Ripple's Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz refuted claims that the XRP ledger is centrally controlled, stating that no single entity, including Ripple, can prevent valid transactions. He clarified that transactions only fail when users change validity conditions, and that escrowed XRP is automatically unlocked by protocol logic upon maturity, not decided by Ripple itself. This addresses recent centralization concerns sparked by critics questioning the list of unique nodes in the Ripple network.
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Ripple's Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz refuted claims that the XRP ledger is centrally controlled, stating that no single entity, including Ripple, can prevent valid transactions. He clarified that transactions only fail when users change validity conditions, and that escrowed XRP is automatically unlocked by protocol logic upon maturity, not decided by Ripple itself. This addresses recent centralization concerns sparked by critics questioning the list of unique nodes in the Ripple network.