I don't think this is a good idea, regardless of the way in which this would be implemented, be it crypto or some other form of reward. Using Firefox shouldn't be gamified. Artificial rewards shouldn't be the reason people use Firefox, a great browsi...
I believe they currently use a heuristic of recency and frequency (often called frecency) in order to rank shortcuts. This means that sites you don't visit often but have visited recently will get a spot, and websites that you visited frequently but ...