XRPL’s known amendments page lists fixCleanup3_1__3 for activation on May 27, and by design the event is a maintenance upgrade.
Version 3.1.3 of rippled bundles fixes for NFTs, Permissioned Domains, Vaults, and the Lending Protocol, and the XRPL blog set the default vote to Yes because of the importance of those fixes.
The amendment process requires more than 80% support from trusted validators sustained for two weeks before the new rules become permanent.
What makes the episode worth examining beyond the deadline is what XRPL co-creator David Schwartz said about what a real fork would actually require, because his answer reveals how protocol legitimacy works on any blockchain.
Schwartz’s central point is that raw node count is a poor proxy for consensus power. A system where nodes vote in proportion to their number creates an attack surface where anyone can spin up thousands of machines at low cost.
In the XRPL model, each server operator maintains a curated set of validators the serv
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