Ripple Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz clarified that the original design of the XRP ledger was to make it impossible for Ripple to control it, thereby avoiding the company being forced to censor or revoke transactions. He believes that the coordination model of XRP (involving a unique node list) faces challenges similar to the Bitcoin consensus mechanism, and true decentralization is the effective way to ensure the integrity of the network.
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Ripple Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz clarified that the original design of the XRP ledger was to make it impossible for Ripple to control it, thereby avoiding the company being forced to censor or revoke transactions. He believes that the coordination model of XRP (involving a unique node list) faces challenges similar to the Bitcoin consensus mechanism, and true decentralization is the effective way to ensure the integrity of the network.