Highlights from the Ripple Engineering team
In part 1 of our series, we discussed the motivation and framework behind measuring the environmental cost of a payment transaction. We also talked about the methodology for credit card networks. In this post, we continue to cover the environmental impact model for Cryptocurrencies and paper money. ... Read More
Every time we get paid or buy something, we inevitably face the decision of how to pay. But it’s not always clear how those decisions affect the environment. One of this year’s most exciting initiatives at Ripple is our commitment to be carbon net-zero by 2030. ... Read More
Rather than working on low priority intern projects, I was allowed to work on one of the critical problems that our team was facing. From day one of my internship, I had the privilege of kick-starting the Monitoring Framework project, allowing RippleNet applications to have real-time visibility. ... Read More
Here at ripple we work hard to solve hard problems. But we like to have fun, experiment and goof off a little bit too. Sometimes we come up with crazy science fair-ish ideas and, even when they have dubious practical application, implement them. ... Read More
Armed with the order book data, which tells us the prices we would receive for different payment sizes, we can now calculate the foreign exchange rate (“FX rate”) that we would receive when using an intermediary currency like XRP. ... Read More
