Is already hanging there for a while…
i’m a bit disappointed in wero: they want to be a european alternative, but you can only use it on devices with an operating system controlled by us companies.
i don’t understand why they can not make it work in a browser? what are the technical limitations?
It works on grapheneOS.
Also should work on Fairphone’s e/OS.
It does
Which I have, but first I had to give a US company money for the device…
But hey, one step at a time. Progress is progress, but we do indeed need to keep going
And Lineage
They are aiming at e-commerce next so I guess the next step will be handling payments in a browser.
Also, if it’s integrated with your bank account, can you sent transfers from you bank’s web portal? I can do it with Bizum which is pretty much Spanish Wero.
How about a standardized payment API instead?
I think governments should just release a privacy respecting token that can be transferred physically between parties without the need for facilitation or interference by any third party. Preferably, the tokens should be tied to a shared unit of account, backed by the government(s), so that a user could easily exchange tokens for digitally managed receivables with a trusted independent service provider that is responsible for security. This way, the user does not have to carry all their holdings in physical tokens but can still readily use it for ad hoc payments to other users in proximity.
A release ready MVP should include functionality such as different denominations of tokens and established ways of printing and distributing the tokens with strong safefuards against known threat actors. The tokens should have an intuitive UX so that it is easy to tell the value represented by each version of the physical token on offer. Token management in user space could be simplified by “wallets” (provided by third parties). Developers should consider a “make it rain” mode for initial beta, to attract interest to the project.
I propose this new innovation be called monke, or the return to money.
GNU Taler is basically that. it is however exclusively for customer to merchant transactions, not user to user, to prevent money laundering.
Still waiting for one of my banks to implement that.
I don’t get why DKB does not implement it.
@broom I saw that the other day too. I was thinking of taking a photo, but then the pretzel was more important to me. :-)
When QR codes? I just got back from china and that shit is amazing. No need for crazy nfc stuff or special device… Phone and you’re done. Some shops didn’t even have registers… Just a phone.
They didn’t even have visa or MasterCard terminals plugged in.
Good thing. I am looking forward to it.
