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Ripple's XRP Ledger Halts Briefly, Resumes After 64 Minutes

Coin WorldWednesday, Feb 5, 2025 6:29 am ET
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The XRP Ledger, a decentralized blockchain technology developed by Ripple, experienced a brief halt in block production on February 4, 2025, raising concerns among the crypto community. The network, which processes XRP transactions, temporarily stalled at block height 93,927,174 before resuming normal operations approximately 64 minutes later.

Ripple's CTO, David Schwartz, confirmed the incident via social media and indicated that the underlying cause of the disruption was under investigation. He noted, "Super-preliminary observation: It looked like consensus was running, but validations were not being published, causing the network to drift apart." This lapse in the validation process may have caused the network to momentarily diverge.

During the outage, validator operators took emergency measures by manually selecting a reliable starting point from the last fully validated ledger, which facilitated the resumption of transaction validations. Schwartz remarked, "It looks like, as far as we can tell, only one validator operator manually intervened." This led to a realignment of the network, although the necessity of this manual intervention in resolving the issue remains unclear.

Schwartz reassured users that their assets remained uncompromised throughout the disruption. "Your funds were always safe!" noted RippleX, confirming the integrity of user assets even during the network’s instability. The interruption led to ledgers being temporarily marked as untrusted, but only for a brief period, and the majority of validations continued unimpeded.

This incident is not the first technical challenge faced by the XRP Ledger. The network previously encountered a 10-minute halt in November 2024 due to a node crash. Just weeks earlier, in September 2024, complications arose from a limitation in the SQLite database, affecting full history nodes and their ability to effectively manage large volumes of transaction data.

Despite these setbacks, the XRPL continues to show signs of growth. In its Q4 2024 market report, Ripple highlighted robust activity across several key metrics. On-chain DEX trading volume reached an impressive $1 billion, and the network saw a notable increase in wallet creations, tallying 709,000 new accounts during this period.

Following the recent service interruption, XRP’s price saw a brief decline but has stabilized around $

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howtospellsisyphus
02/05
XRP's rollercoaster never fails to amuse. 🚀🤔 Holding long-term, but watching those validator moves closely.
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sesriously
02/05
This is why I diversify. $TSLA can moon, but XRP's journey is a wild ride. 🚀
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Traglc
02/05
XRP's price bounce-back is impressive. Are we seeing a trend or just a pump? Time to watch closely.
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dritu_
02/05
Validators saved the day, but was manual intervention always the plan B? Curious how this plays out.
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Historical_Hearing76
02/05
Crypto life – one glitch at a time. At least funds were safe this time around. 🤞
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johnnyko55555
02/05
@Historical_Hearing76 Next up: XRP to the moon or XRP to oblivion – place your bets. 🚀🤔
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moazzam0
02/05
Network drift sounds scary, but it seems they've got it under control. Phew, no 51% attack luck!
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chrisbaseball7
02/05
@moazzam0 No 51% attack? Sweet.
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Airmang74
02/05
@moazzam0 True, Ripple's on it.
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jobsurfer
02/05
Anyone else thinking about adding XRP to their watchlist? It's like reality TV – you know you'll tune in.
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Throwaway7131923
02/05
Schwartz seems calm, but I bet they're sweating a bit. Gotta love transparency, even in turbulence.
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birdflustocks
02/05
XRP's stability is like the weather – always unpredictable. Still, on-chain volume is pretty lit.
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alpha_mu
02/05
Ripple's got the tech, but can they smooth out these hiccups? Growth is promising, though.
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Alert-Reveal5217
02/05
@alpha_mu True, tech is solid, but they gotta iron out these glitches.
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