GNU Taler begins operating in Switzerland, distributed by the Taler Operations AG. Gnu Taler aims to be a “digital wallet” and has been used by the swiss national bank as well as the european national bank as a example for how a digital currency handed out by the state could work. It aims to be as privacy preserving as cash for the buyer while not allowing the seller to evade taxes.
Currently the Taler is brought out by a special organisation, the “Taler Operations AG”, and not the national bank, although both the national bank as well as the Taler Team have shown interest in a official digial currency by the national bank based on the Taler. But we need to relativate as the national council has stated that the introduction of a digital currency would probably take relatively major legislative changes and therefore take a bit of time.
Well, you’re wrong about that too
You should probably inform yourself about privacy and anonymity. I don’t have good works describing the difference and their importance, but there is one Why privacy matters by Glenn Greenwald. There are interviews of Snowden which are good as they explore his reasons for revealing the mass surveillance machine that the USA employs. Especially why “if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear” is a fallacy where he said
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