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   silverpill (silverpill@mitra.social)'s status on Saturday, 29-Aug-2026 04:16:14 JST silverpill

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   • frogzone

   @frogzone @gabriel The issue with taler is that it is advertised as private payments but it is not

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     • Gabriel

     Book chapter on Taler as sCBDC technology (the 's' meaning synthetic)

     ive not read the chapter yet but that seems like a dumb distinction.... why not just sDC (ie. synthetic digital currency). why conflate it with central banks? found the link via gnu's rss feed. dear @gabriel u might be interested.

     rms has been suggesting the use of #gnuTaler for a looong time as just a way to help pay for things digitally in a more private way, eg not having to give a credit/debit card, name, address etc. and its a fine use case, iirc #taler is even supported by #btcPayServer lol. i must admit i'm more #fedimint inclined, but for people who just want to interface with a boring (ideally bitcoin-backed) local bank, i dont see any issue with taler, the main hurdle are the trashy "smart"phone themselves not allowing ethical libre firmwares and user freedom.