GNU/NGI Taler, Digital Euro

[Ilu]

Hallo Liste,

ich habe bei Eleftherios nach dem Verhältnis zum Digital Euro gefragt 
und folgende Antwort erhalten, die hier vielleicht jemanden interessiert:

"NGI TALER has no connection with the Digital Euro Package put forward 
by the European Commision. It is a Next Generation Internet pilot program.
However, since nothing happens in a vacuum, indeed we also feel the need 
to reflect upon such legislative matters and discuss with developers, 
users and other interested parties about the potential impact of the 
Digital Euro proposal upon NGI TALER and its mission.

This is why we launched this week TALER Integration Community Hub (TALER
ICH), in an attempt to openly engage with like-minded people. This
community aims at supporting users and developers to learn about GNU 
Taler, discuss use-cases and workflows, understand the European 
legislative context (including the Digital Euro proposal), and respond 
to our Open Calls for funding.

I would invite you to register on https://ich.taler.net/  and include 
your reflections there, to enhance engagement!"

Am 28.02.24 um 03:18 schrieb Ilu:
> Hallo Liste,
> 
> da hier ja gerade Zahlungssysteme thematisiert werden, möchte ich kurz 
> Gnu Taler https://taler-systems.com/de/ bzw. https://taler.net/ in den 
> Raum werfen. Die gibts schon länger, sind aber offensichtlich jetzt im 
> App-verse angekommen und das meine ich keineswegs negativ. Jemand schon 
> mal probiert?
> 
> Ich hoffe, die schaffen es, den geplanten Digital Euro zu integrieren. 
> Falls wer Infos hat über einen Vergleich zwischen beidem hinsichtlich 
> der zugrundeliegenden Technik, Implementierung, Kompatibilität oder 
> ähnliches hat, bitte gern an mich.
> 
> Bei der Gelegeneheit möchte ich auch folgende Info verbreiten, 
> vielleicht interessiert es wen (Infos auch unter 
> https://taler.net/de/news/2024-02.html):
> 
> -----
> My name is Eleftherios Chelioudakis <chelioudakis.ele at gmail.com> and I 
> represent Homo Digitalis, a civil society organisation that participates 
> in NGI pilot TALER.
> 
> ... <snip weil hier irrelevant> ...
> 
> *What is NGI TALER?*
> The NGI TALER is funded as a pilot under the NGI initiative within the
> European Commission's Horizon Europe research funding program. It is
> operated by a consortium of 11 partners from 8 European countries (Belgium,
> France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Luxembourg, Switzerland and The
> Netherlands) with the mandate to roll out an innovative, best-in-class
> electronic payment system that benefits everyone: end-consumers, merchants,
> banks, financial authorities, auditors and anti-corruption researchers! The
> project builds upon the strong foundations of GNU Taler — the
> privacy-preserving digital payment system developed by the GNU community
> and Taler Systems SA with support from the NGI initiative. Read more *here
> <https://www.ngi.eu/ngi-projects/ngi-taler/>*
> 
> *What is this Open Call about?*
> Part of the budget of NGI TALER is reserved for open calls to fund
> additional free software and open source efforts that are aligned with the
> topics and approach of NGI TALER.
> 
> Applicants can contribute exciting new capabilities to GNU Taler itself,
> build auxiliary tools or work on user experience, but they could also be
> developing integrations into FOSS applications and open standards (enabling
> P2P micropayments in for instance an instant messenger, open social media
> platform or video conferencing tool), or work on improvements to
> infrastructure components like merchant back-ends. The open call is open
> since 1/2/2024 and the *deadline* to submit application is *April 1st 2024
> 12:00 CEST*! Applicants can apply only with proposals between 5.000 and
> 50.000 euro (60.000 euro is the cumulative absolute hard limit for any
> applicant for the program). We have created a dedicated webpage with more
> info about the wide range of activities that qualify for financial support
> and the eligibility criteria *here <https://nlnet.nl/taler/eligibility/>*.
> 
> *How can you help us?*
> 
> It would be wonderful to apply if you are interested or promote this open
> call to your contacts and allies!  We hope to receive interesting
> applications from the free software and open source communities!
> 
> -I attach here our press release, which you can share widely.
> -Also, we have made some posts about this Open Call in our channels on
> Mastodon <https://ps.s10y.eu/@NGI_Taler> and LinkedIn
> <https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ngi-taler_free-open-source-activity-7165671917570535424-zhR8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop>. 
> 
> Feel free to spread the message there also.
> 
> I apologise for the long email. We remain at your disposal for any
> questions and clarifications! Thank you so much for your time reading our
> message!
> 
> Kind regards,
> Eleftherios Chelioudakis
> Secretary of the Board of Directors, Homo Digitalis
> +306945645313
> e.chelioudakis at homodigitalis.gr
> www.homodigitalis.gr
> 
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