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

    For small sum in-person payments, regular cash is still the best option and will continue to be so, GNU Taler or not.