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1. Danyl Strype (strypey@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Apr-2018 09:04:38 UTC Danyl Strype
   @alienghic @jamey it's not anti-government like the #PonziCoin crowd, but it actually protects customers anonymity, unlike #BitCoin
   • Danyl Strype (strypey@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Apr-2018 17:36:50 UTC Danyl Strype
     @jamey to be more specific, unlike most BitCoin payment systems, since Taler can work with BitCoin as well as it can with fiat currencies
   • Danyl Strype (strypey@quitter.se)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Apr-2018 05:21:18 UTC Danyl Strype
     @jamey I'm still learning about #Taler but I believe the idea is that like #GNU #Social instances, anyone can set up a Taler exchange ...
   • Danyl Strype (strypey@quitter.se)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Apr-2018 05:22:58 UTC Danyl Strype

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     @jamey .. but the challenging part for getting one to work with #USD (or any other fiat currency) is getting banks to agree to interoperate
   • Danyl Strype (strypey@quitter.se)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Apr-2018 05:24:34 UTC Danyl Strype

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     @jamey ... getting federal regulators to rule that full source code must be available for all payment systems using USD might help, but ...
   • Danyl Strype (strypey@quitter.se)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Apr-2018 06:37:44 UTC Danyl Strype
     @jamey sorry, my GNU Social analogy was a big ambiguous. What I meant is you don't have to just sit and wait for Taler to support USD.
   • Danyl Strype (strypey@quitter.se)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Apr-2018 21:01:51 UTC Danyl Strype
     @jamey ... instead you can get involved in setting up the first exchanges. According to conf talks by Taler devs, banks do need to consent