Once again, the crypto cosmos has been set a-flutter by whispers of a shocking development: an XRP Ledger fork! 🍴 The scandal! The intrigue! But before you could say “blockchain bifurcation,” Ripple’s very own chief techno-wizard, David Schwartz, stepped onto the scene with all the fanfare of a butler announcing dinner and squashed the rumor with the precision of a seasoned fisherman flicking a gnat from his ear.
On the digital stage known as X (formerly Twitter, for those living in the past), Schwartz did not so much as type as illuminate the masses on the delicate art of forking. As he explained-with the patience of a man who has said this approximately 47 times before-yes, any public blockchain might theoretically change its spots, but no, it’s not exactly a walk in the park.
Any time there’s serious disagreement as to some governance decision or system rule in any public layer one blockchain, each side can always get what they want if they are willing to fork over it. They just can’t force the other side to accept their preferred rules. 1/2
– David ‘JoelKatz’ Schwartz (@JoelKatz) August 27, 2025
Now then, let us pause for effect: Schwartz went on to muse that, in theory, a fork could be rather splendid-double the speed, divide the duties, all very efficient and dashing. Alas, much like a second cousin twice removed invited to tea, reality soon intruded. The markets, bless their fickle hearts, tend to favor whichever chain looks strongest, leaving the other trailing behind like a spaniel with a hurt paw.
“The market seems to want to pick the better side,” admitted Schwartz, no doubt somewhere sipping Earl Grey and watching chaos avert itself with great satisfaction.
But What of XRP, That Dashing Rogue of Digital Currency?
Ah yes, our beloved XRP-which recently enjoyed a moment so surreal it was practically Dadaist-managed to surpass even BlackRock in market cap for a fleeting, fabulous instant. One must imagine the champagne corks popping in every crypto boardroom from here to Timbuktu.
XRP may fork, but only if forced by circumstance and under heavy protest from both its community and the ghost of Satoshi Nakamoto. Until then, unity remains the name of the game-and quite a merry game it is, too.
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2025-08-28 16:32