Schwartz's XRP Involvement Hints Spark Reassurance Among Investors

Ripple's CTO Emeritus David Schwartz has hinted that he remains involved with XRP despite stepping down from his day-to-day duties at Ripple. In a recent conversation on X, Schwartz responded to an X user who pointed out that his hub was still publishing output data and suggested that he didn't retire from XRP. Schwartz replied, 'It was fun spending a few hours working like I used to and having a Zoom call with the team again.'

Schwartz's comments have reassured many XRP supporters who questioned whether his retirement marked a complete departure from the XRP ecosystem. As an original architect of the XRP Ledger, Schwartz's contributions are significant.

The issue with Schwartz's hub was later confirmed by XRPL Analytics App, xrpl.to, which stated that it was a network-wide problem. Shortly after, version 3.2.1 of the XRP Ledger was released, fixing a manifest flood issue where nodes had accepted and rebroadcast an unlimited number of manifests from unknown validator keys.