GNU Taler Documentation ======================= We are building an anonymous, taxable payment system using modern cryptography. Customers will use traditional money transfers to send money to a digital Mint and in return receive (anonymized) digital cash. Customers can use this digital cash to anonymously pay Merchants. Merchants can redeem the digital cash for traditional money at the digital Mint. As Merchants are not anonymous, they can be taxed, enabling income or sales taxes to be withheld by the state while providing anonymity for Customers. Cryptography is used to ensure that none of the participants can defraud the others without being detected immediately; however, in practice a fradulent Mint might go bankrupt instead of paying the Merchants and thus the Mint will need to be audited regularly like any other banking institution. The system will be based on free software and open protocols. In this document, we describe the REST-based API of the Mint, which is at the heart of the system. ----------------- Operator Handbook ----------------- The *Operator Handbook* is for people who want to run a mint or a merchant. It focuses on how to install, configure and run the required software. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 impl-mint impl-merchant ------------------------ Web Integration Handbook ------------------------ The *Web Integration Handbook* is for those who want to interact with Taler wallets on their own website. Integrators will also have to be familiar with the material covered in the *Operator Handbook*. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 integration-general integration-bank integration-merchant -------------------------------------- Taler HTTP Core Protocol Specification -------------------------------------- The *Protocol Specification* defines the HTTP-based, predominantly RESTful interfaces between the core components of Taler. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 api-common api-mint api-merchant api-bank wireformats ------------------ Developer Handbook ------------------ The *Developer Handbook* brings developers up to speed who want to hack on the core components of the Taler reference implementation. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 dev-wallet-wx ------------------ Indices and tables ------------------ .. toctree:: :hidden: glossary * :doc:`glossary` * :ref:`search`