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  • Switzerland has GNU Taler. They launched it there a few months ago, lucky for you. Check its website: https://taler-ops.ch/de/

    You just kind of need to wait for merchants to use it. Could become mainstream somewhere around 2028.

    From wikipedia:

    GNU Taler is a free software-based microtransaction and electronic payment system. Unlike most other decentralized payment systems, GNU Taler does not use a blockchain. A blind signature is used to protect the privacy of users as it prevents the exchange from knowing which coin it signed for which customer.

    The wallet is like cryptocurrency wallets in that when you lose it (lose your cryptographic keys or phone), you lose all the money inside of it. So you must keep it safe like your own physical wallet. It works with NFC, so it can replace Google Pay or Apple Pay or whatever.

    It also works offline, which is awesome. Though you do need to be online sometimes to refresh your digital money or they expire and become unspendable. The expiry is set by the GNU Taler operator.

    Do keep in mind that receivers are NOT anonymous. Only senders are anonymous. This is by design and is there to apply tax to merchants and also combat fraud, etc.

    You can learn how it works by reading their docs: https://docs.taler.net/

    The FAQ is also a good thing to read: https://www.taler.net/en/faq.html













  • Not flawless, but also not catastrophic.

    It seems like the problems I encounter lessen (or lessen in difficulty to troubleshoot) as I use arch linux more and more.

    If you use amd hardware, then I guess you’ll have a good time with the distros. Most “user friendly” distros should work out of the box. Try switching to something other than debian based.

    With the nvidia open kernel modules, it has been rather hassle free for me.

    Also remember to check the arch wiki. It’s a great resource.



  • The link does work, but it isn’t the preferred way to link to communities in lemmy/piefed (and I think Mbin too).

    Instance agnostic links look like this:

    !<comm name>@<instance.tld>

    For users:

    @<user name>@<instance.tld>

    The problem with linking to comms like the way you did is that it won’t be opened in the user’s instance (unless they use some client that does support resolving it).