Early Draft
This specification is at an early draft stage. Ideas are open for change and debate. A lot of the content was developed with the help of Claude AI.
Vera Browser: Technical Specification
Version: 1.2.0-draft
Status: Internal working document
Last updated: April 2025
Consortium: Vera e.V. (in formation)
What is Vera?
Vera is a Chromium-based browser for humans and a content monetization infrastructure for the entire publisher ecosystem.
It restores the contract between reader and publisher that was systematically broken by tracking, popups, SEO spam, AI scraping, and forced consent dialogs.
Tagline: The web, the way it was meant to be.
Table of Contents
- Architecture Overview
- Traffic Classification
- Vera Request Protocol (VRP)
- Authentication & Token System
- HTTP 402: Payment Required
- Identity & Consent
- Monetization
- Publisher Integration
- Client-Side Rendering
- Security Model
- SDK Reference
- Glossary