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Funding opportunities for GNU Taler developers

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-Join us on our journey towards informational self-determination in payments. -As part of NGI TALER, NLnet Foundation -is running an open call and will award grants -to third parties working on GNU Taler enhancements globally. The application -process is simple and the first -submission deadline is April 1st 2024. +

New EU project NGI TALER will bring private and secure online payments to the Eurozone

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+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. +

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+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. +

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+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. +

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+NGI TALER is coordinated by the Coding Theory and Cryptology group at Eindhoven University +of Technology and has 10 more partners: +

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+For more information see the project's webpage at https://www.taler.net/en/ngi-taler.html +or contact the coordinator Tanja Lange.

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