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commit 10eef89379ca2358604e9d43bf6ba6b752d6c2e0
parent 3aaa551005eaed5579911e00b67ac1ee5efb17ef
Author: Christian Grothoff <grothoff@gnunet.org>
Date:   Mon,  4 Aug 2025 13:53:23 +0200

marcification

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presentations/2025-bis/bis.tex
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diff --git a/presentations/2025-bis/bis.tex b/presentations/2025-bis/bis.tex
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 \pdfminorversion=3
 \documentclass[fleqn,xcolor={usenames,dvipsnames}]{beamer}
-\setbeameroption{show notes on second screen=right} % Both
+%\setbeameroption{show notes on second screen=right} % Both
 \usepackage{amsmath}
 \usepackage{multimedia}
 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
@@ -161,12 +161,14 @@ transparency, accountability, and security (part of the GNU project).}
 
 \begin{frame}{Payment Systems: Accounts vs. Tokens}
 Two types of payment systems:
-\begin{enumerate}
-\item {\bf account-based system}: transfer occurs by charging the payer’s account and crediting
-the payee’s account (e.g., bank deposits)
-\item {\bf token-based (value-based) system}: transfer occurs by transferring the value itself, or a
-token that represents the monetary asset (e.g., banknotes)
-\end{enumerate}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item account-based system
+\note[item]{Accounts: transfer occurs by charging the payer’s account and crediting
+the payee’s account (e.g., bank deposits)}
+\item token-based (value-based) system
+\note[item]{Tokens: transfer occurs by transferring the value itself, or a
+token that represents the monetary asset (e.g., banknotes)}
+\end{itemize}
 \note{Key Difference is the information carried by the information asset:
 \begin{itemize}
 \item account (assets): associated with a transaction history
@@ -177,20 +179,28 @@ Bitcoin, and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) in general, are account-base
 \end{frame}
 
 
-\begin{frame}{Simplistic CBDC Designs}
+
+\begin{frame}{Simplistic CBDC Designs: Accounts}
   \framesubtitle{\url{https://edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/cbdcs}}
   \begin{itemize}
-\item Account-based CBDC (e.g., Bindseil 2020, Berentsen and Schär 2018):
+\item Account-based CBDC\\ (e.g., Bindseil 2020, Berentsen and Schär 2018):
 \begin{itemize}
 \item simplest solution: central bank account for all
-\item responsibility to perform KYC and ensure AML/CFT (could be outsourced);
-\item potential for mass-surveillance (threat to CB independence);
+\item responsibility to perform KYC and ensure AML/CFT
+\item potential for mass-surveillance
 \item in direct competition with commercial banks
-\end{itemize} \pause
+\end{itemize}
+\end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}{Simplistic CBDC Designs: Tokens}
+  \framesubtitle{\url{https://edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/cbdcs}}
+\begin{itemize}
 \item Token-based CBDC:
 \begin{itemize}
-\item requires a system to ensure that electronic tokens are not easily copied
-(hardware-based or software-based) \\ $\rightarrow$ double-spending problem
+\item[$\rightarrow$] double-spending problem
+\note[item]{requires a system to ensure that electronic tokens are not easily copied
+(hardware-based or software-based)}
 \end{itemize}
 \end{itemize}
 \end{frame}
@@ -198,16 +208,17 @@ Bitcoin, and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) in general, are account-base
 
 \begin{frame}{What is Taler?}
   \begin{center}
-Taler is an electronic instant payment system based on tokens.
+Taler is
   \end{center}
   \begin{itemize}
-  \item Uses electronic coins stored in {\bf wallets} on customer's device
-  \item Like {\bf cash}
-  \item Pay in {\bf existing currencies} (i.e. CHF, EUR, USD)
+  \item an electronic instant payment system based on tokens.
+  \item uses electronic coins stored in {\bf wallets} on customer's device
+  \item like {\bf cash}
+  \item pay in {\bf existing currencies} (i.e. CHF, EUR, USD)
   \end{itemize}
-  \vfill
-  \pause
- \noindent
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}{What is Taler?}
  However, Taler is
   \begin{itemize}
     \item \emph{not} a currency