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      3 \input texinputs/taler-macros
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      5 \usepackage{tikz}
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     10 %
     11 %  Presentation to Mrs Naomi Sesay director Matamp City 
     12 %   Copyright (C) 2026 Emmanuel Benoist, Léon Schumacher
     13 %
     14 %    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
     15 %    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
     16 %    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
     17 %    (at your option) any later version.
     18 %
     19 %    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     20 %    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     21 %    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
     22 %    GNU General Public License for more details.
     23 %
     24 %    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
     25 %    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
     26 %
     27 
     28 % *Especially* edit these...
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     32 
     33 \newcommand{\SPEAKER}{Léon Schumacher, Emmanuel Benoist}
     34 \newcommand{\DATE}{} 
     35 \title{}
     36 \date{}
     37 
     38 
     39 \newcommand{\TITLE}{Presentation of GNU Taler}
     40 \newcommand{\SUB}{for Naomi Sesay, Matamp City}
     41 \newcommand{\AUTHOR}{L. Schumacher et E. Benoist}
     42 \newcommand{\INST}{https://www.taler.net}
     43 
     44 % Do not edit this part
     45 \title{\TITLE}
     46 \subtitle{\SUB}
     47 \date{\DATE}
     48 \author[\SPEAKER]{\AUTHOR}
     49 \institute{\INST}
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    111 
    112 \begin{document}
    113 
    114 
    115 \frame{\maketitle 
    116 }
    117 
    118 
    119 
    120 
    121 
    122 {
    123 \setbeamerfont{frametitle}{size=\LARGE}
    124 
    125 \begin{frame}
    126   \frametitle{GNU Taler, a free payment system}
    127   \scriptsize
    128   %\footnotesize
    129   \setbeamerfont{block title}{size=\footnotesize}
    130   \begin{block}{Architecture of GNU Taler}
    131     \begin{itemize}
    132     \item Central server,
    133     \item wallet,
    134     \item module for merchants.
    135     \end{itemize}
    136   \end{block}
    137   \begin{block}{Some interesting points about Taler}
    138     \begin{itemize}
    139     \item People to People / People to Shop / People to and from Goverment transactions
    140     \item Transactions carried out in person / online / via an autonomous AI agent
    141     \end{itemize}
    142   \end{block}
    143   \begin{block}{What GNU Taler is not,}
    144      \begin{itemize}
    145      \item \emph{not} a new currency, 
    146      \item \emph{not} a long term hoarding method.
    147      \end{itemize}
    148   \end{block}
    149   
    150 \end{frame}
    151 }
    152 
    153 \begin{frame}
    154   \frametitle{Types of payment}
    155 
    156   \begin{center}
    157     \includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{images/payment_types.png}
    158   \end{center}
    159 \end{frame}
    160 
    161 
    162 \begin{frame}
    163   \frametitle{Early adopters}
    164 
    165   \large
    166 \vspace{2em}
    167   \begin{center}
    168     \begin{tabular}{ll}
    169       Currency for conferences (2024)& i.e. Datenspuren, \dots\\
    170       Local currency (2024)& i.e. Netzbon in Basel\\
    171       eCHF in Switzerland (May 2025)& FINMA/SRO compliant\\
    172       &\\
    173       Hungary eHUF (H2 2026)& operated by Magnet Bank\\
    174       Eurozone eEUR (H1 2027) & BaFin \\
    175     \end{tabular}
    176   \end{center}
    177   
    178 \end{frame}
    179 
    180 
    181 
    182 \begin{frame}
    183   \frametitle{Compliance Set-up}
    184 
    185   \begin{center}
    186     \includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{images/conformity.pdf}
    187   \end{center}
    188 \end{frame}
    189 
    190 % ~
    191 \section{Architecture of GNU Taler}
    192 \begin{frame}
    193 \frametitle{Overview of GNU Taler}
    194 \begin{center}
    195   \includegraphics[width=12cm]{images/operations.png}
    196 
    197 \end{center}
    198 \end{frame}
    199 
    200 
    201 
    202 \begin{frame}
    203   \frametitle{Basic components}
    204 
    205   \begin{center}
    206     \includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{images/core_components.png}
    207   \end{center}
    208 \end{frame}
    209 
    210 
    211 
    212 \begin{frame}
    213   \frametitle{Additional services}
    214 
    215   \begin{center}
    216     \includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{images/services.png}
    217   \end{center}
    218 \end{frame}
    219 
    220 
    221 
    222 \begin{frame}
    223   \frametitle{Integrations}
    224 
    225   \begin{center}
    226     \includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{images/integrations.png}
    227   \end{center}
    228 \end{frame}
    229 
    230 \subsection{Sovereignty}
    231 \begin{frame}
    232   \frametitle{Sovereignty (I)}
    233   \begin{block}{Payment architecture dependent on another state}
    234     \begin{itemize}
    235     \item Credit cards,
    236     \item Mobile payments. 
    237     \end{itemize}
    238   \end{block}
    239  \begin{block}{Risques}
    240     \begin{itemize}
    241     \item The United States revoked all means of payment for a French judge at the International Criminal Court,
    242     \item the United States unilaterally cut off Cuba’s access to Visa and Mastercard,
    243       \item collected data may be used for spying.
    244     \end{itemize}
    245      \end{block}
    246     \end{frame}
    247 
    248  \begin{frame}
    249      \frametitle{Sovereignty (II)}
    250  \begin{block}{Taler}
    251    \begin{itemize}
    252      \item Operated by you or your partner on premise,
    253      \item phyiscally in Sierra Leone
    254      \item no dependancy on another country 
    255      \item Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS)
    256    \end{itemize}
    257  \end{block}
    258 \end{frame}
    259 
    260 
    261 \subsection{A solution for Agentic AI}
    262 \begin{frame}
    263   \frametitle{A solution for Agentic AI (I)}
    264   \begin{block}{A revolution allready started}
    265     \begin{itemize}
    266     \item AI takes more and more decisions
    267     \item McKinsey forsees \$3000 - 5000 billions in agent-based AI commerce by 2030. 
    268     \end{itemize}
    269   \end{block}
    270  \begin{block}{Examples of possible payments}
    271     \begin{itemize}
    272     \item Payment via microtransactions to access information (pay-per-crawl).
    273     \item Purchases made autonomously,
    274     \item from machine to machine.
    275     \end{itemize}
    276  \end{block}
    277  \end{frame}
    278 
    279 \begin{frame}
    280   \frametitle{A solution for Agentic AI (II)}
    281  \begin{block}{Taler integrated into an agent}
    282    \begin{itemize}
    283      \item An agent is given a Taler Wallet containing money,
    284      \item the agent does not have access to the bank account,
    285      \item they have access to a limited and secure amount,
    286      \item the agent can operate completely independently. 
    287    \end{itemize}
    288  \end{block}
    289 \end{frame}
    290 
    291 \subsection{An inclusive solution}
    292 
    293 \begin{frame}
    294   \frametitle{An inclusive solution (I)}
    295   \begin{block}{For illiterate persons}
    296   \begin{itemize}
    297   \item who have difficulty with large numbers,
    298   \item who already pay in cash every day and are very familiar with such payments.
    299   \item who do not have a bank account
    300   \end{itemize}
    301   \end{block}
    302  \begin{block}{A user-friendly interface}
    303   \begin{itemize}
    304   \item contains the elements used in oral cultures to calculate economic value:
    305   \item a table with money (bills and coins),
    306   \item mnemonic icons.
    307   \end{itemize}
    308   \end{block}
    309 \end{frame}
    310 
    311 \begin{frame}
    312   \frametitle{An inclusive solution  (II)}
    313 
    314   \begin{center}
    315     \includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{images/Screenschot_OIM_SLE.pdf}
    316   \end{center}
    317 \end{frame}
    318 
    319 
    320 
    321 \begin{frame}
    322   \frametitle{NGI-Taler Project}
    323 
    324   \begin{center}
    325     \includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{images/ngi-taler.png}
    326   \end{center}
    327 \end{frame}
    328 
    329 
    330 
    331 \section{Questions and Answers}
    332 
    333 \begin{frame}
    334   \frametitle{Questions ?}
    335       \begin{columns}
    336       \begin{column}{0.3\textwidth}
    337         \begin{center}
    338           \includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{./images/3d-question-mark}
    339         \end{center}
    340       \end{column}
    341       \begin{column}{0.65\textwidth}
    342 
    343 
    344         \begin{block}{Contacts}
    345           \begin{itemize}
    346           \item \url{https://www.taler.net}
    347           \item emmanuel@taler.net
    348           \item leon@taler.net 
    349           \end{itemize}
    350         \end{block}
    351   \end{column}
    352 \end{columns}
    353 \end{frame}
    354 
    355 
    356 
    357 
    358 
    359 
    360 \begin{frame}{Acknowledgements}
    361 
    362   \begin{minipage}{0.45\textwidth} \ \\
    363     {\tiny Funded by the European Union (Project 101135475).}
    364 
    365     \begin{center}
    366       \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{./images/bandera.jpg}
    367     \end{center}
    368   \end{minipage}
    369   \hfill
    370   \begin{minipage}{0.45\textwidth}
    371     {\tiny Funded by SERI (HEU-Projekt 101135475-TALER).}
    372 
    373     \begin{center}
    374       \includegraphics[width=0.65\textwidth]{./images/sbfi.jpg}
    375     \end{center}
    376   \end{minipage}
    377 
    378   \vfill
    379 
    380   {\tiny Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only
    381     and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the
    382     European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for
    383     them.}
    384 \end{frame}
    385 \end{document}
    386 
    387 
    388 
    389 \begin{frame}
    390   \frametitle{Example}
    391       \begin{columns}
    392       \begin{column}{0.47\textwidth}
    393 \begin{center}
    394       \includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{./images/3d-question-mark.jpg}
    395 
    396 \end{center}
    397 \end{column}
    398       \begin{column}{0.47\textwidth}
    399 
    400         \begin{block}{Title for block}
    401           \begin{itemize}
    402           \item Item number 1
    403           \end{itemize}
    404         \end{block}
    405   \end{column}
    406 \end{columns}
    407 
    408 \end{frame}
    409