Ripple CTO Clarifies Loss of 32,000 Early XRP Ledger Blocks
Main Idea
Ripple's CTO David Schwartz explains the irreversible loss of the first 32,000 ledgers in the XRP Ledger's early history, citing technical limitations during its experimental phase.
Key Points
1. The first 32,000 ledgers, covering the initial 10 days of the XRP Ledger's activity, cannot be recovered due to data loss.
2. Schwartz clarified that resetting the ledger to compensate for the missing data would have been counterproductive, as it would erase the remaining preserved history.
3. The gap in the ledger's early history is a known limitation from the network's experimental stage and reflects the lack of finalized production standards at the time.
4. The publicly available XRP Ledger starts at block number 32,570, with no possibility of recovering the earlier records.
Description
Ripple’s Chief Technology Officer, David Schwartz, has reiterated the reasons behind the absence of the first 32,000 ledgers on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) , addressing long-standing questions about the integrity and completeness of the network’s early history. The comment is a response to a recent post on X questioning why the ledger had not been reset to compensate for the missing data. Schwartz explained that such a step would have resulted in the loss of even more information, not less. According ...
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