GNU Taler

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GNU Taler
LicenseClients: GPL-3.0-or-later[1][2]
Servers: AGPL-3.0-or-later
Libraries: LGPL-2.1-or-later
Websitetaler.net

GNU Taler is a

electronic payment system.[3][4] Unlike most other decentralized payment systems, GNU Taler does not use a blockchain.[5] A blind signature is used to protect the privacy of users as it prevents the exchange from knowing which coin it signed for which customer.[5]

The project is led by Florian Dold and Christian Grothoff

Early Modern period. It has vocal support from GNU Project founder Richard Stallman.[9] Stallman has described the program as "designed to be anonymous for the payer, but payees are always identified."[10] In a paper published in Security, Privacy, and Applied Cryptography Engineering, GNU Taler is described as meeting ethical considerations – the paying customer is anonymous while the merchant is identified and taxable.[11][12] An implementation is provided by Taler Systems SA.[13][14]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Taler licensing information".
  2. ^ "Taler - Free Software Directory".
  3. ^ "GNU Taler 0.0.0 Released: GNU Tries To Get Into Electronic Payments".
  4. ^ "GNU cryptocurrency aims at 'the mainstream economy not the black market'". The Register.
  5. ^ a b "FAQ: How is Taler related to Bitcoin or Blockchains?".
  6. ^ "GNU Taler: Ethical Online Payments for the Internet Age". ercim-news.ercim.eu. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  7. ISBN 978-1-365-08698-4
    .
  8. ^ "Halbanonymes Bezahlsystem: GNU Taler soll Kryptowährungen gerechter machen - Golem.de". www.golem.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-01-03.
  9. ^ "Stallman's final interview as FSF president: Last week we quizzed him over Microsoft visit. Now he quits top roles amid rape remarks outcry". The Register.
  10. TheGuardian.com
    . 3 April 2018.
  11. ISBN 978-3-319-49445-6
    .
  12. ^ Dold, Florian (2019-02-25). The GNU Taler system : practical and provably secure electronic payments (phdthesis thesis). Université Rennes 1.
  13. ^ Pentland, Alex 'Sandy'. "Digital cash and privacy: What are the alternatives to Libra?". MIT Media Lab. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  14. ^ "Kampf der Kryptowährungen – das sind die Alternativen zu Libra". www.netzwoche.ch (in German). Retrieved 2020-01-03.

External links

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