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diff --git a/template/news/2025-01.html.j2 b/template/news/2025-01.html.j2 @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +{% extends "common/news.j2" %} +{% block body_content %} +<h1>2025-04: GNU Taler v1.0 released</h1> +<p> +We are happy to announce the release of GNU Taler v1.0. +</p> +<p> +This release is a special milestone, as with it we are ready to launch our <a +href="https://taler-ops.ch/">operation in Switzerland</a>. Starting today, <a +href="https://taler-ops.ch/">Taler Operations AG</a> is legally operating the +GNU Taler payment system in Swiss Francs open to individuals and businesses in +Switzerland. We consider this a public beta, primarily because at this point +there are no shops accepting the payment system. +<br> +We encourage business owners and developers in Switzerland to go to work on +accepting GNU Taler. We have prepared various <a +href="https://tutorials.taler.net/">tutorials</a> on how to get started. We +encourage you to use the <a href="https://ich.taler.net/">Integrator Community +Hub</a> to receive community support. +</p> +<h4>About GNU Taler</h4> +<p> +GNU Taler is a Free Software payment system that preserves the privacy of +payers while ensuring that income is visible to authorities. Regulated +payment service providers use the Taler protocol to issue digital cash +denominated in a fiat currency. The digital cash tokens are stored in +electronic <a href="https://wallet.taler.net/">wallets</a> under the full +control of its respective owner. The payment service provider has an escrow +bank account holding the equivalent of all digital cash in circulation. +<br> +Merchants redeeming digital cash receive aggregate transactions over the +respective amount into their regular bank account. Digital cash transactions +happen basically instantly, and must be performed online to prevent +double-spending. +<br> +Support exists for <a +href="https://www.taler.net/papers/suerf2023en.pdf">offline +points-of-sales</a> to accept transactions where only the customer is +online. GNU Taler is <a href="">scalable</a> and technologically suitable for +regional currencies (such as <a href="https://netzbon.ch/">eNetzbon</a>), +commercial deployments (such as <a href="https://taler-ops.ch/">Taler +Operations AG</a>) or <a +href="https://www.snb.ch/en/mmr/papers/id/working_paper_2021_03">central bank +digital currencies (CBDC)</a>. +</p> +<h4>Changes in GNU Taler v1.0</h4> +<p> +For GNU Taler v1.0 we addressed over 200 individual issues. Our bug tracker +has the <a href="https://bugs.gnunet.org/changelog_page.php?version_id=413">full list</a>. +Notable changes include: +</p> +<ul> +<li>NEW: Withdrawing is now authorized with a single signature instead of one per coin (performance improvement)</li> +<li>NEW: Refresh uses deterministic signatures instead of Diffie-Hellman (post-quantum readiness)</li> +<li>NEW: Endpoints for age-restricted withdraw, regular withdraw and refresh were unified (simplified design)</li> +<li>NEW: Added support for per-recipient statistics in the exchange for anomaly detection (for anti-money laundering)</li> +<li>NEW: 2-step operations that yield fresh coins are now idempotent even if denomination keys are rotated in between (correctness)</li> +<li>NEW: Addressed all security issues found in external security audit of the iOS wallet (privacy)</li> +<li>Various minor bugfixes, user experience and documentation improvements</li> +</ul> +<p> +Our work is co-funded by the European Commission and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and +Innovation (SERI) as part of the <a href="https://ngi.taler.net/">NGI TALER</a> project. +</p> + +<h4>Download links</h4> +<p> +The wallets have their own download site <a +href="https://wallet.taler.net/">here</a>. The exchange, merchant backend, +sync and bank components are distributed via the GNU FTP mirrors. +</p> +<ul> +<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-exchange-1.0.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-exchange-1.0.0.tar.gz</a></li> +<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-exchange-1.0.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-exchange-1.0.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li> +<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-merchant-1.0.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-merchant-1.0.0.tar.gz</a></li> +<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-merchant-1.0.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-merchant-1.0.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li> +<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-wallet-v1.0.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-wallet-1.0.0.tar.gz</a></li> +<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-wallet-v1.0.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-wallet-1.0.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li> +<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/libeufin-1.0.0-sources.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/libeufin-1.0.0-sources.tar.gz</a></li> +<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/libeufin-1.0.0-sources.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/libeufin-1.0.0-sources.tar.gz.sig</a></li> +<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/sync-1.0.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/sync-1.0.0.tar.gz</a></li> +<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/sync-1.0.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/sync-1.0.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li> +<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mdb-1.0.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mdb-1.0.0.tar.gz</a></li> +<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mdb-1.0.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mdb-1.0.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li> +<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-twister-1.0.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-twister-1.0.0.tar.gz</a></li> +<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-twister-1.0.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-twister-1.0.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li> +<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/challenger-1.0.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/challenger-1.0.0.tar.gz</a></li> +<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/challenger-1.0.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/challenger-1.0.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li> +</ul> +<p> +You must first install <a href="https://gnunet.org/">GNUnet v0.24.1</a> or the current Git master to compile GNU Taler 1.0 from source. +</p> +{% endblock body_content %}