--- title: Boomerang: A new privacy-preserving protocol from Brave... description: Brave Research has developed the Boomerang protocol, a decentralized and privacy-preserving incentive protocol, as an alternative to the centralized Privacy... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/boomerang-a-new-privacy-preserving-protocol-from-brave-research-to-decentralize-brave-rewards-4iznm2y6d twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Boomerang: A new privacy-preserving protocol from Brave Research to decentralize Brave Rewards | daily.dev og:description: Brave Research has developed the Boomerang protocol, a decentralized and privacy-preserving incentive protocol, as an alternative to the centralized Privacy... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/boomerang-a-new-privacy-preserving-protocol-from-brave-research-to-decentralize-brave-rewards-4iznm2y6d og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/4iznm2Y6D.png og:image:alt: Boomerang: A new privacy-preserving protocol from Brave Research to decentralize Brave Rewards og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Boomerang: A new privacy-preserving protocol from Brave Research to decentralize Brave Rewards **[Brave](https://daily.dev/sources/brave)** · 2 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Brave Research has developed the Boomerang protocol, a decentralized and privacy-preserving incentive protocol, as an alternative to the centralized Privacy Pass protocol used in Brave Rewards. Boomerang leverages Bulletproof zero-knowledge proofs and Black Box Accumulators to ensure privacy while enabling verifiable reward generation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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