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Former Ripple CTO says he accumulated lots of company stock early, holdings undisclosed
David Schwartz, Ripple\'s former chief technology officer, said he secured a significant amount of Ripple stock in the company’s early days. He made the remark on X after questions about the size of his retirement compensation following the disclosure of his XRP holdings. Schwartz did not disclose how much stock he owned, what price he paid or how much he still holds. Ripple’s valuation has risen in recent months.
Crypto
XRP origin dispute: Ripple former CTO says real start was 2012
David Schwartz, former chief technology officer of Ripple, drew a line under a long-running dispute over XRP’s origins, rejecting claims that XRP was created before bitcoin or that Canadian programmer Ryan Fugger was its founder. Schwartz said XRP’s history began in 2012, after Chris Larsen and Jed McCaleb acquired RipplePay and the OpenCoin team rebuilt the technology. Others also dismissed attempts to link a 1988 U.S. patent filed by Schwartz to XRP.
Crypto
Ripple\'s Schwartz hits back at \'honorary title\' mockery, says he built the XRP Ledger
David Schwartz, Ripple\'s CTO emeritus, responded in a poem-like post on X after a user mocked his title, laying out his work on the XRP Ledger and his expertise in cryptography, network design and crypto market structures. He wrote he can discuss decentralised exchanges and automated market makers at length and values real-world utility over technical fads. The article also recounts XRP Ledger\'s origins and Schwartz\'s roles at OpenCoin and Ripple.
