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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ What is Taler? Taler is an electronic payment system providing the ability to pay anonymously using digital cash. Taler consists of a network protocol -definition (using a RESTful API over HTTP), a Mint (which creates +definition (using a RESTful API over HTTP), a Exchange (which creates digital coins), a Wallet (which allows customers to manage, store and spend digital coins), and a Merchant website which allows customers to spend their digital coins. Naturally, each Merchant is different, but @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ is free software and a GNU package (http://www.gnu.org/). This is not even a release yet, but some raw development prototype that does not work yet. This package also only includes the Taler -mint, not the other components of the system. +exchange, not the other components of the system. Documentation about Taler can be found at http://taler.net/. @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Documentation about Taler can be found at http://taler.net/. Dependencies: ============= -These are the direct dependencies for running a Taler mint: +These are the direct dependencies for running a Taler exchange: - GNUnet >= 0.10.2 - GNU libmicrohttpd >= 0.9.38 @@ -48,50 +48,50 @@ src/util/ src/pq/ -- Postgres-specific utility functions -src/mintdb/ - -- Mint database backend (with DB-specific plugins) +src/exchangedb/ + -- Exchange database backend (with DB-specific plugins) -src/mint/ - -- taler mint server +src/exchange/ + -- taler exchange server -src/mint-tools/ - -- taler mint helper programs +src/exchange-tools/ + -- taler exchange helper programs -src/mint-lib/ - -- libtalermint: C API to issue HTTP requests to mint +src/exchange-lib/ + -- libtalerexchange: C API to issue HTTP requests to exchange Getting Started ============== -The following steps illustrate how to set up a mint HTTP server. -They take as a stub for configuring the mint the content of 'contrib/mint-template/config/'. +The following steps illustrate how to set up a exchange HTTP server. +They take as a stub for configuring the exchange the content of 'contrib/exchange-template/config/'. 1) Create a 'test/' directory and copy the stubs in it: mkdir -p test/config/ -cp mint/contrib/mint-template/config/* test/config/ +cp exchange/contrib/exchange-template/config/* test/config/ cd test/ -2) Create the mint's master with the tool 'gnunet-ecc': +2) Create the exchange's master with the tool 'gnunet-ecc': gnunet-ecc -g1 master.priv -3) Edit config/mint-common.conf by replacing the right value on the line with the +3) Edit config/exchange-common.conf by replacing the right value on the line with the MASTER_PUBLIC_KEY entry with the fresh generated (ASCII version of) master.priv. This ASCII version is obtained by issuing: gnunet-ecc -p master.priv -4) Generate other mint related keys ('denomination' and 'signing' keys), by issuing: +4) Generate other exchange related keys ('denomination' and 'signing' keys), by issuing: -taler-mint-keyup -d `pwd` -m master.priv +taler-exchange-keyup -d `pwd` -m master.priv 5) Check with: -taler-mint-keycheck -d `pwd` +taler-exchange-keycheck -d `pwd` -6) A mint needs a database to operate, so the following instructions relate to +6) A exchange needs a database to operate, so the following instructions relate to how to set up PostgreSQL. On debian, the two packages needed are: * postgresql @@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ how to set up PostgreSQL. On debian, the two packages needed are: For other operating systems, please refer to the relevant documentation. -In this settlement, the mint wll use a database called 'talercheck' and will -run under the username through which 'taler-mint-httpd' is launched. Thus assuming +In this settlement, the exchange wll use a database called 'talercheck' and will +run under the username through which 'taler-exchange-httpd' is launched. Thus assuming that this user is 'demo', we need to create a 'demo' role for postgresql and make him the owner of 'talercheck' database. @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ CREATE DATABASE talercheck OWNER demo; # quit with CTRL-D 7) If any previous step has been successful, it is now possbile to start up the -mint web server (by default it will listen on port 4241); issue: +exchange web server (by default it will listen on port 4241); issue: -taler-mint-httpd -d `pwd` # assuming we did not move outside of the 'test' directory +taler-exchange-httpd -d `pwd` # assuming we did not move outside of the 'test' directory |