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Italy proposes no fees for digital euro payments under €10

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Re: Italy proposes no fees for digital euro payments under €10

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Post by senkora » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 1:04 AM UTC

wolvoleo wrote: post #8

What we need from this digital euro is anonymity just like the cash it's meant to replace. But nobody is talking about that.

Does anyone know whether GNU Taler is involved in any way with these proposals? I feel like they'd be the natural people to work on anonymity. Looking at their website, I see that they've at least commented on them:

https://www.taler.net/en/news/2026-08.html

Re: Italy proposes no fees for digital euro payments under €10

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Post by niemandhier » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 4:22 AM UTC

That is much more relevant than one would think:

The biggest problem for adoption of digital payment in everyday lives is, that for token payments the transaction fees are to high.

In case of 0.5€ for using a toilet the fixed transaction costs can be up to 0.25 €, if the entity processing your payment is using stripe or a similar business.

Re: Italy proposes no fees for digital euro payments under €10

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Post by hulitu » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 5:45 AM UTC

wolvoleo wrote: post #8

What we need from this digital euro is anonymity just like the cash it's meant to replace. But nobody is talking about that.

> What we need from this digital euro is anonymity

This is what _you_ need. Ursula and her friends want to know where _you_ spent _your_ money.

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