Ripple CTO Calls Bitcoin ‘Technological Dead End’ as XRP Community Predicts $22.6 Flip by 2032
David Schwartz, Ripple’s Emeritus Chief Technology Officer, ignited a fresh crypto civil war on February 12, 2026, by declaring Bitcoin a “technological dead end” that now relies entirely on adoption and network effects rather than innovation.
His remarks came during a heated exchange over XRP Ledger decentralization, where Schwartz pointed to Bitcoin’s 2010 and 2013 coordinated rollbacks as proof that no blockchain is truly immune to governance intervention. Hours later, XRP community influ
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