To what extent can normal people use this today? I have only heard of it in periphery (and no idea how it works, except for the whole “buyer remains private, seller must pay taxes”-deal), but got the impression that it is still very early days and not something that can be used in the real world yet?
This release is a special milestone, as with it we are ready to launch our operation in Switzerland. Starting today, Taler Operations AG is legally operating the GNU Taler payment system in Swiss Francs open to individuals and businesses in Switzerland.
I don’t know how it went / is going, but given that it’s a privacy respecting payment system, I do hope it will gain some traction in the opensource world - even if just for testing. If non-governmental projects started using it as a testbed for their payment integrations, it could have a big impact as a default. But I’m not a project owner nor have any financial experience, so I can’t lead the charge on this.
GNU Taler is a privacy-preserving payment system. Customers can stay anonymous, but merchants can not hide their income through payments with GNU Taler. This helps to avoid tax evasion and money laundering
Where’s Gnu Taler?
last I heard at Datenspuren, GLS bank will offer it in Germany, some hungarian bank and well switzerland yeah
To what extent can normal people use this today? I have only heard of it in periphery (and no idea how it works, except for the whole “buyer remains private, seller must pay taxes”-deal), but got the impression that it is still very early days and not something that can be used in the real world yet?
Has any bank announced they plan on supporting it?
Not yet. It was only officially released for testing in Switzerland in May of this year.
I don’t know how it went / is going, but given that it’s a privacy respecting payment system, I do hope it will gain some traction in the opensource world - even if just for testing. If non-governmental projects started using it as a testbed for their payment integrations, it could have a big impact as a default. But I’m not a project owner nor have any financial experience, so I can’t lead the charge on this.
Thank you
I haven’t heard about it.
https://www.taler.net/en/features.html