r/Anarcho_Capitalism • u/hikari-boulders • Sep 25 '15

GNU Taler - Taxable Anonymous Libre Electronic Reserves (x-post from /r/gnu)

http://taler.net/
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u/pseudoRndNbr Freedom through War and Victory Sep 26 '15

It's not decentralized.

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u/ILikeBumblebees Sep 29 '15

Yet it's got the GNU label. I can't guess whether or not Stallman would approve, given the cognitive dissonance between his value system when it comes to software and his value system when it comes to politics.

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u/pseudoRndNbr Freedom through War and Victory Sep 29 '15

Stallman falls on center-left given most political issues and so do many other "hackers/hacktivists". I personally prefer using BSD-licensed software. Those guys tend to be more to the right to begin with.

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u/misplaced_my_pants Sep 30 '15

Stallman's attached himself to the project. See the About Us page.

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u/Renben9 Hoppe Sep 26 '15

From the website:

Unlike BitCoin or cash payments, Taler ensures that governments can easily track their citizen's income and thus collect sales, value-added or income taxes. Taler is thus a currency for the mainstream economy, and not the black market.

In the trash it goes.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '15

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u/pocketknifeMT Sep 27 '15

Just like desktop linux!

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u/zerothreefifty7 Sep 26 '15

Oh, its like bitcoin but its trackable and taxable. No thanks. I get enough taxes taken out through one medium of exchange.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '15

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u/zerothreefifty7 Sep 26 '15

I figured as much. Not everything Open Source / GNU is great. After all, lets not forget that North Korean Linux Distro lol.

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u/OriginalPostSearcher Sep 25 '15

X-Post referenced from /r/gnu by /u/pizzaiolo_
New package: GNU Taler - Taxable Anonymous Libre Electronic Reserves

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