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Is GNU Taler an anonymous ecash mint?

• cyphar 9y ago
  Their website[1] gives more detailed information on how it works than I can here. Effectively, yes, but the system explicitly supports having different mints that operate over different currencies. And while what consumers (people sending money) spend their money on is completely anonymous and cannot be correlated, merchants (people receiving money) can still have their income audited and taxed accordingly. The system was designed by a university research team in Europe and became a GNU project a year or two ago. [1]: https://taler.net/en/architecture.html https://taler.net/en/architecture.html
  • EthanHeilman 9y ago
    The FAQ says blind signatures which would definitely confirm it as an eCash mint. Wish they had a sentence on the website that said "we implement the CHL eCash scheme over the blah curve" for the technical folks. >And while what consumers (people sending money) spend their money on is completely anonymous and cannot be correlated, merchants (people receiving money) can still have their income audited and taxed accordingly. Can't be linked but they can be correlated since you have a weak timing channel from issuance of tokens to redemption.