Richard Stallman’s GNU Releases ‘Unlike Bitcoin’ Electronic Payments
Richard Stallman’s GNU (gnunet.org) and French computing institute Inria have released the initial code for an “electronic payment system,” which is “unlike BitCoin or cash.” GNU’s ‘Not for the Black Market’ Taler. The project, dubbed Taler (for Taxable Anonymous Libre Electronic Reserve), is designed “for the mainstream economy, and not the black....
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