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109 | (in modo significativo) l'inquinamento.</p> | 109 | (in modo significativo) l'inquinamento.</p> |
110 | </div> | 110 | </div> |
111 | </div> | 111 | </div> |
112 | 112 | <div class="col-lg-12"> | |
113 | <h2 lang="en" id="overview">Taler as seen by governments</h1> | ||
114 | <h2 lang="de">Taler aus Regierungsperspektive</h1> | ||
115 | <h2 lang="fr" note="outdated"></h2> | ||
116 | <h2 lang="it" note="outdated"></h2> | ||
117 | <p lang="en">Governments can observe traditional wire | ||
118 | transfers entering and leaving the Taler system, and | ||
119 | require merchants and mint operators to provide certain | ||
120 | information during financial audits. Mint operators | ||
121 | are expected to be permanently checked by auditors, | ||
122 | while merchants may be required to reveal information | ||
123 | during regular tax audits. | ||
124 | Information available to the government includes: | ||
125 | </p> | ||
126 | <p lang="de" note="outdated"></p> | ||
127 | <p lang="fr" note="outdated"></p> | ||
128 | <p lang="it" note="outdated"></p> | ||
129 | <p> | ||
130 | <img src="images/government.svg" alt="government perspective" style="float: right; margin: 50px 5px 5px 5px;" width="50%"> | ||
131 | <ul> | ||
132 | <li lang="en">From the banking system: | ||
133 | The total amount of digital currency | ||
134 | obtained by a customer. The government could impose | ||
135 | limits on how many digital coins a customer may | ||
136 | withdraw within a given timeframe.</li> | ||
137 | <li lang="de" note="outdated"></li> | ||
138 | <li lang="fr" note="outdated"></li> | ||
139 | <li lang="it" note="outdated"></li> | ||
140 | <li lang="en">From the banking system: | ||
141 | The total amount of income received | ||
142 | by any merchant via the Taler system.</li> | ||
143 | <li lang="de" note="outdated"></li> | ||
144 | <li lang="fr" note="outdated"></li> | ||
145 | <li lang="it" note="outdated"></li> | ||
146 | <li lang="en">From auditing the mint: | ||
147 | The amounts of digital coins legitimately withdrawn by | ||
148 | customers from mint, the value of non-redeemed digital coins | ||
149 | in customer's wallets, the value and corresponding wire details | ||
150 | of deposit operations performed by merchants with the mint, and | ||
151 | the income of the mint from transaction fees.</li> | ||
152 | <li lang="de" note="outdated"></li> | ||
153 | <li lang="fr" note="outdated"></li> | ||
154 | <li lang="it" note="outdated"></li> | ||
155 | <li lang="en">From auditing merchants: | ||
156 | For each deposit operation, the exact details of the | ||
157 | underlying contract that was signed between | ||
158 | customer and merchant. However, this information would | ||
159 | typically not include the identity of the customer. | ||
160 | Note that while the customer can decide to prove that it was his | ||
161 | transaction (i.e. in court when suing the merchant if the | ||
162 | merchant failed to deliver on the contract), | ||
163 | merchant, mint and government cannot find out the customer's | ||
164 | identity from the information that Taler collects.</li> | ||
165 | <li lang="de" note="outdated"></li> | ||
166 | <li lang="fr" note="outdated"></li> | ||
167 | <li lang="it" note="outdated"></li> | ||
168 | </ul> | ||
169 | </p> | ||
170 | </div> | ||
113 | <!--# include file="common/footer.inc" --> | 171 | <!--# include file="common/footer.inc" --> |
114 | </div> <!-- /container --> | 172 | </div> <!-- /container --> |
115 | </body> | 173 | </body> |