Who are the core developers behind the Ripple system?
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2I know alternative cryptocurrencies are allowed on the Bitcoin stackexchange (sigh ...). But is Ripple considered a cryptocurrency?– Stephen GornickFeb 11, 2013 at 13:03
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4@StephenGornick Well, they are based on rules of cryptography as far as I know and share a few similarities to Bitcoin. Moreover, the response to discussion on whether or not include Ripple in this SE were all in the "yes" category - meta.bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/335/323 .– ThePiachuFeb 11, 2013 at 13:30
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bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/7897/…– ripper234Feb 24, 2013 at 6:57
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Chris Larsen has been publicly identified as CEO of OpenCoin, the company behind the new Ripple. The core developers have been publicly identified as Jed McCaleb, Arthur Britto, Stefan Thomas, and me (David Schwartz).
answered Feb 11, 2013 at 15:15
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David, I asked quite a few questions here on this thread on Ripple forums, mind taking a look? ripple.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=34 I'm not sure that bombarding Bitcoin SE with these would have been that right thing to do. Feb 12, 2013 at 4:35
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First of all it's important to point out that Ripple (unlike Bitcoin) has been developed by a company, OpenCoin Inc. There is no information about individual developers on ripple.com or opencoin.com. The following information can be found from the Whois of opencoin.com:
Registrant:
OpenCoin Inc
268 Bush St #2724
San Francisco, CA 94104
US
That said Ripple is (will be) open source and decentralized, people can write competing clients and the Ripple network could function in the future without OpenCoin Inc.
