@WuMing2

I agree with your statement about surveillance that comes along with current technology and business models.

This is why #Taler has been invented in the first place, to provide an option to exit out of surveillance, specifically in the realm of payments. Being an open protocol ( #Taler ) and being implemented as free software ( #GNUTaler ), it is a genuine alternative to existing digital payment schemes.

Of course, it is not an isolated solution to the challenge of modern surveillance, but part of a broader strategy for digital sovereignty of the individual. We see the Zeitgeist already change and more people adopt less intrusive alternatives and sometimes decentralized services, like mastodon, to enshittified services.

When #Taler will enjoy broader adoption for fiat currencies via supporting banks etc., people and businesses will have a true privacy-preserving yet legally compliant alternative for digital payments, too.

Its openness will allow the development of wallets for all sorts of hardware, software environments and specific user needs, and therefore be significant part of the goal of achieving digital sovereignty of the individual.

Being a digital payment system, it might also become a central part in the funding of free and open source software.

I think this is enough enthusiasm for a Saturday noon.

@scottmstedman

you should live stream video w/o any middleman using #owncast. make video shows available via #peertube. articles via #ghost. and podcasts of course. that's decentralized media keeping us free from corporate control.

and fedi (which you're on here, thank you) allowing the public to collectively decide what ideas and perspectives deserve attention. again without corporate influence.

the last piece is direct funding via a protocol. #interledger and #GNUtaler are working on that.