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GNU Taler for payments? (programming.dev)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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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[–] enemenemu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Sounds like it'll be superfluous once the digital euro wallet lands

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] enemenemu@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

We'll see, it's not far away

[–] moonpiedumplings@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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 points 2 months ago

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