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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="{{ _('en') }}">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8"/>
<title>{{ _("GNU Taler") }} - {{ _("Citizens") }}</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 Citizens") }}</h1>
<!-- p><a class="btn btn-lg btn-success" href="#" role="button">Get started today</a></p -->
<div class="col-lg-12">
<p>{{ _("Taler largely functions like digital cash. You
withdraw money from your bank account into your
electronic wallet, and can henceforth spend digital
cash. The electronic wallet can carry multiple
currencies.") }}</p>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Example row of columns -->
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-6">
<h2>{{ _("Security") }}</h2>
<p>{{ _("Taler uses modern cryptography, ensuring that there
is no counterfeit. Your digital wallet is safer
than your physical wallet. At most, you can lose
its contents because your computer or mobile is
irreparably damaged or compromised. Unlike a
physical wallet, you can make backups to secure
against data loss.") }}</p>
</div>
<div class="col-lg-6">
<h2>{{ _("Privacy") }}</h2>
<p>{{ _("Your transactions are private, neither the exchange
nor merchant needs to learn your identity. There is
no need to give out credit card numbers or other
sensitive information. The merchant will only be
able to do exactly the transaction you agreed to.")
}}</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-6">
<h2>{{ _("Convenience") }}</h2>
<p>{{ _("You will be able to withdraw money to replenish the
digital coins in your wallet using your credit card
or wire transfers. Afterwards you can pay with
one-click using the Taler wallet, which optionally
keeps your transaction history on your computer.")
}}</p>
</div>
<div class="col-lg-6">
<h2>{{ _("Stability") }}</h2>
<p>{{ _("Coins in your digital wallet will be of the same
denomination as the cash in your physical wallet.
Taler is not a crypto-currency, so you do not have
to worry about cryto-currency related value
fluctuations. Banking with Taler is subject to the
usual government protections for finanical
services.") }}</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-lg-12">
<h2 id="overview">{{ _("Taler as seen by customers") }}</h2>
<p>{{ _("Customers interact with the Taler system mostly using
a free wallet implementation, which may be an
extension or plugin to their browser or a custom
application on their computer(s). Typical steps
performed by customers are: ") }}</p>
<p>
</p>
<img src="{{ url('images/customer.svg') }}" alt="customer perspective" style="float: right; margin: 50px 5px 5px 5px;" width="50%">
<ol>
<li>{{ _("The customer selects an exchange (i.e. by
visiting the respective website or selecting
from a list of exchanges in the application) and
asks the wallet to create bank transfer
instructions to withdraw a certain amount of
electronic cash. The bank transfer instructions
will contain an access code that must be
included in the subject of the transaction, as
well as the wire details for the exchange (i.e.
a SEPA account number).") }}</li>
<li>{{ _("The customer then instructs his <b>bank</b> to
transfer funds from his account to the Taler
exchange using these instructions provided by
the wallet (top left).") }}</li>
<li>{{ _("Once the funds have arrived, the wallet will
automatically withdraw the electronic coins.
The customer can use the wallet to review his
remaining balance at any time. He can also make
backups to secure his digital coins against
hardware failures.") }}</li>
<li>{{ _("When visiting a merchant that supports Taler,
an additional payment option for Taler is
enabled in the checkout system. If the
customer selects payments via Taler, the wallet
displays the secured contract from the merchant
and asks for confirmation. Taler does not
require the customer to provide any identity
information to the merchant. Transaction
histories and digitally signed contracts can be
preserved in the wallet for future review by
the customer, or even use in court.") }}</li>
</ol>
<p></p>
</div>
{% include "common/footer.j2.inc" %}
</div> <!-- /container -->
</body>
</html>
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