Taler isn't competing with bitcoin per se, but it's competing with a particular vision of the bitcoin network (or any blockchain) as "the future of digital paym

Taler isn't competing with bitcoin per se, but it's competing with a particular vision of the bitcoin network (or any blockchain) as "the future of digital payments". Lots of people are into bitcoin as a digital asset, as some kind of inflation-protecting security, etc. For these purposes, Taler is completely orthogonal and not a competitor at all.