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GNU Taler for payments? (programming.dev)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by xoron@programming.dev to c/opensource@programming.dev

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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.

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[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 17 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

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.

[–] xoron@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

thanks for the clarity!

do you have any links to share about it?

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

https://www.gls.de/taler is the page of the German bank.

The forum of the ongoing project has some interesting links, but is sadly not very active: https://ich.taler.net/

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