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1 GNU Taler is a Free Software privacy-friendly payment system from the GNU 2 project. Taler does not use a blockchain: monetary policies are expected to 3 be set by a central bank. Digital money can be issued either by retail 4 banks or by the central bank. Paying with Taler is extremely efficient: 5 customers authorize transactions with one click, and then the system takes 6 only a few milliseconds to finalize the transactions. In this lecture, we will 7 introduce the political goals, architecture and technology behind Taler, 8 demonstrate the current state of the art and outline likely future 9 developments.