@fisunov I had one of their developers via email tell me that this is still an issue (connecting to local hosts with that extension), so that's why I was hoping it may have been worked on. I still can't see the real utility in this protocol yet and it seems pretty difficult for the average user to use. Hopefully it's not just the criminal element using it <ie> Kiddie Pornsters etc.

I have tried the Brave browser, but for some reason I can't get to like it. Also kind of peed me off that I couldn't cash in my BATs for real $$ after aquiring a reaasonable quanity. Their extension even lost track of my BATs after one particular upgrade. :-/