Mudsley

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We’ve been seeing more and more players in the payments and stablecoins space launch their own blockchains. To me, that’s a clear sign the market sees blockchain as core financial infrastructure — something we’ve believed in and have been building toward on the XRP Ledger for over 13 years. Launching a blockchain is hard. Building an ecosystem with developers, liquidity, trust, and real-world usage is even harder. The XRPL has real traction and institutional adoption because it’s been battle-tested, updated, and improved upon for well over a decade. Some blockchains are built with permissioned validator sets controlled by one entity or a small group. This can provide control and compliance for specific, closed-network scenarios, but it limits reach, resilience, and the ability for anyone to contribute to securing and growing the network. Decentralization vs. centralization is constantly debated and there’s not a single answer that fits every use case for crypto and the concepts themselves have changed in definition over the years. As many of you know, the XRPL is public and permissionless at its core, with optional permissioned features for regulated use cases. This open foundation makes it adaptable, interoperable, and well-positioned to serve as critical infrastructure for the world’s financial system — connecting assets, markets, and participants seamlessly across borders. The XRPL was built so fees stay low and predictable, just fractions of a cent, without a separate gas token. You can pay directly in XRP for any issued asset, avoiding the friction and hidden costs of buying another token just to transact. XRP is counterparty-free, accessible by all, and used as a bridge asset with real utility for payments, settlement, and liquidity. (Every transaction on the XRPL uses/burns XRP.) It’s encouraging to see some newer chains adopt design choices that have long been part of the XRPL’s architecture, like deterministic finality and Proof of Authority-based consensus mechanisms. It shows there’s growing alignment in the industry on the importance of predictable, reliable settlement for financial applications without expensive validation. Looking forward to the next phase of XRPL innovations, bringing more programmability, compliance-grade capabilities, and deeper liquidity for institutional use. And to those just getting started… Welcome to the party! The crypto tent is only getting bigger.

@r0bertclarkson Good to hear. XRP already has one 😉

@Mudsley1 We will be introducing a quantum resistant signature scheme long before this becomes a problem.

We can not and should not freeze any early coins. Those coins are an incentive for humanity to achieve quantum computing. Whoever achieves quantum computing good enough to steal those coins, gets the coins.

@hodlthesmartway @dotkrueger I do too. Got stung by BTC and ETH fees once, not to mention it takes an age to transfer. I've used XRP ever since - low fees and fast, exactly what it was created for.

@dotkrueger I'm using it for transactions between exchanges

Not one actual human being is using XRP. Not one.

@Mr_Xoom Or, most of the fresh blood don't understand cold wallets and are risking it all by keeping 'their coins' on exchanges?

Bitcoin is up 2x from when it was last at $60k around August 2024, yet new address creation is still flat at those same levels. Why is this interesting? Retail isn’t piling in yet like previous cycles, this rally looks driven by existing players or institutions.

And away we gooooooooooooooooo $XRP

Congratulations Ripple and XRP holders!

This is it – the moment we’ve been waiting for. The SEC will drop its appeal – a resounding victory for Ripple, for crypto, every way you look at it. The future is bright. Let's build.

If you are an XRP holder, please be kind to the BTC guys! BTC was founded on the libertarian ideal of self-custody, immunity from deflation, control, and other shenanigans (which is why I was drawn to it). So, the last few years of big-money control, and now government/political involvement! If you are intellectually honest, it's incompatible with the whole ideal that BTC represents - and that is hard to come to terms with. XRP, on the other hand, has always been about integration into the mainstream economic system. So, no soul-searching has been necessary.

@TheGhostDriver1 @360_trader God's own county!

@360_trader You from Yorkshire lad??

Ayup.

@r0bertclarkson @bgarlinghouse Aye, too much maxi rhetoric unfortunately! There's no need to beat down innovation and other projects that are targeting different use cases to BTC. Especially with old FUD narratives that only have partial truths. As Brad said, the industry should be banding together.

@Mudsley1 @bgarlinghouse I've said all I can. I wish you all the best.

Some thoughts on maximalism… let me say this as clearly as I can – the crypto industry has a real shot, here and now, to achieve the many goals we have in common, IF we work together instead of tearing each other down. This is not, and never will be, a zero-sum game. • I own XRP, BTC, and ETH among a handful of others – we live in a multichain world, and I’ve advocated for a level-playing field, instead of one token versus another. • If a govt digital asset reserve is created - I believe it should be representative of the industry, not just one token (whether it be BTC, XRP or anything else). • Maximalism remains the enemy of crypto progress, and I’m very glad to see fewer and fewer folks ascribe to this outdated and misinformed thinking.

@r0bertclarkson @bgarlinghouse At the request of Ripple, as I already stated. You've diverted from the original point. Just because a node chooses what trust lines to issue, as all nodes on the XRPL do, it does not make XRP a centralised shitcoin as per your original post.

@Mudsley1 @bgarlinghouse Why did they remove that trust line?

@r0bertclarkson @bgarlinghouse Ripple didn't freeze it, that's the point! The exchange removed a trust line to prevent IOUs from being issued because 'they' (the exchange) didn't trust the wallet. There was nothing stopping him finding a different off ramp to fiat as far as I'm aware

@Mudsley1 @bgarlinghouse Doesn't matter what it's called. Your currency isn't decentralized if the corporation that printed it out of thin air can pick up the phone and freeze it. If it was decentralized the funds could only be frozen by police or other authority.

@r0bertclarkson @bgarlinghouse An off ramp to fiat was frozen... that's nothing like what you were hinting at. Admittedly that was a phrase I came up with but as he was not legally allowed to sell his holdings on mass due to contractual obligations, what would you call it?

@Mudsley1 @bgarlinghouse So the funds were frozen due to a request by ripple? How is that not centralized? There is also no such thing as an illegal liquidation.

@r0bertclarkson @bgarlinghouse Fake news, Ripple did no such thing. Bitstamp responded to a request from Ripple to prevent an illegal liquidation of XRP into fiat through their exchange. Every node in the XRPL is in control of their own trust lines and who they are willing to accept IOUs from.

@Mudsley1 @bgarlinghouse Remember when Ripple froze the founders funds?

@r0bertclarkson @bgarlinghouse Centralised my arse

@bgarlinghouse Centralized shitcoins like XRP are the enemy of free and open decentralisation. Good luck with rolling your turd in glitter.

@RedCollie1 Not sure I'd want to hold XRP anymore if one entity holds that much of it. Too much power to manipulate price.

Look, my friends, if Trump were to buy $2 trillion of Bitcoin for a Strategic Reserve, that would increase the national debt from $36 to $38 trillion. Yet if he were to get all of that XRP in escrow for FREE, it would NOT increase the national debt. It would actually cancel the national debt, if $200 billion of XRP at $3 went to $2 trillion at $30, then $20 trillion at $300, or $40 trillion at $600. NUMBERS DON'T LIE. None of these increases would be inflationary, since no extra cash dollars will go into circulation. Which option would you choose? 😅😂🤣

@ayeejuju He also didn't say Amen after the initial prayer.

Trump did NOT put his hand on the Bible while being sworn in 😭

@cb_doge @elonmusk Looks great but something in the reflections looked wrong, until I realised it's the reflection of the eye lashes. The focal length of the reflections is off slightly. Sorry... I've spent quite a bit of time working on computer gfx algorithms.

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