GNU Taler (opens in new tab)

I feel like their attempt to be taxable is contrary to the traditional reasons for using a digital currency. Even then, I would be surprised if a government uses taler rather than their own implementation. Always wanted to talk to the gnu people about this.

Ha, I just read about it on the website of the swiss national television (German - https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/digitales-geld-bezahlsystem-... ) and I was looking for discussions here.

(Google Translate: https://www-srf-ch.translate.goog/news/schweiz/digitales-gel... )

Other previous discussions:

- Feb. 2021: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26261314

- Jan. 2022 (refers as well to other posts): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29850143

While I'm big on free and open source software and aligned with the general GNU mission, I find that the projects that go under its umbrella or often terribly misguided, pointless and hopeless and thus largely ignored by the rest of software community.