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<h1>2021-9: GNU Taler v0.8 released</h1>
<p>
We are happy to announce the release of GNU Taler v0.8.
</p>
<p>
We have addressed over 400 individual issues, our bug tracker
has the <a href="https://bugs.gnunet.org/changelog_page.php?version_id=294">full list</a>.
Notable changes include:
</p>
<ul>
<li>NEW: LibEuFin component to talk via EBICS/FinTS to European banks</li>
<li>NEW: Wallet(-core) now supports backup and restore</li>
<li>NEW: WebExtension wallet now works with GNU IceCat</li>
<li>NEW: Support for terms of service endpoints in exchange and merchant</li>
<li>NEW: Optional inventory management by the merchant backend</li>
<li>NEW: Product image previews in contracts</li>
<li>NEW: Packaged merchant point-of-sale and cashier Apps for F-Droid</li>
<li>Implemented long-polling support for refunds</li>
<li>Improved the HTTP API of the merchant to be more RESTful and easier to use</li>
<li>Improved message flow for tipping and refunds to ensure merchant knows
    exact state and to reduce bandwidth required by the wallet</li>
<li>Improved security of order claiming by introducing claim tokens</li>
<li>Simplified development of merchant frontends by having the backend
    generate HTML pages for wallet interactions</li>
<li>Significantly reduced permissions required to use the wallet WebExtension</li>
<li>Redesigned transactions view in the wallet, which unifies pending operations, history and error reporting</li>
<li>Improved usability, error reporting, robustness and stability of the wallet</li>
<li>Availability of a documented API for the wallet core, now used by all user interfaces</li>
<li>Various minor bugfixes and documentation improvements</li>
</ul>

<h4>Download links</h4>
<p>
The wallet has its own download site <a
href="https://wallet.taler.net/">here</a>.  The exchange, merchant backend,
sync and bank components are distributed via the GNU FTP mirrors.
</p>
<ul>

<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-exchange-0.8.1.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-exchange-0.8.1.tar.gz</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-exchange-0.8.1.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-exchange-0.8.1.tar.gz.sig</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-merchant-0.8.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-merchant-0.8.0.tar.gz</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-merchant-0.8.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-merchant-0.8.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-bank-0.8.1.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-bank-0.8.1.tar.gz</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-bank-0.8.1.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-bank-0.8.1.tar.gz.sig</a></li>

<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/libeufin-0.0.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/libeufin-0.0.0.tar.gz</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/libeufin-0.0.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/libeufin-0.0.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li>

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<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-wallet-webex-0.6.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-wallet-webex-0.6.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/sync-0.8.1.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/sync-0.8.1.tar.gz</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/sync-0.8.1.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/sync-0.8.1.tar.gz.sig</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mdb-0.8.1.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mdb-0.8.1.tar.gz</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mdb-0.8.1.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mdb-0.8.1.tar.gz.sig</a></li>
</ul>
You must install GNUnet v0.15.0 to compile GNU Taler 0.8.

You must first install <a href="https://gnunet.org/en/news/2020-11-0.15.0.html">GNUnet v0.15.0</a> to compile GNU Taler 0.8.

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