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GNU Taler for payments? (programming.dev)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

We'll see, it's not far away

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