03 · The browser stack

The open web's engine. Our wiring.

We didn't build a new browser. We built a smarter shell on top of the same open Chromium project that powers Chrome, Brave, Edge, Opera, and Arc — then we made it private by default, agent-ready, and net-positive on power.

Why Chromium

Why we started where 79 million Brave users already are.

Chromium is the open-source engine that 90% of the web is rendered on. Picking it means your site works everywhere, your visitors don't need a new app, and your agent inherits a battle-tested rendering layer.

  • Same rendering engine as Chrome, Brave, Edge, Opera, Arc, and Comet.
  • Open source — you can read every line that touches your data.
  • Hardened with privacy-by-default settings (no Google account, no telemetry).
  • Agent-ready: Nano Banana sits in the page graph, not in a sidebar.
// our stack
engine: Chromium (latest stable)
privacy: tracker-block + fingerprint-mask
telemetry: off
google_account: not required
agent: Nano Banana, on-device first
wallet: native, multi-chain
power_source: 100% renewable + offset
data_ownership: user

// based on: chromium.org
// inspired by: Brave's "no PhD required"
The four jobs of a 2026 browser

A browser must do four things. Most do one well.

job 01

Render fast

The page must paint quickly, scroll smoothly, and not eat the battery. We inherit Chromium's V8 engine and add aggressive resource budgeting.

job 02

Stay private

No third-party trackers. No fingerprint leakage. No "telemetry" that's really just spying. Off by default — not buried in settings.

job 03

Act on your behalf

Nano Banana fills forms, summarizes pages, books reservations, and signs transactions — with a permission envelope you set once.

job 04

Pay it back

Every kWh the browser pulls is matched with a kWh returned. The browser itself is part of the reciprocity loop, not a leak in it.

The competition, briefly

Where we sit, vs. the field.

Every browser solves one or two of the four jobs. We do all four — because the four jobs are wired together in one loop, not isolated features.

Browser Fast Private Agent Net-positive
Chrome
by Google
~
Brave
the one your kid loves
~
Comet / Atlas
by Perplexity / OpenAI
~
Digital Giant
on Chromium

For the full 8-browser breakdown across 5 dimensions, scroll the home page or jump to The Stack.

Open source. Open loop.

The same engine the web runs on. Wired to give back instead of take.

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