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1 | <html lang="{{ _('en') }}"><head> | ||
2 | <meta charset="utf-8"> | ||
3 | <title>{{ _("GNU Taler") }} - {{ _("Citizens") }}</title> | ||
4 | <meta name="description" content=""> | ||
5 | <!--# include file="common/header.inc" --> | ||
6 | </head> | ||
7 | <body class="en" onload="loadLang();"> | ||
8 | <div class="container"> | ||
9 | <!--# include file="common/navigation.inc" --> | ||
10 | <!-- Jumbotron --> | ||
11 | <div class="jumbotron"> | ||
12 | <h1>{{ _("Advantages for citizens") }}</h1> | ||
13 | <!-- p><a class="btn btn-lg btn-success" href="#" role="button">Get started today</a></p --> | ||
14 | </div> | ||
15 | |||
16 | <!-- Example row of columns --> | ||
17 | <div class="row"> | ||
18 | <div class="col-lg-6"> | ||
19 | <h2>{{ _("Security") }}</h2> | ||
20 | |||
21 | <p>{{ _("Taler is the electronic equivalent of cash, except harder to fake. | ||
22 | If your digital wallet is lost -- say because | ||
23 | your computer is irreparably damaged or compromised -- only the amount of coin | ||
24 | stored in your wallet will be lost. Unlike a physical wallet, you can make | ||
25 | backups of your digital wallet which can provide security against data loss. | ||
26 | So your digital wallet works mostly just like | ||
27 | a physical wallet, except online and without the need to manually count coins.") }}</p> | ||
28 | </div> | ||
29 | <div class="col-lg-6"> | ||
30 | <h2>{{ _("Privacy") }}</h2> | ||
31 | |||
32 | <p>{{ _("Your transactions are private, neither the exchange nor merchant needs to | ||
33 | learn your identity. There is no need to give our credit card numbers or | ||
34 | other sensitive information, and the merchant will only be able to do | ||
35 | exactly the transaction you confirmed using your digital wallet.") }}</p> | ||
36 | </div> | ||
37 | </div> | ||
38 | <div class="row"> | ||
39 | <div class="col-lg-6"> | ||
40 | <h2>{{ _("Convenience") }}</h2> | ||
41 | |||
42 | <p>{{ _("You will be able to withdraw digital coins to replenish your wallet using | ||
43 | your credit card or SEPA transactions, similar to how you pay or withdraw | ||
44 | cash today.") }}</p> | ||
45 | </div> | ||
46 | <div class="col-lg-6"> | ||
47 | <h2>{{ _("Stability ") }}</h2> | ||
48 | |||
49 | <p>{{ _("Coins in your digital wallet will be of the same denomination as the | ||
50 | cash in your physical wallet. So you will not have to worry about | ||
51 | currency fluctuations or conversion rates. Like a physical wallet, | ||
52 | you can carry digital coins of different currencies in your digital | ||
53 | wallet at the same time.") }}</p> | ||
54 | </div> | ||
55 | </div> | ||
56 | <div class="col-lg-12"> | ||
57 | <h2 id="overview">{{ _("Taler as seen by customers") }}</h2> | ||
58 | |||
59 | <p>{{ _("Customers interact with the Taler system mostly using | ||
60 | a free wallet implementation, which may be an extension or plugin | ||
61 | to their browser or a custom application on their computer(s). | ||
62 | Typical steps performed by customers are: | ||
63 | ") }}</p> | ||
64 | <p> | ||
65 | </p> | ||
66 | <img src="images/customer.svg" alt="customer perspective" style="float: right; margin: 50px 5px 5px 5px;" width="50%"> | ||
67 | <ol> | ||
68 | <li>{{ _("The customer selects an exchange (i.e. by visiting the | ||
69 | respective website or selecting from a list of exchanges in the | ||
70 | application) and asks the wallet to create bank transfer | ||
71 | instructions to withdraw a certain amount of electronic cash. | ||
72 | The bank transfer instructions will contain an | ||
73 | access code that must be included in the subject of the | ||
74 | transaction, as well as the wire details for the exchange (i.e. | ||
75 | a SEPA account number).") }}</li> | ||
76 | |||
77 | <li>{{ _("The customer then instructs his <b>bank</b> to | ||
78 | transfer funds from his account to the Taler exchange using | ||
79 | these instructions provided by the wallet (top left).") }}</li> | ||
80 | |||
81 | <li>{{ _("Once the funds have arrived, the wallet will | ||
82 | automatically withdraw the electronic coins. The | ||
83 | customer can use the wallet to review his remaining balance | ||
84 | at any time. He can also make backups to secure his digital | ||
85 | coins against hardware failures.") }}</li> | ||
86 | |||
87 | <li>{{ _("When visiting a merchant that supports Taler, | ||
88 | an additional payment option for Taler is enabled in the checkout system. | ||
89 | If the customer selects payments via Taler, the wallet | ||
90 | displays the secured contract from the merchant and asks | ||
91 | for confirmation. Taler does not require the customer | ||
92 | to provide any identity information to the merchant. | ||
93 | Transaction histories and digitally | ||
94 | signed contracts can be preserved in the wallet for future | ||
95 | review by the customer, or even use in court.") }}</li> | ||
96 | </ol> | ||
97 | <p></p> | ||
98 | </div> | ||
99 | <!--# include file="common/footer.inc" --> | ||
100 | </div> <!-- /container --> | ||
101 | </body> | ||
102 | </html> | ||