The ongoing RippleX staking discussion has ignited a broader debate inside the XRP community about possible changes to the XRP Ledger and its DeFi roadmap.
How could XRPL staking work on a Proof-of-Authority ledger?
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) has been live for more than a decade, yet it still lags rival networks in decentralized finance. Unlike most modern DeFi platforms, it relies on a Proof-of-Authority consensus model rather than Proof-of-Stake, which shapes how validators operate and how fees flow through the system.
Because of this design, the XRPL does not currently support staking, and the protocol burns transaction fees instead of distributing them to validators. Now, engineers at RippleX are openly examining whether a native reward mechanism could fit inside the ledger without undermining its core assumptions.
Ayo Akinyele, Head of Engineering at RippleX, launched the conversation in a detailed thread on X. He linked the timing to the launch of the first XRP spot ETF a
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