Ripple CTO Dodges Questions About XRP Ledger Upgrade-Again!

In a recent missive, David Schwartz, Ripple’s Chief Technological Orator, regaled the masses with yet another update about his XRP Ledger hub, which has been operational for months now-presumably long enough to outlast a particularly tedious Zoom meeting. 🤷♂️

The crypto community, ever the paragon of enthusiasm and critical thought, responded to Schwartz’s proclamations. An X user, presumably sipping lukewarm coffee at 3 a.m., praised the stability of the hub while querying the amendment process-a topic as thrilling as watching paint dry, but with more technical jargon. 🎨

The XRP Ledger employs an amendment system so delightfully Byzantine it would make a Roman emperor weep. Validators vote on changes affecting transaction processing, and if an amendment secures 80% support for two weeks, it becomes permanent. A democratic process, one might say, if democracy were a game of trivial consensus. 🗳️

Amendment Process for rippled Upgrades?

The X user, with the subtlety of a brick through a window, asked if the amendment process could enable rippled upgrades, citing the chaos of multiple dUNL server versions. A reasonable inquiry, akin to asking if a flamingo could learn calculus. 🦩🧮

“I think this would weaken an essential limitation on the power of validators,” Schwartz opined, “allowing them to foist rule changes on nodes without conscious consent. I strongly prefer keeping the amendment process as a mere coordination mechanism…”-a statement so vague it could be a haiku about blockchain. 🌸

– David ‘JoelKatz’ Schwartz (@JoelKatz) December 29, 2025

In November, the rippled v2.6.2 release arrived, adding a “fixDirectoryLimit” amendment and a bug fix. By December 18, the amendment activated, leaving many non-upgraded nodes “amendment blocked”-a fate as glamorous as being stuck in a time loop. ⏳

Less than three weeks later, Ripplex unveiled rippled v3.0.0, complete with new amendments and bug fixes. Among its delights: the lending protocol, now nearly code-complete but still disabled. A digital Potemkin village, if you will. 🏰

The X user then posited whether “update rippled” could become a vote-enabled amendment. If 80% of validators approve, servers would auto-upgrade-no user intervention required. A utopian vision, perhaps, but one that would likely end with nodes chanting “Just upgrade already!” in unison. 🚨

Schwartz, ever the pragmatist, warned this might “undermine the very essence of restraint.” After all, who wants validators to force nodes into rule changes they never consciously accepted? It’s like asking your neighbor to stop blasting polka music at 2 a.m.-but with more hexadecimal. 🎻

He further opined that the amendment process should remain a “mere coordination mechanism,” not a governance tool. A sentiment as clear as mud, but with more blockchain buzzwords. 💧

The X user, undeterred, noted that with XRP Ledger’s “fast pace of innovation,” keeping up with updates might be “a lot of work.” To which Schwartz replied, “Some kind of priority way to alert the node operator would be good.” A revolutionary idea: alerting people when things change. 📢

2025-12-30 18:35

Amendment Process for rippled Upgrades?

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