最新报道:Ripple CTO David Schwartz revealed key insights into XRP Ledger's origins, explaining it was designed in 2011 to improve upon Bitcoin's limitations. The ledger uses a unique consensus mechanism instead of proof-of-work, enabling faster transactions (settling in 3-5 seconds) with lower fees (fractions of a cent). Schwartz emphasized XRPL's energy efficiency, using just 0.0079% of Bitcoin's energy consumption per transaction. The network currently processes about 2 million transactions daily, with capacity to scale significantly higher. These design choices position XRPL as a sustainable alternative for cross-border payments and decentralized finance applications.