Ripple CTO Ends Speculation on Missing XRP Ledger Blocks: Details

Key Points

1. Ripple CTO David Schwartz clarified that the first 32,000 ledgers on XRPL are missing due to a software bug during early development and cannot be restored.

2. The XRP Ledger's record begins at Ledger #32,570, leaving the first 10 days of activity unrecoverable.

3. Schwartz stated that the issue was known from XRP's early development days when multiple ledger streams were being tested.

4. The loss of ledgers occurred in one of the testing streams due to a software bug, resulting in approximately 10 days of missing data.