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Digital Independence: Berlin wants to introduce European payment service Wero (www.heise.de)
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Berliners will soon have to pay fees and other payments to the administration via the payment system Wero. This was decided by the digital committee of the House of Representatives, according to a report by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB).

Wero -- a combination of We and Euro -- is a digital payment service that allows money to be transferred by providing a mobile phone number or an email address. It is intended to be positioned against US payment services such as Paypal.

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[โ€“] jabjoe@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't accept the premise that any crypto always wastes energy. Bitcoin is maybe the most energy hungry one but others use a lot less.

Ethereum energy use dropped by 99.84% when they moved from proof of work to proof of stake.

https://digiconomist.net/ethereum-energy-consumption

A national digital currency might work different again.

If this truely works, you could get rid of cash. All that metal and paper and distribution fades out. You could end up using less energy over all.

[โ€“] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

At that point, just don't use crypto for it then?

We're already using digital currency in 75% of cases anyhow.

[โ€“] jabjoe@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What I want is a system that is open source, secure and can do p2p. The natural way to do that is a cryptography based approach.

The current national currency systems are closed and as much about gate keeping, control and taking a cut, as enabling payment.

[โ€“] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What you want is a pipedream

[โ€“] jabjoe@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not the only one who wants this. All exists in some form already. If it can't be open and secure, it is not secure at all. "security through obscurity is no security at all"

I want to pay for something directly from my phone by transferring to an address. Far better you push a known amount from your trusted device. Right now, it's pull from your card! Basically, right now, every machine you put your card in you are relying on pulling the same number it displays! This only works at all because of the nightmare control of middlemen like WorldPay. They can get stuffed. Try making something that needs payment right now.