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1 {% extends "common/news.j2" %} 2 {% block body_content %} 3 <h1>2025-11: GNU Taler v1.3 released</h1> 4 <p> 5 We are happy to announce the release of GNU Taler v1.3. 6 </p> 7 <p> 8 This release focuses on getting everything ready for a 9 deployment of GNU Taler by 10 <a href="https://magnetbank.hu/">Magnet bank</a>. 11 The code for this integration can be found in the 12 <a href="https://git.taler.net/taler/taler-rust/">taler-rust</a> 13 repository. 14 </p> 15 <h4>About GNU Taler</h4> 16 <p> 17 GNU Taler is a Free Software payment system that preserves the privacy of 18 payers while ensuring that income is visible to authorities. Regulated 19 payment service providers use the Taler protocol to issue digital cash 20 denominated in a fiat currency. The digital cash tokens are stored in 21 electronic <a href="https://wallet.taler.net/">wallets</a> under the full 22 control of its respective owner. The payment service provider has an escrow 23 bank account holding the equivalent of all digital cash in circulation. 24 </p> 25 <p> 26 Merchants redeeming digital cash receive aggregate transactions over the 27 respective amount into their regular bank account. Digital cash transactions 28 happen basically instantly, and must be performed online to prevent 29 double-spending. 30 </p> 31 <p> 32 Support exists for <a 33 href="https://www.taler.net/papers/suerf2023en.pdf">offline 34 points-of-sales</a> to accept transactions where only the customer is 35 online. GNU Taler is <a href="https://www.taler.net/papers/boss2022thesis.pdf"> 36 scalable</a> and technologically suitable for 37 regional currencies (such as <a href="https://netzbon.ch/">eNetzbon</a>), 38 commercial deployments (such as <a href="https://taler-ops.ch/">Taler 39 Operations AG</a>) or <a 40 href="https://www.snb.ch/en/mmr/papers/id/working_paper_2021_03">central bank 41 digital currencies (CBDC)</a>. 42 </p> 43 <h4>Changes in GNU Taler v1.3</h4> 44 <p> 45 For GNU Taler v1.3 we addressed over 100 individual issues. Our bug tracker 46 has <a href="https://bugs.gnunet.org/changelog_page.php?version_id=452">the list</a>. 47 Notable changes include: 48 </p> 49 <ul> 50 <li>NEW: Support for Magnet bank in taler-rust</li> 51 <li>NEW: PDF generation and XML/CSV export of AML records by the exchange</li> 52 <li>NEW: Official ARM packages</li> 53 <li>Various usability improvements, especially in the merchant backend</li> 54 <li>Various minor bugfixes, user experience and documentation improvements</li> 55 </ul> 56 <p> 57 Our work is co-funded by the European Commission and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and 58 Innovation (SERI) as part of the <a href="https://ngi.taler.net/">NGI TALER</a> project. 59 </p> 60 61 <h4>Download links</h4> 62 <p> 63 The wallets have their own download site <a 64 href="https://wallet.taler.net/">here</a>. The exchange, merchant backend, 65 sync and bank components are distributed via the GNU FTP mirrors. 66 </p> 67 <ul> 68 <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-exchange-1.3.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-exchange-1.3.0.tar.gz</a></li> 69 <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-exchange-1.3.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-exchange-1.3.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li> 70 <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-merchant-1.3.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-merchant-1.3.0.tar.gz</a></li> 71 <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-merchant-1.3.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-merchant-1.3.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li> 72 <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-wallet-1.3.1.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-wallet-1.3.1.tar.gz</a></li> 73 <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-wallet-1.3.1.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-wallet-1.3.1.tar.gz.sig</a></li> 74 <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/libeufin-1.3.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/libeufin-1.3.0.tar.gz</a></li> 75 <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/libeufin-1.3.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/libeufin-1.3.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li> 76 <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/sync-1.3.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/sync-1.3.0.tar.gz</a></li> 77 <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/sync-1.3.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/sync-1.3.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li> 78 <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mdb-1.3.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mdb-1.3.0.tar.gz</a></li> 79 <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mdb-1.3.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mdb-1.3.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li> 80 <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-twister-1.3.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-twister-1.3.0.tar.gz</a></li> 81 <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-twister-1.3.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-twister-1.3.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li> 82 <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/challenger-1.3.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/challenger-1.3.0.tar.gz</a></li> 83 <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/challenger-1.3.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/challenger-1.3.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li> 84 <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/donau-1.3.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/donau-1.3.0.tar.gz</a></li> 85 <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/donau-1.3.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/donau-1.3.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li> 86 </ul> 87 <p> 88 You must first install <a href="https://gnunet.org/">GNUnet v0.26.2</a> or the current Git master to compile GNU Taler v1.3 from source. 89 </p> 90 {% endblock body_content %}