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The Brewing Crypto Battle Over Ripple, XRP, Ripple (XRP), XRP (XRP), Ripple and XRP, and Ripple/XRP

by Daily Hodl Staff
December 30, 2018
in Altcoins
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In a tweet that set off an epic Twitter thread, crypto exchange Kraken spells out why it thinks a name change is in order to straighten out the longstanding debate over “Ripple” the company versus “XRP” the asset.

Dear XRP Army, Ripple is (and was first) a payment protocol whose native currency is XRP. You could suggest the eponymous company change its name (again) to avoid ambiguity. The convention is <protocol> <asset>, like: Ripple XRP, Ethereum ether, Bitcoin bitcoin, etc. 💙

— Kraken Exchange (@krakenfx) December 29, 2018

Investors and enthusiasts weighed in, offering various versions of clarity.

According to AngryLlama,

“Ripple is not a payment protocol. It’s a Silicon Valley tech company. That’s a fact. It’s most popular product (xCurrent) doesn’t even directly use XRP.”

Kraken lists Ripple on its list of crypto-to-fiat trading pairs – ticker symbol: XRP.

Responding to Kraken, XXIII writes,

“So their argument is that it’s (protocol) (asset) but they clearly stated they are listing ‘Ripple’ which in their terms is the protocol. So they’re listing the Ripple protocol?”

Tiffany Hayden asks,

“Why is it too much to ask that you list $XRP as XRP? Everybody is trying to be crystal clear here. Why aren’t you?”

To which Kraken replies,

“It’s not and it is listed as XRP. Ripple XRP, to be specific.”

After a round of tweets about “ripples” and “nipples”, Kraken pinpointed the confusion.

“People seeming to find confusion in a company having the same name as a protocol, some claiming to think that buying XRP is buying Ripple company stock, some wanting “Ripple” to never be mentioned in the same sentence as XRP.”

CryptoNT points out that “ripples” was the native currency and that Ripple and XRP have a shared history.

“Steinar XRP” explains that preceding “XRP” with the word “Ripple” is an odd nod to the holder of the digital asset.

“Ripple is not XRP and XRP is not Ripple. Why can’t you understand that. You can then also call “bitcoin” Craig Wright (BTC) or Winkelvoss (BTC) because they own and use it. Or why not tiffany (XRP) because it sounds better than XRP (XRP) Please explain why. like I’m 5 years. thx”

Kraken explains,

“Correct. One is a protocol (Ripple) and the other is the native currency of that protocol (XRP). It’s only confusing because Ripple Labs, Inc. (and others) refer to the company as “Ripple”.”

Ripple, whose top execs and public relations agency have all said that XRP can exist without the company Ripple, and that XRP is not a security, is still working to convince investors, news outlets, and exchanges to use the same terminology. People in the cryptosphere refer to the digital asset by using any of the following terms.

  • Ripple
  • XRP
  • XRP (XRP)
  • Ripple (XRP)
  • Ripple and XRP
  • Ripple/XRP
  • ripples

WorldCoinIndex, for example, lists the digital asset as Ripple with the ticker symbol XRP while both CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko list the digital asset as XRP with the ticker symbol XRP.

However, both CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko include “ripple” in their URLs:

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/ripple/
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ripple

Tweets XRP Research Center,

“Then change it to: XRP Ledger (XRP). <Protocol> <cryptocurency> It’s not that hard.”

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