[Taler] Status [Was: Re: scritcash?]

[Christian Grothoff]

Hi Georges,

Changing the subject as you're somewhat impolitely hijacking the
discussion here. 

Still, to give you a brief answer: the one-sided anonymity problem was
in theory solved before we started, and has been implemented for years.

Today, major open work items are:
* integration with an actual bank (code is in libeufin.git)
* regulatory approval (latest news: draft terms of service were 
  written!)
* wallet backup and intra-wallet synchronization (see: sync.git,
  anastasis.git)
* wallet user experience (transaction history, public key 
  infrastructure editing, error handling)
* documentation (code, procedures)
* testing and external security audits

We have also already presented Taler to a few "European institutions"
(like the Swedish central bank, which then decided to go for a mass-
surveillance solution instead). But political work (= talking to
government institutions) is definitively something that should
continue, and where we could use more help as well.

Happy hacking!

Christian

On Mon, 2019-12-09 at 23:08 +0200, Georges OIKONOMIDIS wrote:
> Off, far off,  the very point of your discussion:
> When I first met Taler I understood it is about anonymous payments.
> Anonymous on the side of the payer NOT on the side of the payee!
> My question, after quite some time, is:
> where does your team stand  with respect to this very problem?
> Are you ready with the solution, or is it yet on the building?
> Will you be soon enough, ready to present your proposals to the
> European
> institutions?
> I hope to hear from you, good news.
>