Nym now accepts payments using the anonymous payment method GNU Taler. So far the only Taler exchange is for Swiss Franks, but Euros are still in the works.
Nym is the first online merchant that I am aware of that accepts Taler.
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When do you think Taler gets enrolled in the European Union?
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GLS is wants to do Euro for Germany, sadly they no longer say when 
Btw I believe you can charge a Taler Swiss Franks wallet from any SEPA account, so no country restrictions. Haven’t tried that tho
they require a phone swiss number
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Only for p2p payments and probably only to receive money from someone else. P2B payments work without.
I hope that the “digital Euro" will be based on GNU Taler
GNU Taker can accept any currency, but it isn’t a currency in itself, so you have it in reverse.
Stupidly they are building their own inferior system
I think that the European Central Bank should issue GNU Taler Euro tokens and make it an official payment method.
Is there any party in the EU parliament that demands to use GNU Taler?
Cool concept, but any reason to use this over something like monero? Maybe I am lucky but monero is extremely easy to get in my country.
As of now, there are no better options than Monero.
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Taler is a payment method, not a currency so :
No value fluctuations. The value of a Taler token is always consistant with the currency its representing.
Efficiency, Taler isn’t based on a blockchain and doesn’t require hundreds of nodes to be run by volunteers.
Income of merchants is transparent to the exchange, which makes tax fraud more difficult.
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IMO, it would be better if individual banks start exchanges as Taler payments can be interoperable. Competition in payment infrastructure is a very good thing.
The ECB is basically doing that anyways, just with their own implementation, which basically everyone has issues with.
I doubt that commercial banks would actively push for this, because they can make more profit by selling user data that they wouldn’t get with GNU Taler.
If the Central Bank issues Taler tokens, the commercial banks would be incentivized to also issue them.
no idea but it is funded by the EC NLnet; NGI TALER
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Maybe a stupid thought, but could the Free Software Foundation (or a comparable Institution) get bank license to host a mint wher you can buy in with fiat?
Yes probably. The Swiss Franks exchange is related to the GNU project.
Could they get a bank license and open mints in the EU without waiting for commercial banking adoption?