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Why I find it kind of cute is that those buys (GNS fcfs) are basically meaningless - in a p2p system everyone can just host a service like this.

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I find it kind of cute that they set up this mock-up currency 'kudos' to toy around with it. (https://demo.taler.net/en/)

What makes it (more) cute is that you can use it to reserve entries in their GNS first-come-first-served service. (https://fcfs.gnunet.org/)

GNS being the GNU Name System which is a decentralized/p2p equivalent to DNS. (https://www.gnunet.org/en/gns.html)

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Won't the vendors just design their prices in a way that it's economically feasible for them - they just include the transaction costs in the price?

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...and, as quoted by sunshine_reggae, lower transaction costs.

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My understanding here is that the main objective is to break up the MasterCard/Visa duopoly. I guess breaking up duopolies is always a win for the general public, no?

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People should know that

1. it's not based on any kind of blockchain,

2. it's not a currency, it's a payment system which you could use to transfer other currencies (euro, dollar, ...) and

3. unlike most blockchain-based currencies it offers anonymity (only for buyers, not for sellers, though)

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You might want to have a look at the GNS (GNU Name System): https://www.gnunet.org/en/gns.html https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/id/draft-schanzen-gns-01.ht... To my understanding, this enables what you are looking for.

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There has been a rust-library for signal in the works. I read some discussion on it that made it clear the aim was to develop a proper signal-desktop application. The rust-library has a cli, which is not quite finished. https://github.com/whisperfish/presage

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I was not surprised that it happens, but I was quite astonished about the extent of it.

Also it's nice to have proof and insight.