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diff --git a/template/news/2024-02.html.j2 b/template/news/2024-02.html.j2 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a80ea8dd --- /dev/null +++ b/template/news/2024-02.html.j2 @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +{% extends "common/news.j2" %} +{% block body_content %} +<h1>New EU project NGI TALER will bring private and secure online payments to the Eurozone</h1> +<p> +We are excited to announce the creation of a European project December 1st 2023, which +will run for the next 36 months. This Next Generation Internet pilot named "NGI TALER" is +operated by a consortium of 11 partners from 8 European countries with the mandate to roll +out an innovative electronic payment system for the greater benefit of European citizens, +merchants, and banks. This payment system is different from current online payment +methods, like credit cards or bank transfers, in that it offers privacy for the buyer: +neither merchants nor banks can trace or link the payments. It is also a no-risk payment +option for the merchant as there is no equivalent of fake or stolen credit cards, as +payments are cleared and confirmed instantly. The payment system is socially, ecologically +and fiscally responsible: it is not a new currency, there is no energy-consuming +proof-of-work or proof-of-stake method and clearing is processed much faster than payments +by credit cards. NGI TALER enforces transparency on the merchants so that states ensure +that businesses can be held accountable for their income and pay their taxes. +</p> +<p> +NGI TALER is funded as a pilot under the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative within +the European Commission's Horizon Europe research funding program. This project is based +on the free software GNU Taler which has been developed by the GNU community and Taler +Systems S.A., and which has received wide praise from financial experts including experts +from several central banks - including the Swiss National Bank (SNB). The goal is to make +GNU Taler available as payment system via two European banks - GLS Bank (Germany) and +MagNet Bank (Hungary). NGI TALER's ambition is to reach the European market during the +project period and have the payment mechanism accepted and widely adopted by the end of +the project. +</p> +<p> +Under the hood, GNU Taler deploys state-of-the-art cryptography to achieve these features. +The initial investment into the required infrastructure is low and the payment mechanism +operates more cost efficiently than existing payment solutions, with lower transaction +fees - a benefit that will be shared by consumers and merchants. This makes even +micro-payments possible, creating an interesting and privacy preserving alternative to +subscription- or advertisement-based revenue for newspapers and other publishers. +</p> +<p> +NGI TALER is coordinated by the Coding Theory and Cryptology group at Eindhoven University +of Technology and has 10 more partners: +<ul> + <li>Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH),</li> + <li>small for-profit (Code Blau GmbH, Taler Systems S.A., VisualVest),</li> + <li>non-profit structures (petites singularités, E-Seniors Association),</li> + <li>cooperative banks (GLS Bank, MagNet Bank),</li> + <li>a philanthropic organization (Stichting NLnet) and</li> + <li>a grassroots movement (Homo Digitalis).</li> +</ul> +</p> +<p> +For more information see <a href="https://www.taler.net/en/ngi-taler.html">the project's webpage at https://www.taler.net/en/ngi-taler.html</a> +or contact the coordinator Tanja Lange. +</p> +{% endblock body_content %} |