Missing 32000 XRP Ledger Blocks Raise Eyebrows Again
The rumors of the missing early blocks on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) were once again addressed by Ripple CTO David Schwartz in a recent X chat. Skeptics were still wondering why the first 32,000 ledgers on XRPL were not included in the public ledger when this announcement was made. Often, this omission has led to conjecture regarding data loss or deliberate omission.
Ripple CTO Shuts Down Rumors of Intentional XRP Ledger Data Deletion
More recently, Schwartz brushed aside the persistent conjecture that the missing blocks were purposefully thrown away. The Ripple CTO also answered the query of why the company didn’t start over by resetting the ledger. According to Schwartz, there was nothing that could be done to restore missing data when an X critic raised the matter once more and questioned why the ledger wasn’t reset afterwards.
Nothing we could do would restore the missing information. You’re asking why we didn’t throw away even more information by discarding even the blocks that were recovered,
the Ripple CTO
Ripple CTO Reveals Why 32,000 XRP Ledger Blocks Are Lost Forever
The first ten days of activity, or nearly 32,000 ledgers, are unrecoverable because the XRP Ledger‘s record starts at Ledger #32,570. In May, Schwartz clarified the issue’s technical and historical background in response to a similar rumor. The CTO of Ripple claims that this problem was recognized back in the early stages of XRP’s development, when several ledger streams were being examined.
Schwartz said that while the XRPL software was being developed and tested, numerous ledger streams were produced. He said that certain ledgers (about ten days) were lost due to a software bug in one of the numerous streams. The CTO of Ripple went on to say that although it was anticipated that the issue would be rendered irrelevant by the subsequent ledger reset, this never occurred because there was never another one.
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