taler-www

commit 1b4eb988604d39c57be795275901fc4b5125a803
parent d84969bf8ec2434b1b1d3bec34aff70993fa2571
Author: Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>
Date:   Thu, 24 Jan 2019 07:07:35 +0100

FAQ on recurring payments

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@@ -147,5 +147,25 @@ the project (see also <a href="https://gnunet.org/bugs/">our bugtracker</a>
 for a list of open issues).</p>
 {% endtrans %}
 
+
+<h2>{{ _("Does Taler support recurring payments?") }}</h2>
+
+{% trans %}
+<p>Today, our wallet implementation does not support recurring
+payments. Recurring payments, where some fixed amount is paid on a
+regular basis are in theory possible with Taler, but they come with a
+few caveats. Specifically, recurring payments can only work if the
+Taler wallet is running and online around the desired time.
+Furthermore, given their repetitive nature they are linkable, and
+could thus be used to deanonymize the user making the recurring
+payment, for example by forcing the user offline at the time of the
+payment and observing that it does then not happen on time.  Finally,
+the Taler wallet does not work with credit and thus the user would
+have to make sure to carry a sufficient balance for the recurring
+payment to be made. Still, they can be useful, and a future version of
+the Taler wallet will likely support them. But this is not a feature
+that we are targeting for Taler 1.0. at this time</p>
+{% endtrans %}
+
 </div>
 {% endblock body_content %}