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-        <h2 lang="en" id="overview">Taler system overview</h1>
-        <h2 lang="de">Das Taler-System im &Uuml;berblick</h1>
-        <h2 lang="fr" note="outdated"></h2>
-        <h2 lang="it" note="outdated"></h2>
-        <p lang="en">The Taler system consists of protocols and free software
-          implementations between a number of actors as illustrated in the
-          illustration on the right.  Typical transactions involve the following steps:
-        </p>
-        <p lang="de" note="outdated"></p>
-        <p lang="fr" note="outdated"></p>
-        <p lang="it" note="outdated"></p>
-        <p>
-          <img src="images/system.svg" alt="system overview" style="float: right; margin: 50px 5px 5px 5px;" width="50%">
-          <ol>
-             <li lang="en">A customer instructs his <b>bank</b> to transfer funds
-               from his account to the Taler mint (top left).  In the subject of
-               the transaction, he includes an authentication token from his
-               electronic <b>wallet</b>. In Taler terminology, the customer
-               creates a reserve at the mint.</li>
-             <li lang="de" note="outdated"></li>
-             <li lang="fr" note="outdated"></li>
-             <li lang="it" note="outdated"></li>
-             <li lang="en">Once the mint has received the transfer, it allows the
-               customer's electronic wallet to <b>withdraw</b> electronic coins.
-               The electronic coins are digital representations of the original
-               transfer. It is important to note that the mint does not learn
-               the "serial numbers" of the coins in this process, so it cannot
-               tell later which customer purchased what at which merchant.
-               The use of Taler does not change the currency or the
-               total value of the funds (except for fees which the mint may
-               charge for the service).</li>
-             <li lang="de" note="outdated"></li>
-             <li lang="fr" note="outdated"></li>
-             <li lang="it" note="outdated"></li>
-             <li lang="en">Once the customer has the digital coins in his wallet,
-               the wallet can be used to <b>spend</b> the coins with merchant
-               portals that support the Taler
-               payment system and accept the respective mint as a business
-               partner (bottom arrow). This creates a digital contract signed
-               by the customer's coins and the merchant. Assuming courts accept
-               cryptographic signatures, the customer can later use this digitally
-               signed contract in a court of law to prove the exact terms of
-               the contract and that he paid the respective amount. The customer
-               does not learn the banking details of the merchant, and Taler
-               does not require the merchant to learn the identity of the
-               customer. Naturally, the customer can spend any fraction of his
-               digital coins (the system takes care of customers getting
-               change).</li>
-             <li lang="de" note="outdated"></li>
-             <li lang="fr" note="outdated"></li>
-             <li lang="it" note="outdated"></li>
-             <li lang="en">Merchants receiving digital coins <b>deposits</b>
-               the respective receipts that resulted from the contract signing
-               with the customer at the mint to redeem the coins.
-               The deposit step does not reveal the learn the details of the
-               contract between the customer and the merchant or the identity
-               of the customer to the mint in any way. However, the mint
-               does learn the identity of the merchant via the provided bank
-               routing information.  The merchant can, for example when
-               compelled by the state for taxation, provide information linking
-               the individual deposit to the respective contract signed by the
-               customer. Thus, the mint's database allows the state to enforce
-               that merchants pay applicable taxes (and do not engage in
-               illegal contracts).</li>
-             <li lang="de" note="outdated"></li>
-             <li lang="fr" note="outdated"></li>
-             <li lang="it" note="outdated"></li>
-             <li lang="en">Finally, the mint transfers funds corresponding to
-               the digital coins redeemed by the merchants to the merchant's
-               <b>bank</b> account. The mint may combine multiple small
-               transactions into one larger bank transfer.
-               The merchant can query the mint
-               about the relationship between the bank transfers and the
-               individual claims that were deposited.</li>
-             <li lang="de" note="outdated"></li>
-             <li lang="fr" note="outdated"></li>
-             <li lang="it" note="outdated"></li>
-             <li lang="en">Most importantly, the mint keeps cryptographic
-               proofs that allow it to demonstrate that it is operating
-               correctly to third parties.  The system requires an external
-               <b>auditor</b>, such as a government-appointed financial regulatory
-               body, to frequently verify the mint's databases and check that
-               its bank balance matches the total value of the remaining coins
-               in circulation.</li>
-             <li lang="de" note="outdated"></li>
-             <li lang="fr" note="outdated"></li>
-             <li lang="it" note="outdated"></li>
-             <li lang="en">Without the auditor, the mint operators could
-               steal funds they are holding in reserve. Customers and merchants
-               cannot cheat each other or the mint. If any party's computers
-               are compromised, the financial damage is limited to the
-               respective party and proportional to the funds they
-               have in circulation during the period of the compromise.</li>
-             <li lang="de" note="outdated"></li>
-             <li lang="fr" note="outdated"></li>
-             <li lang="it" note="outdated"></li>
-           </ol>
-         </p>
-       </div>
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          <h2 lang="en" id="taxability">Taler technology: About taxability, change and privacy</h1>
          <h2 lang="de">Taler Technik: Steuern, Wechselgeld und Privatsph&auml;re</h1>