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GNU Taler (a swiss FLOSS alternative to Visa, Mastercard and Paypal) begins operating in Switzerland as Version 1.0 releases (news.itsfoss.com)

submitted 2 months ago by TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.world

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GNU Taler begins operating in Switzerland, distributed by the Taler Operations AG. Gnu Taler aims to be a “digital wallet” and has been used by the swiss national bank as well as the european national bank as a example for how a digital currency handed out by the state could work. It aims to be as privacy preserving as cash for the buyer while not allowing the seller to evade taxes.

Currently the Taler is brought out by a special organisation, the “Taler Operations AG”, and not the national bank, although both the national bank as well as the Taler Team have shown interest in a official digial currency by the national bank based on the Taler. But we need to relativate as the national council has stated that the introduction of a digital currency would probably take relatively major legislative changes and therefore take a bit of time.

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[–] neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Okay, like, can you not copy my Post exactly 1:1 or at least crosspost (post the Link to my Post) if you don't want to write your own Post?

My Post from 2 days ago: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45022760

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl -5 points 2 months ago

Yes. They can. What did you shove up your ass?

[–] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So it's like crypto without the blockchain? /j

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, so it has inherent privacy but no decentralization