Hi NGI Taler’s Team,
I’m running the Aipress24 project which aims at generating new editorial revenues for the ecosystem of press & media all around the world. This B2B platform is going to put together all the professional communities that help making the news : news agencies, journals, magazines, medias ; Press relations agencies ; Leaders & Experts ; Transformers : companies that support organisations in their major transformations (digital, ecological, energy, environmental, technological, etc.) ; Academics : higher education and research structures, teachers, lecturers, researchers, doctoral students, students and student-entrepreneurs.
We would like to integrate the Horizon Europe-Pillar II-Group4-NGI Taler technology Open call.
As far as I understand what NGI Taler is, it appears to be a a privacy-preserving digital payment system. Which is fine, in our context, because Aipress24 allows employees in organizations to buy the access to some editorial stories without being traced by their employers. But we’ll be having also other products that don’t require to preserve the privacy of the purchasers.
First question : is NGI Taler only a privacy-preserving digital payment system or is it at the same time a global payment system for digital marketplaces like ours ?
Second questyion : Is NGI Taler a trustworthy alternative to Payment Service Providers like Stripe ? We need a Payment Service Provider and, of course, the US company Stripe is technically able to fit many of our requirements. But, as Aipress24 is a European company, we prefer to rely on a European solution. Moreover, Aipress24 will be a FLOSS platform, so we implement only FLOSS systems. In this context, does NGI Taler provide electronic Wallets for individuals and for Businesses (splittable among differents epmployees) ?
Third question : On Aipress24, operating organizations will be buy and purchase digital products and services. In this context, is NGI Taler a trustworthy alternative to Service Cryptocurrencies ? If it is, we’ll create The Money of Journalism (MoJo) in order to pay and buy digital products and services on Aipress24.