Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say
Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say
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Would Taler be more resilient than a typical EMV/AmEx card? It's designed as an online payment system but it's less centralised, so that could help.
It's already an attractive project due to its privacy feature, and due to it being more regulation-friendly that cryptocurrencies. If it's resilient enough it could act as a digital cash.
Cash alternative
I don't think replacing cash is a good idea
Taler is closer to an EMV card alternative, rather than a cash alternative.
Hopefully cash remains. But regions and businesses are already starting to go cashless, so I'd rather have Tale as an option.