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Re:Ripple Slides After Coinbase Says Not Adding New Crypto C... by elmar on Thursday January 04, 2018 @05:55PM (#16074892)
>XRP is counterparty-free

You have 100 USD and 100 XRP in your ripple wallet and the gateway you deposited USD to fund your wallet closes shop, you are now left with the bag in the hand and you must trade 'em for another gateway's IOUs, or try to find someone to buy them from you.

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Re:Ripple Slides After Coinbase Says Not Adding New Crypto C... by cwkoss on Thursday January 04, 2018 @07:02PM (#16075294)
It's a decentralized network of centralized debt obligations.
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Re:Ripple Slides After Coinbase Says Not Adding New Crypto C... by EGreg on Friday January 05, 2018 @03:12AM (#16077300)
Same with BTC
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Re:Ripple Slides After Coinbase Says Not Adding New Crypto C... by elmar on Monday January 08, 2018 @09:12AM (#16096797)
well, I see you don't understand how Bitcoin works.
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