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1 | msgid "" | ||
2 | msgstr "" | ||
3 | "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n" | ||
4 | "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n!=1);\n" | ||
5 | "Content-Type: text/plain;\n" | ||
6 | |||
7 | msgid "<a href='/'>Home</a>" | ||
8 | msgstr "" | ||
9 | |||
10 | msgid "<a href='https://demo.taler.net/' target='_blank'>Demo</a>" | ||
11 | msgstr "" | ||
12 | |||
13 | msgid "<a href='/citizens'>Citizens</a>" | ||
14 | msgstr "" | ||
15 | |||
16 | msgid "<a href='/merchants'>Merchants</a>" | ||
17 | msgstr "" | ||
18 | |||
19 | msgid "<a href='/governments'>Governments</a>" | ||
20 | msgstr "" | ||
21 | |||
22 | msgid "<a href='/investors'>Operators</a>" | ||
23 | msgstr "" | ||
24 | |||
25 | msgid "<a href='/developers'>Developers</a>" | ||
26 | msgstr "" | ||
27 | |||
28 | msgid "<a href='/about'>About us</a>" | ||
29 | msgstr "" | ||
30 | |||
31 | msgid "" | ||
32 | "This page was created using <a href='https://www.gnu.org/'>Free Software</a> " | ||
33 | "only." | ||
34 | msgstr "" | ||
35 | |||
36 | msgid "Electronic payments for a liberal society!" | ||
37 | msgstr "" | ||
38 | |||
39 | msgid "" | ||
40 | "Taler is a new electronic payment system under development\n" | ||
41 | "\t at <a href='http://www.inria.fr/'>Inria</a>. Today, this website " | ||
42 | "only\n" | ||
43 | "\t presents the advantages our system is expected to provide. We expect " | ||
44 | "to\n" | ||
45 | "\t make the payment system operational in 2017." | ||
46 | msgstr "" | ||
47 | |||
48 | msgid "Taxable" | ||
49 | msgstr "" | ||
50 | |||
51 | msgid "" | ||
52 | "Unlike BitCoin or cash payments, Taler ensures that\n" | ||
53 | "\t governments can learn their citizen's total income and thus collect\n" | ||
54 | "\t sales, value-added or income taxes. Taler is thus a currency for the\n" | ||
55 | "\t mainstream economy, and not the black market." | ||
56 | msgstr "" | ||
57 | |||
58 | msgid "Anonymous" | ||
59 | msgstr "" | ||
60 | |||
61 | msgid "" | ||
62 | "When you pay with Taler, your identity does not have to\n" | ||
63 | "\t be revealed to the merchant. The bank, government and exchange will " | ||
64 | "also\n" | ||
65 | "\t never learn how you spent your electronic money. However, you can\n" | ||
66 | "\t prove that you paid in court if necessary." | ||
67 | msgstr "" | ||
68 | |||
69 | msgid "Libre" | ||
70 | msgstr "" | ||
71 | |||
72 | msgid "" | ||
73 | "Taler is free software from <a href='http://www.gnu.org/'>GNU</a> " | ||
74 | "implementing an open protocol.\n" | ||
75 | "\t Anybody is welcome to inspect our code and integrate our reference\n" | ||
76 | "\t implementation into their applications." | ||
77 | msgstr "" | ||
78 | |||
79 | msgid "Electronic" | ||
80 | msgstr "" | ||
81 | |||
82 | msgid "" | ||
83 | "Taler is designed to work on the Internet. Using a\n" | ||
84 | "\t so-called RESTful protocol over HTTP or HTTPS, Taler is easy to\n" | ||
85 | "\t integrate with existing Web applications." | ||
86 | msgstr "" | ||
87 | |||
88 | msgid "Reserves" | ||
89 | msgstr "" | ||
90 | |||
91 | msgid "" | ||
92 | "Taler uses an electronic exchange holding financial\n" | ||
93 | " reserves in existing currencies. This means that Taler is not\n" | ||
94 | "\t a new currency with the inherent currency fluctuation risks, but\n" | ||
95 | "\t instead the cryptographic coins correspond to existing currencies, " | ||
96 | "such as\n" | ||
97 | "\t US Dollars, Euros or even BitCoins." | ||
98 | msgstr "" | ||
99 | |||
100 | msgid "Taler Web payments paper published." | ||
101 | msgstr "" | ||
102 | |||
103 | msgid "More news »" | ||
104 | msgstr "" | ||
105 | |||
106 | msgid "Taler technology: About taxability, change and privacy" | ||
107 | msgstr "" | ||
108 | |||
109 | msgid "" | ||
110 | "One of the key goals of Taler is to provide anonymity for\n" | ||
111 | " citizens buying goods and services, while ensuring that the state " | ||
112 | "can\n" | ||
113 | " observe incoming transactions to ensure businesses engage only " | ||
114 | "in\n" | ||
115 | " legal activities and do not evade taxes (such as income tax,\n" | ||
116 | " sales tax or value-added tax). However, we also want to stay\n" | ||
117 | " out of the immediate personal domain, so sharing funds within a\n" | ||
118 | " family or copying coins between devices should not be subject to\n" | ||
119 | " monitoring by the state.\n" | ||
120 | " " | ||
121 | msgstr "" | ||
122 | |||
123 | msgid "" | ||
124 | "As a result, Taler does not intrude into the\n" | ||
125 | " personal economic domain, offers good privacy, taxability\n" | ||
126 | " for transactions and the ability to give change.\n" | ||
127 | " " | ||
128 | msgstr "" | ||
129 | |||
130 | msgid "About us" | ||
131 | msgstr "" | ||
132 | |||
133 | msgid "" | ||
134 | "GNU maintainer. Network security & privacy researcher. Software " | ||
135 | "architect." | ||
136 | msgstr "" | ||
137 | |||
138 | msgid "" | ||
139 | "Entrepreneur, Investor, Fortune 100 CIO, IT company director in different " | ||
140 | "industries, …." | ||
141 | msgstr "" | ||
142 | |||
143 | msgid "CFO" | ||
144 | msgstr "" | ||
145 | |||
146 | msgid "Applied cryptography. Contact to W3c & Tor." | ||
147 | msgstr "" | ||
148 | |||
149 | msgid "Theoretical foundations." | ||
150 | msgstr "" | ||
151 | |||
152 | msgid "Founder of the GNU project. Ethical guidance and licensing." | ||
153 | msgstr "" | ||
154 | |||
155 | msgid "PhD Student, TU Munich. Currently teaching." | ||
156 | msgstr "" | ||
157 | |||
158 | msgid "PhD Student, Inria.." | ||
159 | msgstr "" | ||
160 | |||
161 | msgid "Software engineer." | ||
162 | msgstr "" | ||
163 | |||
164 | msgid "Sustainable business development." | ||
165 | msgstr "" | ||
166 | |||
167 | msgid "Software engineer. Works on libebics." | ||
168 | msgstr "" | ||
169 | |||
170 | msgid "Translator (Spanish)" | ||
171 | msgstr "" | ||
172 | |||
173 | msgid "Translator (Italian)" | ||
174 | msgstr "" | ||
175 | |||
176 | msgid "Hardware security module" | ||
177 | msgstr "" | ||
178 | |||
179 | msgid "Risk management" | ||
180 | msgstr "" | ||
181 | |||
182 | msgid "PhD student, TU Munich. Currently teaching." | ||
183 | msgstr "" | ||
184 | |||
185 | msgid "Software engineer. Works on Android wallet." | ||
186 | msgstr "" | ||
187 | |||
188 | msgid "Advantages for citizens" | ||
189 | msgstr "" | ||
190 | |||
191 | msgid "Security" | ||
192 | msgstr "" | ||
193 | |||
194 | msgid "" | ||
195 | "Taler is the electronic equivalent of cash, except harder to fake.\n" | ||
196 | " If your digital wallet is lost -- say because\n" | ||
197 | " your computer is irreparably damaged or compromised -- only the " | ||
198 | "amount of coin\n" | ||
199 | " stored in your wallet will be lost. Unlike a physical wallet, " | ||
200 | "you can make\n" | ||
201 | " backups of your digital wallet which can provide security " | ||
202 | "against data loss.\n" | ||
203 | " So your digital wallet works mostly just like\n" | ||
204 | " a physical wallet, except online and without the need to " | ||
205 | "manually count coins." | ||
206 | msgstr "" | ||
207 | |||
208 | msgid "Privacy" | ||
209 | msgstr "" | ||
210 | |||
211 | msgid "" | ||
212 | "Your transactions are private, neither the exchange nor merchant needs to\n" | ||
213 | " learn your identity. There is no need to give our credit card " | ||
214 | "numbers or\n" | ||
215 | " other sensitive information, and the merchant will only be able " | ||
216 | "to do\n" | ||
217 | " exactly the transaction you confirmed using your digital wallet." | ||
218 | msgstr "" | ||
219 | |||
220 | msgid "Convenience" | ||
221 | msgstr "" | ||
222 | |||
223 | msgid "" | ||
224 | "You will be able to withdraw digital coins to replenish your wallet using\n" | ||
225 | " your credit card or SEPA transactions, similar to how you pay " | ||
226 | "or withdraw\n" | ||
227 | " cash today." | ||
228 | msgstr "" | ||
229 | |||
230 | msgid "Stability " | ||
231 | msgstr "" | ||
232 | |||
233 | msgid "" | ||
234 | "Coins in your digital wallet will be of the same denomination as the\n" | ||
235 | " cash in your physical wallet. So you will not have to worry " | ||
236 | "about\n" | ||
237 | " currency fluctuations or conversion rates. Like a physical " | ||
238 | "wallet,\n" | ||
239 | " you can carry digital coins of different currencies in your " | ||
240 | "digital\n" | ||
241 | " wallet at the same time." | ||
242 | msgstr "" | ||
243 | |||
244 | msgid "Taler as seen by customers" | ||
245 | msgstr "" | ||
246 | |||
247 | msgid "" | ||
248 | "Customers interact with the Taler system mostly using\n" | ||
249 | " a free wallet implementation, which may be an extension or plugin\n" | ||
250 | " to their browser or a custom application on their computer(s).\n" | ||
251 | " Typical steps performed by customers are:\n" | ||
252 | " " | ||
253 | msgstr "" | ||
254 | |||
255 | msgid "" | ||
256 | "The customer selects an exchange (i.e. by visiting the\n" | ||
257 | " respective website or selecting from a list of exchanges in " | ||
258 | "the\n" | ||
259 | " application) and asks the wallet to create bank transfer\n" | ||
260 | " instructions to withdraw a certain amount of electronic cash.\n" | ||
261 | " The bank transfer instructions will contain an\n" | ||
262 | " access code that must be included in the subject of the\n" | ||
263 | " transaction, as well as the wire details for the exchange (i." | ||
264 | "e.\n" | ||
265 | " a SEPA account number)." | ||
266 | msgstr "" | ||
267 | |||
268 | msgid "" | ||
269 | "The customer then instructs his <b>bank</b> to\n" | ||
270 | " transfer funds from his account to the Taler exchange using\n" | ||
271 | " these instructions provided by the wallet (top left)." | ||
272 | msgstr "" | ||
273 | |||
274 | msgid "" | ||
275 | "Once the funds have arrived, the wallet will\n" | ||
276 | " automatically withdraw the electronic coins. The\n" | ||
277 | " customer can use the wallet to review his remaining balance\n" | ||
278 | " at any time. He can also make backups to secure his digital\n" | ||
279 | " coins against hardware failures." | ||
280 | msgstr "" | ||
281 | |||
282 | msgid "" | ||
283 | "When visiting a merchant that supports Taler,\n" | ||
284 | " an additional payment option for Taler is enabled in the " | ||
285 | "checkout system.\n" | ||
286 | " If the customer selects payments via Taler, the wallet\n" | ||
287 | " displays the secured contract from the merchant and asks\n" | ||
288 | " for confirmation. Taler does not require the customer\n" | ||
289 | " to provide any identity information to the merchant.\n" | ||
290 | " Transaction histories and digitally\n" | ||
291 | " signed contracts can be preserved in the wallet for future\n" | ||
292 | " review by the customer, or even use in court." | ||
293 | msgstr "" | ||
294 | |||
295 | msgid "Advantages for merchants" | ||
296 | msgstr "" | ||
297 | |||
298 | msgid "Fast" | ||
299 | msgstr "" | ||
300 | |||
301 | msgid "" | ||
302 | "Processing transactions with Taler is fast, allowing you\n" | ||
303 | "\t to confirm the transaction with your customer virtually immediately.\n" | ||
304 | "\t Your customers will appreciate that they do not have to type in " | ||
305 | "credit\n" | ||
306 | "\t card information and play the "verified by" game. By making " | ||
307 | "payments\n" | ||
308 | "\t significantly more convenient for your customers, you may be able to\n" | ||
309 | "\t use Taler for small transactions that would not work with credit " | ||
310 | "card\n" | ||
311 | "\t payments due to the mental overhead for customers." | ||
312 | msgstr "" | ||
313 | |||
314 | msgid "Secure" | ||
315 | msgstr "" | ||
316 | |||
317 | msgid "" | ||
318 | "You never learn sensitive customer information. You need\n" | ||
319 | "\t to ensure that your website provides the correct account information\n" | ||
320 | "\t for your business, and that you correctly validate the payment\n" | ||
321 | "\t confirmations from the Taler exchange. As a result, you will have\n" | ||
322 | "\t cryptographic proof of payment for the specific contracts you " | ||
323 | "entered\n" | ||
324 | "\t with your customers, and cryptographically signed confirmations from\n" | ||
325 | "\t the Taler exchange about the deposits. Taler does not require you to\n" | ||
326 | "\t undergo any particular security audits, processes or procedures, as\n" | ||
327 | "\t you never handle sensitive customer information. Your systems will\n" | ||
328 | "\t have cryptographically signed contracts which you can use in court " | ||
329 | "in\n" | ||
330 | "\t case of disputes." | ||
331 | msgstr "" | ||
332 | |||
333 | msgid "Free Software" | ||
334 | msgstr "" | ||
335 | |||
336 | msgid "" | ||
337 | "Taler is free software, and you can use the\n" | ||
338 | "\t liberally-licensed reference code as a starting point to integrate\n" | ||
339 | "\t Taler into your services. To use Taler, you do not need to pay " | ||
340 | "license\n" | ||
341 | "\t fees, and the free software development model will ensure that you " | ||
342 | "can\n" | ||
343 | "\t select from many competent developers to help you with your\n" | ||
344 | "\t integration." | ||
345 | msgstr "" | ||
346 | |||
347 | msgid "Low Fees" | ||
348 | msgstr "" | ||
349 | |||
350 | msgid "" | ||
351 | "Taler is designed to minimize the work the exchange needs to\n" | ||
352 | "\t perform. Combined with Taler's strong security which prevents " | ||
353 | "fraud,\n" | ||
354 | "\t exchanges can operate with very low overhead and thus low " | ||
355 | "transaction\n" | ||
356 | "\t fees. Given Taler's free software exchange reference " | ||
357 | "implementation,\n" | ||
358 | "\t competition among exchanges will ensure fair, low transaction fees " | ||
359 | "for\n" | ||
360 | "\t merchants." | ||
361 | msgstr "" | ||
362 | |||
363 | msgid "Flexible" | ||
364 | msgstr "" | ||
365 | |||
366 | msgid "" | ||
367 | "Taler can be used for different currencies (such as Euros\n" | ||
368 | "\t or US Dollars) and different payment models limited only by what the\n" | ||
369 | "\t exchange supports in its interactions." | ||
370 | msgstr "" | ||
371 | |||
372 | msgid "Ethical" | ||
373 | msgstr "" | ||
374 | |||
375 | msgid "" | ||
376 | "Taler does not support tax evasion or money laundering, and is\n" | ||
377 | " also not a pyramid scheme or speculative investment. Taler's\n" | ||
378 | " protocols are efficient and do not waste energy. Taler " | ||
379 | "encourages\n" | ||
380 | " competition by providing an open standard and free software\n" | ||
381 | " reference implementations." | ||
382 | msgstr "" | ||
383 | |||
384 | msgid "Taler as seen by merchants" | ||
385 | msgstr "" | ||
386 | |||
387 | msgid "" | ||
388 | "Merchants supporting the Taler system need to integrate\n" | ||
389 | " some relatively simple logic into their transaction processing\n" | ||
390 | " system.\n" | ||
391 | " Typical steps performed by the merchant system are:\n" | ||
392 | " " | ||
393 | msgstr "" | ||
394 | |||
395 | msgid "" | ||
396 | "The new logic detects when a customer's system\n" | ||
397 | " supports Taler and then needs to send a cryptographically " | ||
398 | "signed\n" | ||
399 | " version of the proposed contract in a simple JSON format to\n" | ||
400 | " the customer.\n" | ||
401 | " The message also includes salted, hashed wire details for\n" | ||
402 | " the merchant, as well as restrictions as to which exchange " | ||
403 | "operators\n" | ||
404 | " the merchant is willing to deal with." | ||
405 | msgstr "" | ||
406 | |||
407 | msgid "" | ||
408 | "The customer sends a signed response which states\n" | ||
409 | " that certain digital coins now belong to the merchant to " | ||
410 | "both\n" | ||
411 | " signal acceptance of the deal as well as to pay the " | ||
412 | "respective\n" | ||
413 | " amount (bottom)." | ||
414 | msgstr "" | ||
415 | |||
416 | msgid "" | ||
417 | "The merchant then forwards the signed messages\n" | ||
418 | " received from the customer to the exchange, together with " | ||
419 | "its\n" | ||
420 | " wire details and the salt (without hashing). The exchange " | ||
421 | "verifies\n" | ||
422 | " the details and sends a signed confirmation (or an error\n" | ||
423 | " message) to the merchant. The merchant checks that the\n" | ||
424 | " exchange's signature is valid, sends a confirmation to the\n" | ||
425 | " customer and executes the contract-specific business logic." | ||
426 | msgstr "" | ||
427 | |||
428 | msgid "" | ||
429 | "The exchange performs wire transfers corresponding to\n" | ||
430 | " the claims deposited by the merchant. Note that the exchange " | ||
431 | "may\n" | ||
432 | " charge fees for the deposit operation, hence merchants may\n" | ||
433 | " impose limits restricting the set of exchange operators they " | ||
434 | "are\n" | ||
435 | " willing to deal with, for example by imposing a bound on\n" | ||
436 | " deposit fees." | ||
437 | msgstr "" | ||
438 | |||
439 | msgid "Manuals for merchants" | ||
440 | msgstr "" | ||
441 | |||
442 | msgid "Advantages for governments" | ||
443 | msgstr "" | ||
444 | |||
445 | msgid "" | ||
446 | "Taler is an electronic payment system that was built with the goal of " | ||
447 | "supporting taxation.\n" | ||
448 | " With Taler, the receiver of any form of payment is known, and " | ||
449 | "the payment information comes\n" | ||
450 | " attached with some details about what the payment was made for " | ||
451 | "(but not the identity of the customer). Thus, governments can use this\n" | ||
452 | " data to tax buisnesses and individuals based on their income, " | ||
453 | "making tax evasion and\n" | ||
454 | " black markets less viable." | ||
455 | msgstr "" | ||
456 | |||
457 | msgid "" | ||
458 | "Taler's payments are cryptographically secured. Thus, customers, merchants " | ||
459 | "and\n" | ||
460 | " the exchange can mathematically demonstrate their lawful " | ||
461 | "behavior in court in case\n" | ||
462 | " of disputes. Financial damages are strictly limited, improving " | ||
463 | "economic security\n" | ||
464 | " for individuals, merchants, the exchange and the state. Most " | ||
465 | "importantly, an\n" | ||
466 | " independent auditor can ensure that there is no "bad exchange" | ||
467 | ""\n" | ||
468 | " within the Taler system who might threaten the economy due to " | ||
469 | "fraud." | ||
470 | msgstr "" | ||
471 | |||
472 | msgid "" | ||
473 | "Taler is free software implementing an open protocol standard. Thus, Taler " | ||
474 | "will\n" | ||
475 | " enable competition and avoid the monopolization of payment " | ||
476 | "systems that threatens\n" | ||
477 | " global political and financial stability today." | ||
478 | msgstr "" | ||
479 | |||
480 | msgid "Efficient" | ||
481 | msgstr "" | ||
482 | |||
483 | msgid "" | ||
484 | "Taler is designed to be efficient. Unlike timeline-based payment systems " | ||
485 | "like\n" | ||
486 | " BitCoin, Taler will not threaten the availability of national " | ||
487 | "electric grids or\n" | ||
488 | " (significantly) contribute to environmental pollution." | ||
489 | msgstr "" | ||
490 | |||
491 | msgid "Taler as seen by governments" | ||
492 | msgstr "" | ||
493 | |||
494 | msgid "" | ||
495 | "Governments can observe traditional wire\n" | ||
496 | " transfers entering and leaving the Taler system, and\n" | ||
497 | " require merchants and exchange operators to provide certain\n" | ||
498 | " information during financial audits. Exchange operators\n" | ||
499 | " are expected to be permanently checked by auditors,\n" | ||
500 | " while merchants may be required to reveal information\n" | ||
501 | " during regular tax audits.\n" | ||
502 | " Information available to the government includes:\n" | ||
503 | " " | ||
504 | msgstr "" | ||
505 | |||
506 | msgid "" | ||
507 | "From the banking system:\n" | ||
508 | " The total amount of digital currency\n" | ||
509 | " obtained by a customer. The government could impose\n" | ||
510 | " limits on how many digital coins a customer may\n" | ||
511 | " withdraw within a given timeframe." | ||
512 | msgstr "" | ||
513 | |||
514 | msgid "" | ||
515 | "From the banking system:\n" | ||
516 | " The total amount of income received\n" | ||
517 | " by any merchant via the Taler system." | ||
518 | msgstr "" | ||
519 | |||
520 | msgid "" | ||
521 | "From auditing the exchange:\n" | ||
522 | " The amounts of digital coins legitimately withdrawn by\n" | ||
523 | " customers from the exchange, the value of non-redeemed " | ||
524 | "digital coins\n" | ||
525 | " in customer's wallets, the value and corresponding wire " | ||
526 | "details\n" | ||
527 | " of deposit operations performed by merchants with the " | ||
528 | "exchange, and\n" | ||
529 | " the income of the exchange from transaction fees." | ||
530 | msgstr "" | ||
531 | |||
532 | msgid "" | ||
533 | "From auditing merchants:\n" | ||
534 | " For each deposit operation, the exact details of the\n" | ||
535 | " underlying contract that was signed between\n" | ||
536 | " customer and merchant. However, this information would\n" | ||
537 | " typically not include the identity of the customer.\n" | ||
538 | " Note that while the customer can decide to prove that it was " | ||
539 | "his\n" | ||
540 | " transaction (i.e. in court when suing the merchant if the\n" | ||
541 | " merchant failed to deliver on the contract),\n" | ||
542 | " merchant, exchange and government cannot find out the " | ||
543 | "customer's\n" | ||
544 | " identity from the information that Taler collects." | ||
545 | msgstr "" | ||
546 | |||
547 | msgid "Operate a Taler exchange!" | ||
548 | msgstr "" | ||
549 | |||
550 | msgid "" | ||
551 | "Taler uses efficient cryptographic primitives (such as RSA 2048 and\n" | ||
552 | " EdDSA) and is thus expected to be able to handle large " | ||
553 | "transaction\n" | ||
554 | " volumes, only limited by the input/output capabilities of the\n" | ||
555 | " database. Thus, running a Taler exchange should be profitable " | ||
556 | "even\n" | ||
557 | " with very low (less than 1 cent) transaction fees (at " | ||
558 | "appropriate\n" | ||
559 | " transaction volume)." | ||
560 | msgstr "" | ||
561 | |||
562 | msgid "" | ||
563 | "All transactions in Taler are secured using modern cryptography and\n" | ||
564 | " trust in all parties is minimized. Financial damage is bounded\n" | ||
565 | " (for customers, merchants and the exchange) even\n" | ||
566 | " in the case that systems are compromised and private keys are " | ||
567 | "stolen.\n" | ||
568 | " Databases can be audited for consistency, resulting in either " | ||
569 | "the\n" | ||
570 | " detection of compromised systems or the demonstration that\n" | ||
571 | " participants were honest." | ||
572 | msgstr "" | ||
573 | |||
574 | msgid "Business model" | ||
575 | msgstr "" | ||
576 | |||
577 | msgid "" | ||
578 | "The basic business model for Taler is the operation of an exchange. An " | ||
579 | "exchange converts money from traditional payment systems (Mastercard,\n" | ||
580 | " SEPA, Visa, BitCoin, ACH, SWIFT, etc.) to anonymous electronic\n" | ||
581 | " coins in the same currency. The customer can then redeem the " | ||
582 | "electronic\n" | ||
583 | " coins at a merchant, who can exchange them for money " | ||
584 | "represented using\n" | ||
585 | " traditional payment systems at the exchange. The exchange can " | ||
586 | "then charge\n" | ||
587 | " fees (to the customer, merchant or both) to facilitate the " | ||
588 | "transactions." | ||
589 | msgstr "" | ||
590 | |||
591 | msgid "Taler as seen by the exchange operator" | ||
592 | msgstr "" | ||
593 | |||
594 | msgid "" | ||
595 | "The exchange operator primarily operates a Web service\n" | ||
596 | " portal and keeps databases with transaction details and\n" | ||
597 | " cryptographic proofs. Its operational expenses are thus related " | ||
598 | "to\n" | ||
599 | " its interactions with the banking system and the operation of\n" | ||
600 | " the computing infrastructure, while its income is based on\n" | ||
601 | " transaction fees it may charge for the various interactions.\n" | ||
602 | " Key interactions of the exchange include:\n" | ||
603 | " " | ||
604 | msgstr "" | ||
605 | |||
606 | msgid "" | ||
607 | "Create a <b>reserve</b> based on an incoming\n" | ||
608 | " wire transfer from a customer." | ||
609 | msgstr "" | ||
610 | |||
611 | msgid "" | ||
612 | "Allow customers to withdraw (and refresh)\n" | ||
613 | " digital coins from their reserve." | ||
614 | msgstr "" | ||
615 | |||
616 | msgid "Accept and validate deposits from merchants." | ||
617 | msgstr "" | ||
618 | |||
619 | msgid "" | ||
620 | "Execute wire transfers to merchants in\n" | ||
621 | " response to validated deposits." | ||
622 | msgstr "" | ||
623 | |||
624 | msgid "" | ||
625 | "Preserve and provide cryptographic proofs of\n" | ||
626 | " correct operation for audits by financial regulators." | ||
627 | msgstr "" | ||
628 | |||
629 | msgid "Taler for developers" | ||
630 | msgstr "" | ||
631 | |||
632 | msgid "Free" | ||
633 | msgstr "" | ||
634 | |||
635 | msgid "" | ||
636 | "Taler is free software implementing an open\n" | ||
637 | " protocol. Anybody is welcome to inspect our code and\n" | ||
638 | " integrate our reference implementation into their\n" | ||
639 | " applications. Different components of Taler are being\n" | ||
640 | " made available under different licenses. The Affero\n" | ||
641 | " GPLv3+ is used for the exchange, the LGPLv3+ is used for\n" | ||
642 | " reference code demonstrating integration with merchant\n" | ||
643 | " platforms, and licenses like Apache/Mozilla/GPLv3+ are\n" | ||
644 | " used for wallets and related customer-facing software.\n" | ||
645 | " We are open for constructive suggestions for maximizing\n" | ||
646 | " the adoption of this libre payment platform.\n" | ||
647 | " " | ||
648 | msgstr "" | ||
649 | |||
650 | msgid "RESTful" | ||
651 | msgstr "" | ||
652 | |||
653 | msgid "" | ||
654 | "Taler is designed to work on the Internet. To\n" | ||
655 | "\t ensure that Taler payments can work with restrictive\n" | ||
656 | "\t network setups, Taler uses a RESTful protocol over HTTP or\n" | ||
657 | "\t HTTPS. Taler's security does not depend upon the use of\n" | ||
658 | "\t HTTPS, but obviously merchants may choose to offer HTTPS\n" | ||
659 | "\t for consistency and because it generally is better for\n" | ||
660 | "\t privacy compared to HTTP. Taler uses JSON to encode\n" | ||
661 | "\t structure data, making it easy to integrate Taler with\n" | ||
662 | "\t existing Web applications. Taler's protocol is documented\n" | ||
663 | "\t in detail <a href='https://api.taler.net/'>here</a>.\n" | ||
664 | " " | ||
665 | msgstr "" | ||
666 | |||
667 | msgid "Code" | ||
668 | msgstr "" | ||
669 | |||
670 | msgid "" | ||
671 | "Taler is currently primarily developed by a\n" | ||
672 | "\t research team at Inria and TU Munich. However,\n" | ||
673 | "\t contributions from anyone are welcome. Our Git\n" | ||
674 | "\t repositories can be cloned using the Git and HTTP access\n" | ||
675 | "\t methods against <tt>git.taler.net</tt> with the name of\n" | ||
676 | "\t the respective repository. A list of public repositories\n" | ||
677 | "\t can be found in\n" | ||
678 | "\t our <a href='https://git.taler.net/'>GitWeb</a>.\n" | ||
679 | " " | ||
680 | msgstr "" | ||
681 | |||
682 | msgid "Documentation" | ||
683 | msgstr "" | ||
684 | |||
685 | msgid "" | ||
686 | "In addition to this website,\n" | ||
687 | " the <a href='https://git.taler.net/'>documented\n" | ||
688 | " code</a> and the <a href='https://api.taler.net/'>API\n" | ||
689 | " documentation</a>, we are in the process of preparing a\n" | ||
690 | " comprehensive design document which will be published here\n" | ||
691 | " soon.\n" | ||
692 | " " | ||
693 | msgstr "" | ||
694 | |||
695 | msgid "Discussion" | ||
696 | msgstr "" | ||
697 | |||
698 | msgid "" | ||
699 | "We have a mailinglist for developer discussions.\n" | ||
700 | " You can subscribe to it or read the list archive at\n" | ||
701 | " <a href='http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/taler'>http://" | ||
702 | "lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/taler</a>." | ||
703 | msgstr "" | ||
704 | |||
705 | msgid "Regression Testing" | ||
706 | msgstr "" | ||
707 | |||
708 | msgid "" | ||
709 | "We\n" | ||
710 | " have <a href='https://buildbot.net/'>Buildbot</a>\n" | ||
711 | " automation tests to detect regressions and check for\n" | ||
712 | " portability at\n" | ||
713 | " <a href='https://buildbot.taler.net/'>buildbot.taler.net</a>.\n" | ||
714 | " " | ||
715 | msgstr "" | ||
716 | |||
717 | msgid "Code Coverage Analysis" | ||
718 | msgstr "" | ||
719 | |||
720 | msgid "" | ||
721 | "We\n" | ||
722 | " use <a href='http://ltp.sourceforge.net/coverage/lcov.php" | ||
723 | "'>LCOV</a>\n" | ||
724 | " to analyze the code coverage of our tests, the results are\n" | ||
725 | " available\n" | ||
726 | " at <a href='https://lcov.taler.net/'>lcov.taler.net</a>.\n" | ||
727 | " " | ||
728 | msgstr "" | ||
729 | |||
730 | msgid "Performance Analysis" | ||
731 | msgstr "" | ||
732 | |||
733 | msgid "" | ||
734 | "We\n" | ||
735 | " use <a href='https://gnunet.org/gauger'>Gauger</a> for\n" | ||
736 | " performance regression analysis of the exchange backend\n" | ||
737 | " at <a href='https://gauger.taler.net/'>gauger.taler.net</a>.\n" | ||
738 | " " | ||
739 | msgstr "" | ||
740 | |||
741 | msgid "Taler system overview" | ||
742 | msgstr "" | ||
743 | |||
744 | msgid "" | ||
745 | "The Taler system consists of protocols executed\n" | ||
746 | " among a number of actors with the help\n" | ||
747 | " of <a href='https://www.fsf.org/'>Free Software</a> as\n" | ||
748 | " illustrated in the illustration on the right. Typical\n" | ||
749 | " transactions involve the following steps:\n" | ||
750 | " " | ||
751 | msgstr "" | ||
752 | |||
753 | msgid "" | ||
754 | "A customer instructs his <b>bank</b> to\n" | ||
755 | " transfer funds from his account to the Taler exchange\n" | ||
756 | " (top left). In the subject of the transaction, he\n" | ||
757 | " includes an authentication token from his\n" | ||
758 | " electronic <b>wallet</b>. In Taler terminology, the\n" | ||
759 | " customer creates a reserve at the exchange.\n" | ||
760 | " " | ||
761 | msgstr "" | ||
762 | |||
763 | msgid "" | ||
764 | "Once the exchange has received the\n" | ||
765 | " transfer, it allows the customer's electronic wallet\n" | ||
766 | " to <b>withdraw</b> electronic coins. The electronic\n" | ||
767 | " coins are digital representations of the original\n" | ||
768 | " currency from the transfer. It is important to note\n" | ||
769 | " that the exchange does not learn the "serial numbers"\n" | ||
770 | " of the coins created in this process, so it cannot tell\n" | ||
771 | " later which customer purchased what at which merchant.\n" | ||
772 | " The use of Taler does not change the currency or the\n" | ||
773 | " total value of the funds (except for fees which the\n" | ||
774 | " exchange may charge for the service).\n" | ||
775 | " " | ||
776 | msgstr "" | ||
777 | |||
778 | msgid "" | ||
779 | "Once the customer has the digital coins in\n" | ||
780 | " his wallet, the wallet can be used to <b>spend</b> the\n" | ||
781 | " coins with merchant portals that support the Taler\n" | ||
782 | " payment system and accept the respective exchange as a\n" | ||
783 | " business partner (bottom arrow). This creates a digital\n" | ||
784 | " contract signed by the customer's coins and the\n" | ||
785 | " merchant. If necessary, the customer can later use\n" | ||
786 | " this digitally signed contract in a court of law to\n" | ||
787 | " prove the exact terms of the contract and that he paid\n" | ||
788 | " the respective amount. The customer does not learn the\n" | ||
789 | " banking details of the merchant, and Taler does not\n" | ||
790 | " require the merchant to learn the identity of the\n" | ||
791 | " customer. Naturally, the customer can spend any\n" | ||
792 | " fraction of his digital coins (the system takes care of\n" | ||
793 | " customers getting change).\n" | ||
794 | " " | ||
795 | msgstr "" | ||
796 | |||
797 | msgid "" | ||
798 | "Merchants receiving digital\n" | ||
799 | " coins <b>deposit</b> the respective receipts that\n" | ||
800 | " resulted from the contract signing with the customer at\n" | ||
801 | " the exchange to redeem the coins. The deposit step\n" | ||
802 | " does not reveal the details of the contract between the\n" | ||
803 | " customer and the merchant or the identity of the\n" | ||
804 | " customer to the exchange in any way. However, the\n" | ||
805 | " exchange does learn the identity of the merchant via\n" | ||
806 | " the provided bank routing information. The merchant\n" | ||
807 | " can, for example when compelled by the state for\n" | ||
808 | " taxation, provide information linking the individual\n" | ||
809 | " deposit to the respective contract signed by the\n" | ||
810 | " customer. Thus, the exchange's database allows the\n" | ||
811 | " state to enforce that merchants pay applicable taxes\n" | ||
812 | " (and do not engage in illegal contracts).\n" | ||
813 | " " | ||
814 | msgstr "" | ||
815 | |||
816 | msgid "" | ||
817 | "Finally, the exchange transfers funds\n" | ||
818 | " corresponding to the digital coins redeemed by the\n" | ||
819 | " merchants to the merchant's <b>bank</b> account. The\n" | ||
820 | " exchange may combine multiple small transactions into\n" | ||
821 | " one larger bank transfer. The merchant can query the\n" | ||
822 | " exchange about the relationship between the bank\n" | ||
823 | " transfers and the individual claims that were\n" | ||
824 | " deposited.\n" | ||
825 | " " | ||
826 | msgstr "" | ||
827 | |||
828 | msgid "" | ||
829 | "Most importantly, the exchange keeps\n" | ||
830 | " cryptographic proofs that allow it to demonstrate that\n" | ||
831 | " it is operating correctly to third parties. The system\n" | ||
832 | " requires an external <b>auditor</b>, such as a\n" | ||
833 | " government-appointed financial regulatory body, to\n" | ||
834 | " frequently verify the exchange's databases and check that\n" | ||
835 | " its bank balance matches the total value of the\n" | ||
836 | " remaining coins in circulation.\n" | ||
837 | " " | ||
838 | msgstr "" | ||
839 | |||
840 | msgid "" | ||
841 | "Without the auditor, the exchange operators\n" | ||
842 | " could embezzle funds they are holding in\n" | ||
843 | " reserve. Customers and merchants cannot cheat each\n" | ||
844 | " other or the exchange. If any party's computers are\n" | ||
845 | " compromised, the financial damage is limited to the\n" | ||
846 | " respective party and proportional to the funds they\n" | ||
847 | " have in circulation during the period of the\n" | ||
848 | " compromise.\n" | ||
849 | " " | ||
850 | msgstr "" | ||
851 | |||
852 | msgid "News" | ||
853 | msgstr "" | ||