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A paper from an Austrian Central Bank economist worth reading: "Privacy by Design for Public Digital Money" by Martin Summer.
The framing says it all: privacy in payments is dismissed as a niche concern, but that fundamentally underestimates what is at stake.
When central bankers start writing this, the conversation is shifting.
🔗 https://www.oenb.at/en/Publications/Economics/Working-Papers.html
#GNUTaler #FLOSS #PrivacyTech #DigitalMoney #CBDC

Working Papers - Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB)

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@reiver ⊼ (Charles)

16h ago

For the balances, the app groups the balances by currency (because I think it makes more sense to more people that way).

If you tap on the currency balance, then it shows the breakdown per Taler exchange.

#GNOME #GNUTaler #FLX1 #FLX1s #FLX1Slim #FuriLabs #FuriPhone #LinuxPhone #Phosh #Taler

@reiver ⊼ (Charles)

16h ago

I got a Linux phone a while ago — the FLX1s.

I started writing apps for it recently — which are just a GNOME + Linux apps.

I started working on a wallet app for GNOME Phosh.

I am adding support for Taler.

#GNOME #GNUTaler #FLX1 #FLX1s #FLX1Slim #FuriLabs #FuriPhone #LinuxPhone #Phosh #Taler

C.H.18h ago

#GNU/Linux.ch: CIW176 - GNU #Taler 🦋

Wir begrüssen alle Zahlungswilligen zur Folge 176 von "Captain it's Wednesday", dem Podcast über Freie Software und Freie Gesellschaft von GNU/Linux.ch, aufgenommen am 29. März von Christian Grothoff, Lioh Möller und Ralf Hersel. In dieser Folge geht es um die Weiterentwicklung des freien #Bezahlsystem
#GNUTaler.

Webseite der Episode:
https://gnulinux.ch/ciw176-podcast

Mediendatei:
https://gnulinux.ch/podcast/CIW176.mp3

@Taler
@gnulinux

Captain it's Wednesday - Folge 176 - GNU Taler

Folge 176 des CIW Podcasts. Wird GNU Taler das freie Bezahlsystem in Europa?

GNU/Linux.ch

GNU Taler 1d ago

GNU Taler is now available for NymVPN checkout 🎉
Your wallet, your business:
The exchange sees a withdrawal.
The merchant sees a payment.
Neither sees the full picture.
Cash-like privacy, existing currencies, no blockchain.
Every new integration makes the Taler ecosystem more useful for everyone. The stack is closing 🌱
🔗 https://nym.com/blog/taler
#GNUTaler #FLOSS #PrivacyTech #OpenSource

Introducing Taler for NymVPN | Nym

The private digital cash protecting your against surveillance, now live for NymVPN checkout. Free VPN trial included.

@reiver ⊼ (Charles)

3d ago

AFAICT, with Taler —

You don't just, for example, have (a coin for) CAD $5 in your Taler wallet.

But, instead you have (a coin for) CAD $5 AT A PARTICULAR TALER EXCHANGE in your Taler wallet.

Why does that distinction matter?
Because, AFAICT, merchants declare what exchanges they are willing to accepts funds from. Well, exchanges or any exchange audited by a particular auditor.

#GNUTaler #Taler

@reiver ⊼ (Charles)

3d ago

AFAICT, Taler doesn't seem to be designed for gifting people money.

Such as, someone giving money to their friend.
Or, a husband or wife giving money to their spouse.
Or, a parent giving money to their child.
Etc.

#GNUTaler #Taler

Strypey Mar 26

Now is use in Switzerland;

"The [GNU Taler] merchant backend can generate static QR codes customers can scan to pay you.

You can hard-code a price or have the customer enter the price."

"The Taler point-of-sale app for Android can be used to quickly set up orders and handle payments.

The merchant backend offers a simple REST API to integrate GNU Taler into existing E-commerce systems. "

https://stage.taler-ops.ch/en/merchants.html

#DigitalPayments #QRCodes #QRCodePayments #GNUTaler #Switzerland

GNU Taler for merchants

This page explains different ways how merchants can accept GNU Taler payments.

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Özgür Kesim Mar 21

@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.

paddling penguin Mar 21

Bin gespannt was zuerst in Deutschland verfügbar wird. @NGI_TALER oder Stella Card

https://www.stellacard.org/

#Diday #StellaCard #Stella #WERO #GNUTaler #BuyEuropean