Ripple Chief Technology Officer (CTO) David Schwartz has clarified concerns about potential manipulation by Ripple on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). This came as a user pointed out that the crypto firm controlled most Unique Node Lists (UNLs), and users didn’t exactly have the option of changing them.

Ripple CTO Clarifies Manipulation Concerns Regarding The XRP Ledger 

In an X post, the Ripple CTO stated that the UNL affects the way the network makes forward progress and that wallets just observe that. He also indicated that manipulation from Ripple was almost impossible, as the XRP Ledger halts if nodes do not agree with the validators on the Unique Node Lists.  

Schwartz was responding to a user who asked which public XRP-GUI wallets allow XRP holders to change the validators they can trust outside the UNL provided by Ripple. The user further remarked that none of the GUI wallets he downloaded gave him the option to change trusted validators. 

He added that the only way he found to invoke the neutrality of the XRP Ledger is to run his own node/validator and modify the configuration file. This also led to questions of how neutrality can be achieved if an average user can’t change the validators they use. The user also noted how nothing was stopping Ripple from manipulating the network if 99% of XRP holders are reliant on the Go to Source to See Full Article
Author: Scott Matherson