On P2P payments from their FAQ: “While the payment appears to be directly between wallets, technically the operation is intermediated by the payment service provider which will typically be legally required to identify the recipient of the funds before allowing the transaction to complete.

How about, no? How about me paying €50 to a guy for fixing my bike doesn’t need to be intermediated and KYCed? How about it’s none of the government’s business how I split the bill at dinner with friends? This level of surveillance is madness, especially coming from an app that touts “privacy” as a feature.

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    1 year ago

    GNU Taler is inferior anyway, and it has been existing for many years with exact zero of usage.

    Imagine reinventing Chaumian e-cash 40 year later and promoting it as a innovative approach in digital payments.

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      1 year ago

      It takes time to do it right. I have no idea if it will be usable with real currencies at some point but for now you can use it with your own made up currency.