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GNU Taler for payments? (programming.dev)
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https://www.taler.net/

"privacy friendly online transactions"

I came across this and it's looks interesting it seems to have been out for a while and seems to work well in the demo.

it sounds a bit like Blockchain, but it doesn't seem to be. which i would think makes it more appealing because the setup was easy... but i can't find any examples of it being used in the wild.

i was expecting to see more cases that used it when i saw there is funding for it from https://nlnet.nl/

i think this could be good to add into my app. but i wonder if it might not be a good idea if it hasnt established itself as reliable in the wild.

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 8 months ago

Its not "out" in any sense. Its an experimental model project. Nobody really accepts it for payment afaik.

https://www.taler.net/en/faq.html

Are there any projects already using Taler?

We are aware of several businesses running exploratory projects or having developed working prototypes. We are also in discussions with several regular banks as well as several central banks about the project. That said, there are currently no products in the market yet, and we believe this would be premature given the state of the project (see also our bugtracker for a list of open issues).