I don't have time for a full write up of this system yet, and a paper would be really great.
That said, here are to me the most salient points:
* Exchanges (essentially banks in Taler) must have external auditing; there are no in-built technology mechanisms for noticing or defeating over-issuance
* HTTP/HTTPS focused -- this is intended to be an API-layer tool
* Token based, so you could use it with any system you want
* Government audit friendly -- it tries for high levels of privacy for users and almost none for merchants as a conscious decision to be bad for money laundering.
That said, here are to me the most salient points:
* Exchanges (essentially banks in Taler) must have external auditing; there are no in-built technology mechanisms for noticing or defeating over-issuance
* HTTP/HTTPS focused -- this is intended to be an API-layer tool
* Token based, so you could use it with any system you want
* Government audit friendly -- it tries for high levels of privacy for users and almost none for merchants as a conscious decision to be bad for money laundering.