CRYPTOCURRENCY INFORMATION


General Description of Ripple Coin


Despite attracting less media attention than some other cryptocurrencies, which are supported by Ripple Labs Inc. and use the XRP currency code. Ripple Coin has the second highest market capitalization and has grown completely independent of Bitcoin. The Ripple network can be used to exchange any currency - be it a more traditional currency or cryptocurrency - and other commodities or even frequent flier miles. XRP Ripple is used as a bridge to allow exchange on the network, as the user must spend a small number of units to complete the transaction. Ripple networks are created with 100 billion units in existence and they will be reduced in supply as commonly used for transactions and destroyed. About 7.2 billion XRP has been distributed since the last update, 30 November Ripple Labs will keep 25 billion coins and give away the rest - including for charities such as Computing for good initiatives, the XRP is useful in the exchange for computing time loaned to research projects around the world. Market cap at Ripple is currently at more than $ 2 billion.


Who is the Inventor of Ripple?
The Ripple protocol builder company, OpenCoin, was founded by CEO Chris Larsen and CTO Jed McCaleb. McCaleb is well-founded in digital currency, originating from Mt. Gox, which currently handles the majority of the world's bitcoin trading. Larsen previously founded and led the online financial company E-KREDIT. Other developers on the Ripple team also have a bitcoin background. OpenCoin recently took a funding round from Andreessen Horowitz, FF Angel IV, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Broad Ventures and Bitcoin Opportunity Fund.
Is Ripple like Bitcoin?


In many ways, yes Ripple is like Bitcoin, the XRP Ripple Unit is a digital form of currency based on mathematical formulas and has a number of units that can eventually be mined. Both forms of currency can be transferred from account to account (peer-to-peer, or P2P) without the need for third party intervention. And both provide digital security to guard against the possibility of counterfeit money.

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