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Story: XRP Ledger’s xrpld 3.3.0 Brings Back 2 Security-Pulled Features With Fixes

By James Thorp

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Why Permission Delegation Got Pulled in September 2025. Permission Delegation had a rougher exit. It went down in September 2025 after developers found…

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What the Three New Amendments Actually Do. The three genuinely new additions are worth unpacking.

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The 80% Validator Threshold Is No Guarantee. Getting these amendments live isn't automatic. The XRP Ledger runs on a governance model where…

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The XRP Ledger is getting a significant software push. Version xrpld 3.3.0 is due out next week, carrying five amendments — two of which were yanked from the network after…

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Jazzi Cooper, head of product at RippleX, put out word on the upcoming release. The five amendments are Confidential MPT, Batch, Permission Delegation, Sponsored Fees and…

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Batch nearly made it out the door before. Designed to let users fire off up to eight transactions at once, it got pulled after security researcher Pranamya Keshkamat and the firm…

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Permission Delegation had a rougher exit. It went down in September 2025 after developers found potential vulnerabilities that could drain accounts.

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Both cases are a reminder of how unforgiving blockchain security can be. A flaw that might be a minor bug in a traditional app can become a funds-at-risk emergency on a live…

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The three genuinely new additions are worth unpacking. Confidential MPT uses zero-knowledge proofs and elliptic-curve encryption to keep transaction details private while still…

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Sponsored Fees and Reserves is maybe the most user-friendly of the bunch. It lets a third party — say, a bank or a fintech platform — cover another account's XRP fees.

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More context: XRP ETF Inflows Hit $1.5 Billion, Highlighting Institutional-Individual Investor Divide

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Dynamic MPT rounds out the set. It lets issuers tweak token properties without spinning up entirely new tokens.

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Getting these amendments live isn't automatic. The XRP Ledger runs on a governance model where amendments need at least 80% approval from trusted validators for two consecutive…

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And they've said no before. Batch's first run is proof of that. Right now, other pending amendments — the lending protocol and single-asset vaults — are still short of the 80%…

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It's unclear exactly when validator voting on the 3.3.0 amendments will formally begin. No specific timeline beyond "next week" for the release was given.

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