill invasive ads
> Privacy by default
> No surveillance capitalism
> No data harvesting
> Just a browser that worked for users instead of advertisers
2017
Crypto Enters the Browser
> Brave launched Basic Attention Token ( $BAT )
> The ICO raised $35M in under 30 seconds
> Classic 2017 energy
Real Adoption
Brave didn't stay niche:
🔹20M monthly users by 2020
🔸50M+ by 2021
🔹77M+ by 2024
Privacy sells when people finally understand the cost of "free"
Why Eich Matters
> Most founders chase trends
> Eich shaped infrastructure
> Created JavaScript
> foundation of the web Built Firefox
> open-source browser era Built Brave
> privacy + crypto + ads rethink
Not hype. Actual internet history.
The Bigger Theme
> Brave isn't just a browser. It's a statement:
> Users should control their data, their attention, their money
> Web3 people love that narrative
> And Eich delivered infrastructure to back it up