GNU_Taler

GNU Taler

GNU Taler

Electronic payment system

GNU Taler is a free software-based microtransaction and 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]

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The project is led by Florian Dold and Christian Grothoff[6] of Taler Systems SA. Taler is short for the "Taxable Anonymous Libre Economic Reserves"[7][8] and alludes to the Taler coins in Germany during the 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]

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References

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    Dold, Florian (2019-02-25). The GNU Taler system : practical and provably secure electronic payments (phdthesis thesis). Université Rennes 1.
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    Pentland, Alex 'Sandy'. "Digital cash and privacy: What are the alternatives to Libra?". MIT Media Lab. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
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    "Kampf der Kryptowährungen – das sind die Alternativen zu Libra". www.netzwoche.ch (in German). 30 November 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
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