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diff --git a/governments.html.j2 b/governments.html.j2 index 2512bb22..23494400 100644 --- a/governments.html.j2 +++ b/governments.html.j2 @@ -1,155 +1,144 @@ -3<!DOCTYPE html> -<html lang="{{ _('en') }}"> - <head> - <meta charset="UTF-8"/> - <title>{{ _("GNU Taler") }} - {{ _("Governments") }}</title> - <meta name="description" content=""/> - {% include "common/header.j2.inc" %} - </head> - <body> - <div class="container"> - {% include "common/navigation.j2.inc" %} - <!-- Jumbotron --> - <div class="jumbotron"> - <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 --> - <div class="row"> - <div class="col-lg-6"> - <h2>{{ _("Taxable") }}</h2> - - <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.") }} - - <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> - - - </div> - <div class="col-lg-6"> - <h2>{{ _("Efficient") }}</h2> - - <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> - <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> - - </ul> - <p></p> - </div> - {% include "common/footer.j2.inc" %} - </div> <!-- /container --> - </body> -</html> +{% extends "common/base.j2" %} +{% block body_content %} + +<div class="jumbotron"> + <div class="container text-center"> + <h1>{{ _("Advantages for Governments") }}</h1> + <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> + +<div class="container"> + +<!-- Example row of columns --> +<div class="row"> + <div class="col-lg-6"> + <h2>{{ _("Taxable") }}</h2> + + <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.") }} + + <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> + + + </div> + <div class="col-lg-6"> + <h2>{{ _("Efficient") }}</h2> + + <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> + <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> + + </ul> + <p></p> +</div> +</div> + +{% endblock body_content %} |