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
      7·
      27 天前

      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.

    • moonpiedumplingsEnglish
      2·
      26 天前

      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.

      • enemenemu@lemm.ee
        1·
        27 天前

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