Been using Brave for a number of years now. I like it. Yes, it seems much faster than Firefox (which oddly turned in to bloat-ware over the years). Before Brave, like an idiot, I was using Chrome because it runs every damned thing and is just a whore. Got sick of it though.
On and off I've used Opera, which is even faster than Brave. I like Opera, but I fear it's underdeveloped.
I still have the Opera 12 setup file.
I didnt know Opera was still even a thing. I tried it out years ago, but there wasn't anything better it did than Firefox at the time.