Ripple CTO Unpacks XRPL Decentralization—Is It Truly Decentralized?

Ripple CTO David Schwartz highlights XRPL’s reliance on custodians for Bitcoin transactions, challenging decentralization principles.Schwartz addresses XRP’s decentralized consensus process, emphasizing the need for community agreement on network changes. Ripple CTO David Schwartz recently addressed the ongoing debates surrounding the decentralization of the XRP Ledger (XRPL), shedding light on the platform’s design and its role...

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UK Private Sector Logs Steady Growth

The UK private sector logged a steady growth in December with rising activity across the services economy offsetting an accelerated downturn in manufacturing output, flash survey results from S&P Global showed on Monday. The flash composite output index posted 50.5 in December, unchanged from Novembers 13-month low. Divergent trends were recorded in the manufacturing and...

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