Brave 1.56.9

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Brave Browser is a lightning-fast, secure web browser that stands out from the competition with its focus on privacy, security, and speed. With features like HTTPS Everywhere and built-in tracker blocking, Brave keeps your online activities safe from prying eyes. Brave is one of the safest browsers on the market today. It blocks third-party data storage. It protects from browser fingerprinting. And it does all this by default.

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Brave Browser also features Brave Rewards, a system that rewards users with Basic Attention Tokens (BAT) for viewing opt-in ads. This innovative system provides an alternative revenue model for content creators and a way to support the Brave community.

Brave 1.56.9 release notes:

To address an error we encountered when merging Chromium 115 into master, we’ve updated all of our channels to new version numbers:

Release Channel will go from 1.53.x to 1.56.x
Beta Channel will go from 1.54.x to 1.57.x
Nightly Channel will go from 1.55.x to 1.58.x

For more details, please visit Brave browser Community.

Brave 1.56.9 changelog:

Web3

Added the ability to hide and unhide NFTs. (#30367)
Added the option to hide NFTs on the “Portfolio” page. (#30345)
Added sticky header for asset details screen. (#30237)
Added “Buy”, “Send”, “Swap”, and “More” buttons to narrow view of “Portfolio” screen. (#30148)
Added empty state placeholder for NFTs when no NFTs are added. (#30105)
Added API support to accept “Chain_ID” and “Contract_Address” for ETH calls. (#29983)
Added NFT discovery support for “NonFungibleEdition” and “ProgrammableNonFungible” Solana token types. (#29400)
Added support for Phantom derivation paths for importing Solana hardware accounts. (#29186)
Added the ability to remove auto-discovered tokens. (#28749)
Added auto-discovery for Filecoin assets and accounts. (#28002)
[Security] Removed extra fields from “eth_signTypedData_v4” message as reported on HackerOne by matseq. (#30354)
Enabled Sardine On-ramp purchase option for all wallet users. (#30333)
Implemented updated design for the NFT details screen. (#30286)
Implemented discovery of Solana accounts when restoring a wallet from seed phrase. (#22969)
Moved “Portfolio” customization settings to the “Portfolio” sticky header. (#30216)
Updated UI for “Portfolio” settings. (#30422)
Updated Brave Wallet UI to show pending transactions in descending order. (#28409)
Updated Brave Wallet page scrolling and responsiveness. (#30103)
Updated asset discovery to automatically run when NFT discovery setting is enabled. (#30141)
Updated Brave Wallet side navigation bar. (#30122)
Updated Brave Wallet “Portfolio” graph layout. (#29996)
Updated default Brave Wallet auto lock setting to 10 minutes. (#26362)
Fixed Brave Wallet startup crash which occurred in certain cases. (#31423)
Fixed inability to connect wallet on GMX. (#31629)
Fixed duplicate networks being displayed in pre-loaded networks. (#31063)
Fixed Brave Wallet not returning correct selected address from the request account RPC call. (#30802)

Brave Rewards

Added rounded corners to the Brave Rewards dropdown panel. (#28622)
Updated the “Verified Creator” blue checkmark icon. (#28208)
Updated Brave Rewards settings under brave://settings/rewards. (#30302)

General

Added the ability to modify keyboard shortcuts under brave://settings/system/shortcuts. (#30840)
Added support for “Off-The-Record” mode. (#28750)
Added a link to the Safe Browsing support page accessible from the interstitial page and the question mark icon under brave://settings/security. (#20514)
[Security] Added support for Certificate Transparency. (#22482)
Updated Brave VPN connection to be removed when Brave is uninstalled on Windows. (#30416)
Updated sidebar to be displayed on the right by default. (#30397)
Removed unnecessary “Shields settings” label under site specific details page of brave://settings/content. (#30208)
Fixed crash when using side panel extensions. (#31328)
Fixed crash which occurred when opening a Private window from a Windows shortcut when a search extension is installed. (#30305)
Fixed login issue on https://login.live.com. (#31196)
Fixed cosmetic filtering unhiding heuristic. (#30202)
Fixed system theme change interfering with explicitly set Brave theme on Linux. (#30766)
Fixed aggressive vertical tab scrolling. (#30627)
Fixed issue where cosmetic filtering could not resolve relative URLs as first-party. (#30062)
Fixed pinned tabs being created in PWA windows. (#29576)
Fixed intermittent issue where Bookmarks menu items were not displayed in the application menu on macOS. (#25644)
Fixed debounced sites displaying a top-level document blocking interstitial. (#22437)
Upgraded Chromium to 115.0.5790.98. (#31682) (Changelog for 115.0.5790.98)