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The Ripple Project. By Ryan Fugger (project founder) Mats Eriksson Thomas Hartman Jevgenij Solovjov. Presentation ECCS2010 Mats Eriksson mats@iunctio.com. http://www.ripple-project.org. Contents of presentation. What is Ripple? A few use cases Current status of the Ripple project
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The Ripple Project By Ryan Fugger (project founder) Mats Eriksson Thomas Hartman Jevgenij Solovjov Presentation ECCS2010 Mats Eriksson mats@iunctio.com http://www.ripple-project.org
Contents of presentation • What is Ripple? • A few use cases • Current status of the Ripple project • Current usage and community feedback • Motivations for a distributed monetary system
What is Ripple? • Distributed monetary system • No central credit-issuing body (“bank”) • No central routing authority • Payment network, open, private, accountable • How does it work?
Use cases • Alice & Bob • Carol & David
Current status and community feedback • Technical status • Community feedback
Motivations for a distributed monetary system • Money as IOUs • Bank IOUs • Trusted Intermediaries: Banks and the Government • A Different Trusted Intermediary