Ripple’s Chief Technology Officer, David Schwartz, has taken an interesting step regarding strengthening the XRPL infrastructure by personally deploying a powerful new server. In a detailed post shared on the social media platform X, David ‘JoelKatz’ Schwartz outlined his motivation, setup, and intentions behind this initiative, while also noting that it is an independent contribution outside his…
The Central banks, institutions, and payment corridors are experimenting with something deeper than crypto hype. From cross-border settlements to real-world assets, Ripple is building blockchain infrastructure. If recent comments from top banking executives are any indication, XRP may move trillions in value. The Settlement Layer No One Saw Coming According to KingXRP, the XRP Ledger…
Ripple Labs Chief Technology Officer, David Schwartz, has offered rare and pointed clarity on what drives the XRP price value in the long term, despite the company’s recent spotlight on its new stablecoin, RLUSD. In a recent exchange with an XRP supporter on social media, Schwartz emphasized that the crypto continues to sit at the…
Ripple chief technology officer David “JoelKatz” Schwartz moved to explain the gap between Ripple’s oft-touted roster of bank relationships and the still-modest on-chain activity on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), responding at length on July 30 to a widely shared thread of questions from investor and YouTuber Andrei Jikh. In a series of posts on X,…
A long-standing issue concerning the XRP Ledger (XRPL) and Ripple has resurfaced, challenging the widely held belief that blockchain records are permanent and immutable. New attention is being drawn to the early days of the XRPL, where the first 32,569 ledgers were lost due to a technical mishap. As debates over transparency and trust in…