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| author | Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org> | 2017-02-10 15:47:01 +0100 |
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| committer | Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org> | 2017-02-10 16:53:52 +0100 |
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updates to pages based on discussions with Leon and Sva
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diff --git a/governments.html.j2 b/governments.html.j2 index 19cb9482..a9b332f2 100644 --- a/governments.html.j2 +++ b/governments.html.j2 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html> +3<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="{{ _('en') }}"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"/> @@ -11,8 +11,21 @@ {% include "common/navigation.j2.inc" %} <!-- Jumbotron --> <div class="jumbotron"> - <h1>{{ _("Advantages for governments") }}</h1> + <h1>{{ _("Advantages for Governments") }}</h1> <!-- p><a class="btn btn-lg btn-success" href="#" role="button">Get started today</a></p --> + <div class="col-lg-12"> + + <p>{{ _("Taler provides accountability to ensure business + accepting payments operate legally, while also + respecting civil liberties of citizens spending + digital cash. Taler is a commons, a payment system + based on open standards and free software. Taler + needs governments to set a financial framework and + to act as trusted regulators. Taler contributes to + digital sovereignty in the critial financial + infrastructure.") }}</p> + + </div> </div> <!-- Example row of columns --> @@ -20,90 +33,119 @@ <div class="col-lg-6"> <h2>{{ _("Taxable") }}</h2> - <p>{{ _("Taler is an electronic payment system that was built with the goal of supporting taxation. - With Taler, the receiver of any form of payment is known, and the payment information comes - attached with some details about what the payment was made for (but not the identity of the customer). Thus, governments can use this - data to tax buisnesses and individuals based on their income, making tax evasion and - black markets less viable.") }}</p> - <p>{{ _("Thus, while one of the key goals of Taler is to provide anonymity for - citizens spending digital cash to buy goods and services, we also ensure that the state can - observe incoming transactions to ensure businesses engage only in - legal activities, and do not evade taxes (such as income tax, - sales tax or value-added tax). However, this observational capability does not - extend to the immediate personal domain. In particular, sharing access to funds - within a family or copying coins between multiple devices is not subject to - monitoring.") }}</p> - </div> + <p>{{ _("Taler was + built with the goal of fighting corruption and supporting taxation. + With Taler, the receiver of any form of payment is + easily identified by the government, and the merchant + can be compelled to provide the contract that was accepted + by the customer. Governments can use this data to + tax businesses and individuals based on their + income, making tax evasion and black markets less + viable.") }}</p> + + <p>{{ _("Thus, despite offering anonymity for citizens + spending digital cash to buy goods and services, + Taler also ensures that the state can observe + incoming funds. This can be used to ensure + businesses engage only in legal activities, and do + not evade income tax, sales tax or value-added tax. + However, this observational capability does not + extend to the immediate personal domain. In + particular, sharing access to funds within a family + or synchronizing wallets across multiple devices is not + subject to monitoring.") }}</p> </div> <div class="col-lg-6"> <h2>{{ _("Secure") }}</h2> - <p>{{ _("Taler's payments are cryptographically secured. Thus, customers, merchants and - the exchange can mathematically demonstrate their lawful behavior in court in case - of disputes. Financial damages are strictly limited, improving economic security - for individuals, merchants, the exchange and the state. Most importantly, an - independent auditor can ensure that there is no "bad exchange" - within the Taler system who might threaten the economy due to fraud.") }}</p> - </div> - </div> - <div class="row"> - <div class="col-lg-6"> - <h2>{{ _("Libre") }}</h2> + <p>{{ _("Taler's payments are cryptographically + secured. Thus, customers, merchants and the + exchange can mathematically demonstrate their + lawful behavior in court in case of + disputes. Financial damages are strictly limited, + improving economic security for individuals, + merchants, the exchange and the state.") }} + + <p>{{ _("By design, the Taler payment service provider is + subject to financial regulation. Financial + regulation and regular audits are critical to + establish trust. In particular, the Taler design + mandates the existence of an independent auditor + who checks cryptographic proofs that accumulate at + the payment service provider to ensure that the + escrow account is managed honestly. This ensures + that the payment service provider does not threaten + the economy due to fraud.") }}</p> </div> </div> + <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-6"> <h2>{{ + _("Libre") }}</h2> + + <p>{{ _("Taler is free software implementing an open + protocol standard. Thus, Taler will enable + competition and avoid the monopolization of payment + systems that threatens global political and + financial stability today.") }}</p> + - <p>{{ _("Taler is free software implementing an open protocol standard. Thus, Taler will - enable competition and avoid the monopolization of payment systems that threatens - global political and financial stability today.") }}</p> </div> <div class="col-lg-6"> <h2>{{ _("Efficient") }}</h2> - <p>{{ _("Taler is designed to be efficient. Unlike timeline-based payment systems like - BitCoin, Taler will not threaten the availability of national electric grids or - (significantly) contribute to environmental pollution.") }}</p> + <p>{{ _("Taler has an efficient design. Unlike + timeline-based payment systems, such as BitCoin, + Taler will not threaten the availability of + national electric grids or (significantly) + contribute to environmental pollution.") }}</p> + </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-12"> <h2 id="overview">{{ _("Taler as seen by governments") }}</h2> - <p>{{ _("Governments can observe traditional wire - transfers entering and leaving the Taler system, and - require merchants and exchange operators to provide certain - information during financial audits. Exchange operators - are expected to be permanently checked by auditors, - while merchants may be required to reveal information - during regular tax audits. - Information available to the government includes: - ") }}</p> + <p>{{ _("Governments can observe traditional wire transfers + entering and leaving the Taler system, and require + merchants and exchange operators to provide certain + information during financial audits. Exchange + operators are expected to be permanently checked by + auditors, while merchants may be required to reveal + information during regular tax audits. Information + available to the government includes: ") }}</p> + <p> <img src="{{ url('images/government.svg') }}" alt="government perspective" style="float: right; margin: 50px 5px 5px 5px;" width="50%"> </p><ul> - <li>{{ _("From the banking system: - The total amount of digital currency - obtained by a customer. The government could impose - limits on how many digital coins a customer may - withdraw within a given timeframe.") }}</li> - - <li>{{ _("From the banking system: - The total amount of income received - by any merchant via the Taler system.") }}</li> - - <li>{{ _("From auditing the exchange: - The amounts of digital coins legitimately withdrawn by - customers from the exchange, the value of non-redeemed digital coins - in customer's wallets, the value and corresponding wire details - of deposit operations performed by merchants with the exchange, and - the income of the exchange from transaction fees.") }}</li> - - <li>{{ _("From auditing merchants: - For each deposit operation, the exact details of the - underlying contract that was signed between - customer and merchant. However, this information would - typically not include the identity of the customer. - Note that while the customer can decide to prove that it was his - transaction (i.e. in court when suing the merchant if the - merchant failed to deliver on the contract), - merchant, exchange and government cannot find out the customer's - identity from the information that Taler collects.") }}</li> + + <li>{{ _("From the banking system: The total amount of + digital currency obtained by a customer. The + government could impose limits on how many + digital coins a customer may withdraw within a + given timeframe.") }}</li> + + <li>{{ _("From the banking system: The total amount of + income received by any merchant via the Taler + system.") }}</li> + + <li>{{ _("From auditing the exchange: The amounts of + digital coins legitimately withdrawn by + customers from the exchange, the value of + non-redeemed digital coins in customer's + wallets, the value and corresponding wire + details of deposit operations performed by + merchants with the exchange, and the income of + the exchange from transaction fees.") }}</li> + + <li>{{ _("From auditing merchants: For each deposit + operation, the exact details of the underlying + contract that was signed between customer and + merchant. However, this information would + typically not include the identity of the + customer. Note that while the customer can + decide to prove that it was his transaction + (i.e. in court when suing the merchant if the + merchant failed to deliver on the contract), + merchant, exchange and government cannot find + out the customer's identity from the information + that Taler collects.") }}</li> + </ul> <p></p> </div> |