Who invented XRP?

In 2012 David Schwartz, Jed McCaleb, and Arthur Britto launched the XRP Ledger, with its native currency XRP. In September that year, along with Chris Larsen, they founded the company that is today known as Ripple. The XRPL architects gifted 80 billion XRP to Ripple so that the company could build use cases around the digital asset.

What is the XRP Ledger?

The XRP Ledger serves as the rails on which the decentralized XRP cryptocurrency runs. Distinct from the XRP asset, the Ripple transaction protocol, known as RTXP, was officially launched in 2012, and that was followed shortly by a rebranding of the company (originally known as OpenCoin) to Ripple Labs in 2013.

What is Ripple XRP?

XRP is the native cryptocurrency on the Ripple network, and it consistently lists among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. Deposit $100 and get a $10 bonus! (US Only) What Is Ripple? Ripple is the company behind XRP, and it’s a payment settlement system and currency exchange network that can process transactions globally.

How does XRP work?

XRP’s Ripple network somewhat centralizes things and uses a consensus protocol: While anyone can download its validation software, it maintains unique node lists that users can select to verify their transactions based on which participants they think are least likely to defraud them.

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