The Recent XRP Ledger Halt: What Happened?
On February 4, 2025, the XRP Ledger experienced a significant transaction halt lasting 64 minutes. This disruption affected over 88,000 transactions and raised important questions about the network’s resilience. Ripple’s CTO, David Schwartz, explained that while the consensus mechanism was active, validators failed to publish their validations. This failure caused the network to stall. Validators […]