GNU Taler

#1

Post by myle » Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 10:57 AM UTC

Re: GNU Taler

#2

Post by zepearl » Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 3:37 PM UTC

Ha, I just read about it on the website of the swiss national television (German - https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/digitales-geld-bezahlsystem-... ) and I was looking for discussions here.

(Google Translate: https://www-srf-ch.translate.goog/news/schweiz/digitales-gel... )

Other previous discussions:

- Feb. 2021: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26261314

- Jan. 2022 (refers as well to other posts): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29850143

Re: GNU Taler

#3

Post by monetus » Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 4:26 PM UTC

I feel like their attempt to be taxable is contrary to the traditional reasons for using a digital currency. Even then, I would be surprised if a government uses taler rather than their own implementation. Always wanted to talk to the gnu people about this.

Re: GNU Taler

#4

Post by globalreset » Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 8:32 PM UTC

While I'm big on free and open source software and aligned with the general GNU mission, I find that the projects that go under its umbrella or often terribly misguided, pointless and hopeless and thus largely ignored by the rest of software community.

Re: GNU Taler

#5

Post by myle » Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 9:20 PM UTC

zepearl wrote: post #2

Ha, I just read about it on the website of the swiss national television (German - https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/digitales-geld-bezahlsystem-... ) and I was looking for discussions here. (Google Translate: https://www-srf-ch.translate.goog/news/schweiz/digitales-gel... ) Other previous discussions: - Feb. 2021: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26261314 - Jan. 2022 (refers as well to other posts): https://news.y…

We read the same websites. We should hang out!

Re: GNU Taler

#6

Post by pull_my_finger » Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 10:09 PM UTC

monetus wrote: post #3

I feel like their attempt to be taxable is contrary to the traditional reasons for using a digital currency. Even then, I would be surprised if a government uses taler rather than their own implementation. Always wanted to talk to the gnu people about this.

Being taxable is the necessary concession for adoption though. You want privacy in your transactions, but you still have an obligation to pay taxes on them.

Re: GNU Taler

#7

Post by pwdisswordfish9 » Mon, Oct 17, 2022, 3:46 PM UTC

monetus wrote: post #3

I feel like their attempt to be taxable is contrary to the traditional reasons for using a digital currency. Even then, I would be surprised if a government uses taler rather than their own implementation. Always wanted to talk to the gnu people about this.

So the primary reason to use digital currency is to starve public services?