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How Ripple actually transfer money from one bank to another?
I think it's necessary to first consider the question: Without ripple, how do banks "actually transfer money" from one bank to another?
Suppose that you and I are banks, and I want to send you $10 ...
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How Ripple actually transfer money from one bank to another?
The way Ripple's public ledger system works is that you propose a payment by specifying the source and destination accounts and currencies and then the system gives you a quote based on public offers. ...
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What database engine does Bitcoin and other top altcoins use?
It depends on the implementation. The network itself does not have a database engine. Bitcoin Core and software derived from it (most altcoin software is derived from Core) uses LevelDB to index the ...
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What is Ripple and how does it compare to Bitcoin?
Ripple is trying to replace SWIFT, the protocol for inter-bank transfers. To me it makes sense because, those systems are (according to my understanding) quite antiquated. So blockchain hype has ...
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Ripple testnet explorer
There is a variant of viewing the transaction history at a certain address:
http://ripplerm.github.io/ripple-wallet/
Dont forget to switch the network to the test in the upper left corner. Good luck =...
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Ripple validator nodes
Are ripple validation nodes appointed by central authority?
No. Nobody has any particular right to tell anyone what validators to use or listen to.
If not, what prevents 51% attack through ...
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Ripple: what’s the difference between “block” and “ledger”
Bitcoin
In bitcoin, there is no concept of accounts, users, balances and payments. The bitcoin blockchain just stores the history of all the transactions that have happened. Each block contains ...
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Why are the fees for converting Ripple to Bitcoin so high?
This is most likely explained by the high fees on bitcoin. These services still have to move the bitcoin from one wallet to another and you have to pay a fortune at this time, about $6- $19. You didn'...
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Is Ripple centralized or decentralized?
Are people still fighting about this or have they come to a consensus?
I'm probably the worst person to represent whether there's a consensus or not since I'm one of the designers of Ripple. But the ...
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What is the purpose of the 20 XRP cost to start a wallet?
Unlike a bitcoin receiving address, a funded Ripple wallet is a real thing on the ledger that has properties. This has advantages and disadvantages, but one of the disadvantages is that there's a cost ...
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What is the advantage of running a Ripple masternode?
The same reason someone would run a bitcoin full node. If you want to transact on the network, you either have to run your own node or use someone else's. If you choose to use someone else's, you are ...
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Is there a testnet version of data.ripple.com -- the Ripple Data API v2?
At https://medium.com/interledger-blog/sending-out-of-the-interledger-network-9f42c1217c72 there was a link to https://testnet.data.api.ripple.com/v2/ which seems to be what I was looking for.
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Ripple: How to calculate transaction ID (TXID)
The transaction ID is calculated by prepending the bytes 0x54, 0x58, 0x4e, 0x00 to the signed transaction and then taking the SHA512Half of this input.
Example for a signed transaction, bytes are ...
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Ripple difference between source and destination tags
The ledger itself doesn't really care what tags you attach to a payment. They're just used to help exchanges or wallet services know who to credit for a payment.
The standard use of the a destination ...
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Will Bitcoin copy Best Features of Litecoin, Ripple, if its Open Source?
Proponents of Bitcoin always mention that Bitcoin is Open Source, so if any better cryptocurrency comes along, Bitcoin can just copy those features in their open source.
Bitcoin can of course adapt ...
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Will Bitcoin copy Best Features of Litecoin, Ripple, if its Open Source?
People have heterogeneous visions for Bitcoin. Some people want it to be a digital gold, some value censorship resistance most, others want it to rival digital payment systems like PayPal. Given that, ...
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Is it still possible to issue your own assets on Ripple?
It is definitely still possible to issue your own assets. Here is the process:
Create an account on the Ripple network, you will need to get someone to send you enough XRP to perform transactions, $1 ...
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Why can't I spend my reserve XRP and delete my address from the network?
Changing the Reserve Requirements
The XRP Ledger has a mechanism to adjust the reserve requirements for long-term changes in the value of XRP. Any changes have to be approved by the consensus ...
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Buying Ripple XRP with Bitcoin BTC
The usual process is this:
You create an account on the exchange.
You go through their menus to deposit bitcoins.
They give you an address to send bitcoins to.
You withdraw from Coinbase to that ...
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Is it legal to buy concurrency in USA
Yes. It is legal to buy cryptocurrencies in the USA and they are taxed like property by the IRS.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_bitcoin_by_country_or_territory#North_America
From the ...
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What can we do with XRP?
What does it mean to buy XRP as an individual OTHER THAN speculation?
You can also use it as a means of payment and as a means of exchange for other assets on the network.
(If investing in XRP ...
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How to run my own Ripple RPC server (full node)?
error: control directory has bad permissions 777 (must be >=0755 and <=0775)
Could it be a permissions problem?
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What happened to the original Ripple Project?
Why does the current Ripple protocol require a global consensus?
Can someone use the old Ripple design to make money between people actually work in a local community without a global singleton ...
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How are 'Not Mineable ' cryptos able to verify transactions?
I'm not sure about Ripple, but I know IOTA specifically uses each transaction to confirm the transactions around it. So instead of a dedicated miner, each user is essentially a "miner" for the short ...
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Destination Tag of Ripple Desktop Wallet
I've never seen an exchange that required a destination tag even when sending to an account that doesn't require one. But any destination tag will do. The destination tag just tells the recipient ...
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Ripple paper wallet: is "ripplepaperwallet.com" safe?
Considering the fact it has iframes (e.g ads) in it and they might have access to the parent (e.g http://ripplepaperwallet.com) DOM, I would say that even if it was an open source project (which I ...
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Any other sites for exchanging bitcoin for ripple apart from shapeshift and changelly?
You can view all exchanges that support converting XRP <-> BTC on coinmarketcap.com . Here are all the markets that XRP trades on. Just look for markets that say XRP/BTC.
I've successfully ...
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Why does Ripple use Blockchain technology in the first place?
This is a very good question. The simple answer is marketing. Technically, a standard database would have been much more efficient in achieving the same. However, there would have been even less ...
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Why does Ripple use Blockchain technology in the first place?
Ripple did not set out to revolutionize the banking sector and replace existing banks. Ripple is just a protocol which enables real time payment transfer between individuals without any third party as ...
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How to explore ripple ledger?
You can extract the entire last validated ledger as a giant JSON file if you want to. Be patient, it might take a while. Your server has to have an RPC port open with administrative permissions. You ...
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