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By Julie Binoche
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AMMs, Scalability, and the Speed Question. Automated market makers are coming too. Schwartz wants AMMs baked directly into the XRP Ledger,…
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Smart Contracts and the Developer Push. Smart contract capabilities are getting attention. Schwartz said expanding that layer would make…
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No Hard Dates, but Pressure Is Building. One thing Schwartz didn't give: timelines. He didn't specify when any of these features would hit…
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Ripple's CTO just put a lot on the table. David Schwartz laid out a sweeping development roadmap for the XRP Ledger, covering everything from federated sidechains to automated…
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Schwartz walked through the plan at a recent event, hitting on several major technical directions at once. Federated sidechains are probably the headline item.
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Automated market makers are coming too. Schwartz wants AMMs baked directly into the XRP Ledger, which would mean better liquidity and tighter pricing for anyone trading assets on…
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Scalability came up hard. Schwartz was clear that the upcoming upgrades are built with transaction volume in mind — the network needs to handle more without slowing down or…
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Interoperability is on the list too. Schwartz wants the XRP Ledger talking to other blockchain networks more smoothly, which would make it more useful for developers and…
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Smart contract capabilities are getting attention. Schwartz said expanding that layer would make the ledger more versatile and open it up to a broader range of blockchain…
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User experience is in the mix too. Ripple wants to streamline how people actually interact with the ledger, make things more intuitive, reduce friction.
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See also: XRP Ledger Hits $3.68 Billion in Tokenized Assets as Ethereum Growth Trails by Half
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Schwartz kept coming back to the community angle throughout. He asked developers to get involved in testing and early development, and made clear that feedback shapes what…
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But the ambition is real. Federated sidechains, AMMs, enhanced smart contracts, interoperability improvements, security upgrades, better UX — that's not a minor patch cycle.
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He was also direct about what it takes: collaboration with developers, continuous testing, and an honest feedback loop with the community.
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