https://www.taler.net/

“privacy friendly online transactions”

I came across this and it’s looks interesting it seems to have been out for a while and seems to work well in the demo.

it sounds a bit like Blockchain, but it doesn’t seem to be. which i would think makes it more appealing because the setup was easy… but i can’t find any examples of it being used in the wild.

i was expecting to see more cases that used it when i saw there is funding for it from https://nlnet.nl/

i think this could be good to add into my app. but i wonder if it might not be a good idea if it hasnt established itself as reliable in the wild.

  • poVoq@slrpnk.net
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    No, it is a payment system, not a pseudo currency. Think of it as an open-source Paypal.

    It has been used as a digital voucher system on some events, and there is afaik a trial with a inofficial regional currency somewhere in Italy.

    But mainly people are currently waiting for the first bank to offer an option to charge your Taler wallet with Euros. There is a German coop bank that plans to do so in the comming weeks.

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        Maybe, but the digital Euro has none of the buyer’s privacy protection of Taler.

        I personally suspect that the digital Euro will not see much every-day uptake because it will be overly bureocratic and a hassle to use, but it might end up as an common way to charge your Taler wallet.

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        It’s very possible that the digital Euro will be a GNU taler system.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Taler

        n 2020 the project received a grant from NLnet and the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Next

        The European Commission is the Executive Arm of the EU.

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          Commission is not involved in developing the digital euro, afaik. Am I missing something?

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      thanks for the clarity!

      do you have any links to share about it?