Ripple’s Privacy Key to XRP Adoption: The Final Hype? 😏

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In the spacious salon of modern finance, Ripple’s offerings and its quiet advance among the institutions have long filled the talk of the province. People wonder if the XRP Ledger might, at last, loosen the reins of SWIFT-the mighty conduit through which necessary matters pass-yet the dream lingers like a winter fog. The CEO, in a tone at once grave and mischievous, has whispered that the road to such a triumph demands certain conditions, the first among them being privacy. 😌

The Preparation Of The XRP Ledger

In an X post-that curious contraption of contemporary gossip-a validator who signs as Vet_X0 conveyed the remains of a discourse with Brad Garlinghouse. They asked what path would lead to institutional adoption of the XRP Ledger, and the CEO replied, with the economy of a man weighing a joke, that the key is privacy. A nod to the practical, but a wink to the unseen. 🤔

In plain language, if magnates who move great sums are to employ a public ledger, they demand quiet about their doings, a shield against the prying eyes that catalog every turn of the fortune. They wish to transact with ease, as if the river itself could bear their burdens without gossiping about them on the shore. 🤐

And so, the moves Ripple has already made toward the XRP Ledger begin to look less like happenstance and more like a concerto conducted with patient irony. There has been a tightening of compliance on the ledger, with the advent of a Decentralized Identifier (DID) and Credentials, and the anticipated arrival of Permissioned Decentralized Exchanges and Domains-an orchestra aiming to keep the tune while the critics complain. 🧶

Another note in the symphony is the launch of Multi-Purpose Tokens (MPTs) on the XRP Ledger-an instrument designed to ease the tokenization of assets, as though the ledger were being outfitted with a full atelier of craftsmen and a dozen pens for every inscription. 🎻

The Last Step To Institutional Adoption

With these threads already woven, only privacy, along with lending and borrowing, remain to be woven into the fabric. Vet explains, though, that these threads are already on their way, especially with XLS-66 expected to arrive soon-a rumor with the polish of a rumor that promises form. 😅

He notes that if Ripple can clothe the XRP Ledger in privacy through ZK-Rollups, institutions could be verified on-chain while the heavy computation occurs elsewhere. Secure credentials could be issued on-chain to satisfy KYC/AML requirements, while still enabling DEXes and the use of real-world collateral on-chain to borrow from other institutions. The scene could become almost tranquil, save for the occasional exchange of wry glances. 🤝

Finally, Vet points to XLS-101 smart contracts on the XRP Ledger as the potential hinge-the glue for all fixed-function tools, binding the edifice into a coherent whole. “For the security of the network and as a glue for all fixed functions tools we have,” he says, a remark that sounds like someone who has spent a century tightening screws and calls it progress. 😄

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2025-10-06 09:19