XRP Ledger Announces Major Fix to Come December 3

The XRP Ledger (XRPL) will be delivering a major update on Dec. 3, which will address the occasional sluggishness the blockchain network has been experiencing in recent weeks. As stated in a recent XRP Ledger Operations announcement, the network will be rolling out its new version 3.5.0, which will exclusively include technical improvements and bug fixes.

Network Performance Issues

The latest improvement to the XRPL comes after the blockchain network suffered technical issues in October, when some ledgers were closing much slower than usual. The XRP Ledger usually closes new ledgers once every three to five seconds, ensuring that transaction confirmations happen fairly quickly.

Intermittent sluggishness was seen on the network, as XRP Ledger Operations admitted on Oct. 21. The team later confirmed that its developers were already working on the issue, implementing temporary fixes that helped improve close times.

Permanent Solution

The developers have informed users that interim fixes have already been working effectively. However, they remain hard at work to deliver a software fix that will correct the issue once and for all, a long-term solution that would not rely solely on temporary changes.

Network Monitoring

Vet, one of the notable XRP Ledger validators, has already assured the community that the blockchain network is always being monitored as developers work on more improvements. He stressed that a great amount of work has been put into network monitoring, information security and engineering.

The December release is expected to finally bring that permanent fix, ensuring the reliability of the XRP Ledger, a network widely used to process cryptocurrency payments, tokenization, and stablecoin transactions.