From the new FSF Bulletin (https://u.fsf.org/37z): Professor Christian Grothoff introduces the first free software payment system, GNU Taler! https://u.fsf.org/386
first commit to wallet at least:
> 2015-11-25 Add skeleton for WebExtensions wallet Florian Dold
bitcoin had already been around for like 7 years by that point
@fsf
> the first free software payment system
this isn't true at all
#ripple was GPL/free software many years before taler existed