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On the XRP Ledger, validators don’t race to solve puzzles. They agree. No mining. No block rewards. Independent servers just confirm the same transactions are valid, then move to the next ledger together. Every few seconds, each validator looks at the transactions it’s seen and proposes a candidate ledger. If enough validators on the Unique Node List (UNL) see the same transactions as valid, that’s consensus. Ledger closes. Process repeats. What that design gets you: Fast settlement, usually 3 to 5 seconds, because there’s no race Tiny fees that get burned, so the XRP supply slowly shrinks An open network. Anyone can run a server, and the community decides over time which validators to trust XRPL’s philosophy: let the protocol handle the hard parts (ordering, agreement, core features) instead of pushing it all onto outside smart contracts. New features still need a validator vote to go live. Propose. Agree. Close. Repeat. #XRPEducationMonth @XRPLF

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