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\end{frame}
-\begin{frame}[c]{Main Thesis}
+\begin{frame}[c,label=thesis]{Thesis}
{}
-Digital Payments via GNU Taler will help strengthen Digital Freedom
+\textbf<4>{Digital Payments} via
+\textbf<5>{GNU Taler} will
+\textbf<3>{help strengthen}
+\textbf<2>{Digital Freedom}
\end{frame}
% \begin{frame}{Main Thesis}
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ Digital Payments via GNU Taler will help strengthen Digital Freedom
\end{frame}
\NumTabs{9}
-\begin{frame}[c]{Digital Freedom}
+\begin{frame}[c]{Digital Freedom}{Stregthening}
\textbf{Strengthening} Digital Freedom includes
\begin{itemize}
\item enabling \tab (creating \& \alert<2->{\textbf<2->{funding}})
@@ -85,25 +88,28 @@ Digital Payments via GNU Taler will help strengthen Digital Freedom
\item protecting \tab (legal)
\end{itemize}
the core aspects.
-
-
\vfill
- \uncover<3>{NGI is actually great at enabling of FLOSS.}
+ \uncover<3->{\textbf{We will focus on FLOSS as representative of Digital Freedom}}
\end{frame}
-\begin{frame}[c]{FLOSS}
+\begin{frame}{FLOSS}
{from 20.000ft}
-Free/Libre Open Source Software gives users the rights to
-run, study, redistribute, and modify it.
-
-\vfill
-
+FLOSS = Free/Libre Open Source Software\\
+gives users the rights to
+\begin{enumerate}
+ \item run,
+ \item study,
+ \item redistribute and
+ \item modify it.
+\end{enumerate}
\pause
-
-We depend on it. FLOSS is \textbf{everywhere}:
-
-Your smartphone, your laptop, in the online services you are using, etc.
+We depend on it. \textbf{FLOSS is everywhere}:\\
+\pause
+Your smartphone, laptop, online services, bank, goverment,...\\
+\pause
+\vfill
+\large\textbf{How is it funded?}
% The philosophy of FLOSS represents a radical reimagining of how
% software - and by extension, knowledge - should be created and shared
@@ -114,19 +120,29 @@ Your smartphone, your laptop, in the online services you are using, etc.
% dependency deepens.
\end{frame}
-\begin{frame}[c]{The Sustainability Paradox}
- {FLOSS Funding Challenges}
-
-The FLOSS model creates a fundamental tension:
-
-\begin{itemize}
- \item[$+$] generates enormous value for society and the economy
- \item[$-$] \alert{struggles to capture sufficient value to sustain itself}
-\end{itemize}
-
% Funding sources like NGI are emerging - recognition that the
% traditional economic model fails to support the digital infrastructure
% we all depend on.
+
+
+\begin{frame}{FLOSS Funding}{The Supply Side}
+
+\begin{description}[<+(1)- | alert@+(1)>]
+ \item[\sc Large Companies:] longterm, large teams commitments.\\
+ \small{F.e.: Browsers, Compilers, Tools, etc}
+ \item[\sc Goverment Grants:] National funding programs, EU: NGI.\\
+ \small Usually $\sim$60\% of personell costs covered.
+ \item[\sc Vendor Stores:] Google PlayStore, Apple AppStore\\
+ \small Vendors take a large cut.
+ \item[\sc Ad Revenue:] Google Ads etc.\\
+ \small Annoying for users, also privacy nightmare
+ \item[\sc User Donations:] via paypal, github, gofundme, patreon, etc.\\
+ \small Large variance, 0--10.000EUR/month/developer
+ \item[\sc Volunteers:] Hobby projects, Students\\
+ \small Probably majority of the contributions
+\end{description}
+\vfill
+\uncover<8->{\bf NB: NGI is actually great in funding FLOSS}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}[c]{FLOSS Funding}{The Demand Side}
@@ -160,56 +176,135 @@ The FLOSS model creates a fundamental tension:
\end{description}
\end{frame}
-
-\begin{frame}[c]{Wake up calls}{Underfunding Desasters}
-Notable underfunding desasters in the past:
- \begin{itemize}
- \item OpenSSL
- \item xz
- \item Log4j
- \end{itemize}
-
-\textbf{Note:} all of those were severe \textbf{security incidents}!
-
-(Also problems of governance, individual needs etc.)
+\begin{frame}{Wake up calls}{Underfunding Desasters}
+\begin{block}{Notable underfunding desasters in the past:}
+ \begin{description}[<+(1)->]
+ \item[OpenSSL]--- Core library for cryptography and secure communication
+ \item[Apache Log4j]--- Widely used logging framework for Java
+ \end{description}
+\end{block}
+\vfill
+\only<2>{\it In 2014, a security vulnerability in OpenSSL
+ affected ~17\% of all web servers globally.
+ Only one full-time developer secured billions of e-commerce.}
+\only<3>{\it In 2021, a security vulnerability in Log4J
+ affected millions of Java application world wide.
+ Maintained primarily by unpaid volunteers.}
+\only<4->{Note:\\
+ \begin{itemize}[<+->]
+ \item those were also severe \textbf{security incidents}
+ \item many more examples exist
+ % \item majority of underfunded projects are rarely recognized
+ \item not only funding, but also problems of\\
+ \textbf{governance} and \textbf{non-financial needs}.
+ \end{itemize}}
\end{frame}
-\begin{frame}[c]{FLOSS Funding}{The Supply Side}
-
-\begin{enumerate}
- \item Large Companies
- \item Goverment Grants
- \item User Donations
- \item Gated Revenue Channels (PlayStore, AppStore)
- \item Ad Revenue
- \item (Volunteers)
-\end{enumerate}
+\begin{frame}[c]{The Sustainability Paradox}
+ {}
+\begin{block}{Fundamental Tension in FLOSS model}
+\begin{itemize}
+ \item[$+$] generates enormous value for society and the economy
+ \item[$-$] \alert{struggles to capture sufficient value to sustain itself}
+\end{itemize}
+\end{block}
+\end{frame}
+\begin{frame}[c,label=thesis]{Thesis}
+{}
+\textbf<3->{\alert<4->{Digital Payments}} via
+GNU Taler will
+\textbf<3->{help}
+\textbf<2->{strengthen
+Digital Freedom}
+\vfill
+\uncover<4->{\alert{\bf Why should that help?}}
\end{frame}
-\begin{frame}[c]{A word on advertising}
+\begin{frame}{Gedankenexperiment}{\only<2->{3 cases}}
+Let's assume:
+\begin{itemize}
+ \item new Digital Payment scheme enters the market,
+ \item and reaches critical mass.
+\end{itemize}
+\vfill
+\uncover<2->{
+\begin{columns}[t]
+\begin{column}[t]{0.3\textwidth}
+Variant A)
+\begin{itemize}
+\item account based
+\item like others (credit card, paypal, etc.)
+\end{itemize}
+\end{column}
+\begin{column}[t]{0.3\textwidth}
+\uncover<3->{
+Variant B)
+\begin{itemize}
+\item anonymous
+\item use like cash
+\end{itemize}
+\uncover<4->{\alert<4>{\bf 21\% of donators require anonymity}}
+\end{column}
+}
+\begin{column}[t]{0.3\textwidth}
+\uncover<5->{
+Variant C)
+\begin{itemize}
+\item anonymous
+\item use like cash
+\item microeffort
+\end{itemize}
+\uncover<6->{\alert<6>{\bf Each form field loses 5\% of users}}
+}
+\end{column}
+\end{columns}
+}
+\vfill
+\textbf<1>{How much more funding will it generate?}
-\begin{quote}
-No one wakes up excited to see more advertising,
-no one goes to sleep thinking about the ads they'll see tomorrow.
+\end{frame}
-...
-Advertising isn't just the disruption of aesthetics,
-the insults to your intelligence and the interruption of your train of thought.
-\end{quote}
-\uncover<2>{\alert{\small{WhatsApp Blog}%
-\footnote<2>{\url{https://blog.whatsapp.com/why-we-don-t}},
-June 18th 2012}}
+\begin{frame}{Gedankenexperiment}{Case 1/3}
+new foo
+\end{frame}
+\begin{frame}{Gedankenexperiment}{Case 2/3}
+\end{frame}
+\begin{frame}{Gedankenexperiment}{Case 3/3}
\end{frame}
+\begin{frame}[c]{GNU Taler}
+ {overview}
+ \centering\includegraphics[width=0.85\textwidth]{operations.png}
+\end{frame}
-\begin{frame}{GNU Taler}
- {privacy preserving digital payment system}
+\begin{frame}[c]{GNU Taler}
+ {unique position in the ecosystem}
+
+\begin{center}
+\scalebox{0.8}{\begin{tikzpicture}
+ \begin{scope}[blend group = lighten]
+ \draw[red, fill=red! 30!white] ( 90:0.7) ellipse (5cm and 2cm);
+ \draw[green,fill=green!30!white] (210:2.0) ellipse (4cm and 2cm);
+ \draw[blue, fill=blue! 30!white] (330:2.0) ellipse (4cm and 2cm);
+ \end{scope}
+
+ \node at ( 90:3) {\bf\color{red!50!black}Privacy};
+ \node at ( 190:6) [anchor=east] {\bf\color{green!50!black}Accountability};
+ \node at ( -10:6) [anchor=west] {\bf\color{blue!50!black}Practicality};
+
+ \node at ( 90:1.5) {Monero}; %~\cite{monero}};
+ \node at ( 05:1.8) [anchor=west] {Physical Cash};
+ \node at ( 175:1.8) [anchor=east] {DigiCash}; %~\cite{chaum1983blind}};
+ \node at ( -90:0.5) {\large\bf GNU Taler};
+ \node at ( -90:1.9) [align=center] {Bank Accounts\\Credit Cards};
+ %\draw[fill=red] (0,0) circle (1mm);
+\end{tikzpicture}}
+\end{center}
- Image, shortform.
\end{frame}
@@ -274,4 +369,19 @@ Digital Freedom in the EU
}
\end{frame}
+\begin{frame}[c]{Extras}{here be dragons}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[c]{A word on advertising}
+\begin{quote}
+No one wakes up excited to see more advertising,
+no one goes to sleep thinking about the ads they'll see tomorrow.\\
+...\\
+Advertising isn't just the disruption of aesthetics,
+the insults to your intelligence and the interruption of your train of thought.
+\end{quote}
+\uncover<2>{\alert{\small{WhatsApp Blog}%
+\footnote<2>{\url{https://blog.whatsapp.com/why-we-don-t}},
+June 18th 2012}}
+\end{frame}
\end{document}