Ripple CTO David Schwartz Clarifies XRP And Bitcoin Origins In Timeline Debate
Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz has clarified a long-running point of confusion in the XRP community: XRP did not exist before Bitcoin. The debate often resurfaces because RipplePay, an early trust-based payment concept created by Ryan Fugger, dates back to 2004. But Schwartz drew a clear line between that earlier idea and the XRP Ledger,…