Maxthon 6: The Browser for the Next Generation Internet Built on Bitcoin SV (BSV)

The new Maxthon 6 is designed to be a full featured browser. It combines unique features of the popular Maxthon 5 browser, and the best features of Google's open source Chromium project.  The Maxthon 6 beta version is available for download here.

Maxthon 6 is the first step towards a new Internet – known as the 'Metanet' - which promises to:

How so?  The Metanet uses the Bitcoin SV blockchain to store high volumes of data and power Internet activity with millions of micropayments.*

Features in the Maxthon 6 beta will be implemented by:

Using these new features, protocols and APIs, Maxthon is currently working with a group of developers to create demo applications for end users to test. Future versions of Maxthon 6 may add even more features.

Jeff Chen, CEO of Maxthon, commented: "Consumer data issues have become a hot-button topic in politics, media and for everyday Internet users. I believe the future requires re-inventing the Internet in a manner that lets user keep ownership and control of – and actually monetize - their own data, content, online activity and identity. The Maxthon 6 browser delivers the first steps towards this powerful new future, which is only possible on the Bitcoin SV blockchain."

*Why would I pay to use online services when I can do the same today for free?

i)  The micropayment model inhibits online bots and trolls (unless they want to pay to troll)

ii)  The payments can be tiny – mere cents, or even fractions of a cent each - and 'what goes around comes round' – for example, other users' responses (such as a 'like' or comment back on a social media post or online consumer review) will earn payments back to the posting users

iii)  Online service providers do not need to harvest (and sell) user data

iv)  No advertising needed; online service providers take a cut of micropayments paid by users, and the business model is self-sustaining

How does it work? Bitcoin SV (BSV) is the only blockchain massively scaling to support massive volumes of microtransactions, so users can pay tiny transaction fee amounts (cents, or even fractions of cents) to perform online interactions. Tiny fees enable online applications for users to quickly send, spend and earn back small amounts of money with their data and online activity.  As a result, the BSV ecosystem has been exploding with new ventures that give consumers creative ways to use and earn BSV in microtransactions – such as for consumer reviews, social media posts, online games, and even to monetize one's identity and consumer data. In the old Internet, users engaged in all this activity without being compensated, and it was only the online service providers who profited from user content and data.  In the new Metanet, users can get paid for the online interactions and data they previously provided for free.

About Maxthon

Founded in 2005, Maxthon is a global software company that develops state-of-the-art web browsers that give users a seamless browsing experience across multiple platforms. Committed to high standards for innovation, the Maxthon suite of browsers supports a wide range of devices from computer to mobile.  Maxthon browsers are used each month by more than 100 million people in 140 countries around the globe.   Maxthon has offices in San Francisco, Hong Kong and Beijing.   For more information, please visit: http://www.maxthon.com/