protocol upgrade
XRP Ledger Enters Vote on Biggest Upgrade in Years With Privacy, Batch Transactions
The XRP Ledger is heading toward its most substantial protocol upgrade in years, with a bundled package of six amendments entering validator voting on July 20, 2026, and activation potentially arriving within weeks if support coalesces around the 80% threshold required for approval. The upgrade introduces batch transactions, confidential transfers, sponsored fees, permission delegation, and...
Cardano Van Rossum Fork Activates First Fully Community-Governed Upgrade
Cardano’s first fully community-governed hard fork went live on Saturday, July 18, activating Protocol Version 11 and validating a governance experiment that took nearly five years to mature into practice. The Van Rossum upgrade, named in tribute to Dutch developer Max van Rossem who died in October 2025, reduces smart contract costs, introduces new cryptographic...
XRP Ledger fixCleanup3_2_0 Enters Final 10-Day Countdown
The XRP Ledger’s fixCleanup3_2_0 protocol amendment bundle has entered its final activation countdown, scheduled for July 29, 2026, at 09:57 UTC, pending continued validator support above the mandatory 80% threshold. The upgrade addresses critical bugs in the network’s newly launched lending infrastructure, marking a pivotal moment for XRPL’s DeFi ecosystem expansion. Current validator backing stands...