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1. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Sunday, 06-Aug-2017 16:53:02 UTC Bob Mottram
   Watching the GNU Taler talk and thinking "this looks terrible".
   
   

   • Depends on existing banking system for the creation of money. Doesn't disintermediate banksters
   • The exchange part looks totally open to fraud or disruption
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   • Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Sunday, 06-Aug-2017 18:17:36 UTC Bob Mottram

     • M-x nemui
     @nee yes. Even though the talk compares GNU Taler to cryptocurrencies it's really much more like an alternative paypal. That includes the same failure modes which paypal has.
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   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2017 23:30:19 UTC Hallå Kitteh

     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     @lnxw48a1 @bob If you misunderstood it, I misunderstood it the same way.