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How Ripple / XRP Ledger Works

Click through a simplified XRP Ledger payment and watch servers relay a signed transaction, validators compare proposals, consensus closes the ledger, and final balances update without mining.

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XRP Ledger starts with accounts and ledger objects

The XRP Ledger stores accounts, XRP balances, trust lines, offers, escrows, and other ledger objects in a shared public state.

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XRP Ledger consensus explained in simple steps

This demo is educational and simplified. XRP Ledger is not mined like Bitcoin. A wallet signs a transaction, servers relay it, validators compare candidate transaction sets, and the network closes a new validated ledger when enough trusted validators agree.

XRP Ledger uses validators and consensus instead of proof-of-work mining.
Each server chooses a trusted validator list, often called a UNL, to decide which validations it listens to.
Transactions pay a small XRP fee that is destroyed, not paid as a block reward.
Validated ledgers give fast settlement for payments, offers, trust lines, escrows, and other XRPL features.
Ripple is a company in the ecosystem; XRP Ledger is the public blockchain-style ledger shown in this demo.

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