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GNU Taler and Blockchains

links: AC2 TOC GNU Taler - Index


Depolymerization

  • De - Undo something
  • poly - "many"
  • mer - "part"
  • ization - act, process, or result of doing something

Polymer \(\rightarrow\) PET / Plastic

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Challenges

Taler Metadata

  • Metadata are required to link a wallet to credits and allow merchant to link deposits to debits
  • Putting metadata in blockchain transactions can be tricky

Blockchain based cryptocurrencies

  • Blockchain transactions lack finality (fork)
  • Transactions can be stuck for a long time (mempool)

Architecture

DLT: Distributed Ledger

Taler Blockchain DLT.png


links: AC2 TOC GNU Taler - Index