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Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] Hirom@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Would Taler be more resilient than a typical EMV/AmEx card? It's designed as an online payment system but it's less centralised, so that could help.

It's already an attractive project due to its privacy feature, and due to it being more regulation-friendly that cryptocurrencies. If it's resilient enough it could act as a digital cash.

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[-] xilliah@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago

Regarding homeless people I'd say just carry a bunch of 2 euro coins. You can get them in a roll against a small payment at exchanges and it'll last you a long time. That way you can also budget your donations.

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