Key Highlights: A brief two-hour drop in validator consensus has delayed the deployment of the XRP Ledger’s bug fix, named fixCleanup3_4_0, to November. Support slipped below the required 80% threshold (29 of 35 default trusted validators) to 26 votes on Wednesday, resetting the mandatory 14-day continuous approval period. Following the recovery of validator backing to ...
Key Highlights Community debate has surfaced around increasing XRP Ledger (XRPL) base transaction fees by 10-fold or 100-fold to increase the burn rate of $XRP. Unlike networks such as Bitcoin, where fees compensate miners, XRPL permanently destroys transaction fees rather than routing them to validators. Adjusting the minimum fee requires validator consensus via the ledger’s ...
Key Highlights: More than 85% of XRP Ledger validators have backed the upcoming Batch upgrade, putting it on track to activate on Oct. 9 if consensus holds. The new functionality introduces four execution modes—including all-or-nothing settlement—enabling atomic swaps and conditional asset transfers across single or multiple accounts. XRPL node operators face an Oct. 9 deadline ...