Re: [Taler] Enrolling GNU Taler for private clubs

[Sebastian]

Hi Max,

> I am part of a group of beer drinking enthusiasts. We have our own
> registered
> association that runs a bar. 
Same here but without a bar :D

> Is it bearable to setup and run such a Taler bank on our own?
Yes, its a simple webapp with a postgres database.
> Would it be possible to enable peer-to-peer transactions?
No so far, but there is work in that direction.
> Lastly: If GNU Taler is not a good fit here, do you know of alternative
> solutions for our context? 
I think it does, but bear in mind that there are many components like
the mobile wallet and the merchant backoffice that you consider to
manage your business.

Hope that helps

 

On 5/11/21 11:29, Max Görner wrote:
> Dear Taler community,
>
> I am part of a group of beer drinking enthusiasts. We have our own
> registered
> association that runs a bar.
>
> Members of the association can deposit money so buying drinks is more
> convenient. The deposit is maintained in an internal spreadsheet.
> Nowadays
> there are even peer-to-peer transactions between members of the
> association.
> We jokingly coined this setup "our Coins".
>
> Manually grooming a spreadsheet is error prone and annoying. Some of
> us would
> like to replace that with a modern solution.
>
> Recently I learned about GNU Taler. I wonder how much effort it would
> be to
> enroll GNU Taler in such a setting. As far as I have seen one needs a
> bank for
> that and there even is a fake bank for the GNU Taler demo.
>
> Is it bearable to setup and run such a Taler bank on our own?
> Would it be possible to enable peer-to-peer transactions?
> Lastly: If GNU Taler is not a good fit here, do you know of alternative
> solutions for our context?
>
> You can expect some skills regarding Linux administration and computer
> science. Having to setup a cron job inside a Docker would not be a show
> stopper here.
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Max Görner
>

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