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[𝕃𝕖𝕕ℤ ❌ @illupodsteppa]

@CredibleCrypto Thanos

[David 'JoelKatz' Schwartz @JoelKatz]

As happens in one’s life, I’ve been taking stock of my last 40 years. It’s been a wild ride. I’ve gone from consulting for the NSA to watching the early stages of Bitcoin. Then, I met Arthur, Jed, and Chris and worked on coding the XRP Ledger. Now, I’ve spent more than 13 years at Ripple.

I can’t begin to explain the depth of my gratitude to this company, the people who work here, and the community that surrounds XRPL. It’s been one of the greatest honors and experiences of my life, second only to my amazing family.

The time has come for me to step back from my day-to-day duties as Ripple CTO at the end of this year. I’m really looking forward to spending more time with the kids and grandkids and going back to the hobbies I set aside. But be warned, I’m not going away from the XRP community. You haven’t seen the last of me (now, or ever).

The last few months I’ve been tinkering on the side – spinning up my own XRPL node and publishing its output data, researching other use cases for XRP (besides what Ripple is focused on), and more. I truly enjoy this part — getting my hands dirty, talking to builders, coding for the pure love of it — and I’m really excited to get back to that. More to come on this very soon, I’m sure.

But back to gratitude — to Brad and Monica — leaders who have been here nearly as long as I have, and are the very soul of Ripple itself. To Chris, who took a huge leap of faith and never wavered. To Arthur, who had the big ideas every time we needed them. To the RippleX team, ledger developers, community members, builders, and everyone else — it’s been an honor being in the trenches with you all. Thank you for everything you have done for the XRPL. I have total confidence in the next generation of leaders and builders – including Dennis Jarosch (Ripple’s SVP of Engineering) – and far too many others to name in the XRP community who will carry the torch.

I’ll still be in and out of the Ripple office as CTO Emeritus, and as my last task at Ripple, Chris asked me to join Ripple's Board of Directors to continue supporting the company’s mission and long-term vision...and I accept!

I look forward to seeing the rest of you at XRP community events around the world.

– JoelKatz

[fwog @itsafwog]

if ur hurting, feel lost, hopeless, in a dark place

dont be embarrassed to reach out to someone and let them know, it is the most courageous thing u can do.

your life is absolutely worth it.

[Matt Hamilton @HammerToe]

@AstrayaNthemoon To be a bitcoin maximalist you have to believe that monetary technology and advancement progressed all throughout the ages, got to Bitcoin then just..... stopped. That everything before it was flawed and everything after it was flawed. It is a mental disorder.

[𝕃𝕖𝕕ℤ ❌ @illupodsteppa]

@CredibleCrypto You don't have to explain some possible mistakes. People here confuse your spot and perp trades as if they were the same thing (even when you clarify it). You are one of the few legit accounts in this space. And always educational. Keep it up.

[𝕃𝕖𝕕ℤ ❌ @illupodsteppa]

@conraddit Kagi https://t.co/bfBXJCx7kZ

[Rand Group @randgroup]

@bitcoinarchive Absolutely

[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission @SECGov]

Careful what you read on the internet. The best source of information about the SEC is the SEC.

[SEC Chair Gary Gensler Archive @GenslerArchive]

This is a reminder to secure your financial accounts as well as protect against identity theft and fraud.

Remember to:
🔒Use strong passphrases or passwords
🔒Set up multifactor authentication
🔒Keep account alerts turned on

#CybersecurityAwarenessMonth

https://t.co/qitGkujLxD

[David 'JoelKatz' Schwartz @JoelKatz]

How it started, how it's going:

[𝕃𝕖𝕕ℤ ❌ @illupodsteppa]

@GaryGensler @SECGov THE PROTECTORRRR

[Axios @axios]

It was a brutal year for the cryptocurrency industry. From NFTs to XRP, here were the biggest crypto stories of 2023 👇🤑

https://t.co/MUMJAo355i

[Curve Finance @CurveFinance]

This is how infected frontends look like with the Ledger library issue, in case you are wondering if you are ok

[The Defiant @DefiantNews]

⚠️WARNING⚠️

Do NOT interact with any dApp.

Several dApps seemingly have been subject to a large scale front-end attack.

@Ledger library has been confirmed to be compromised.

Standby for further updates.

[Hudson Jameson @hudsonjameson]

Ledger Library Exploit Explainer for Average Folks

What is going on with the recent alerts not to use dapps?

A library that is used by many dapps that is maintained by Ledger was compromised and a wallet drainer was added.

What do I do as a normal user?

Do not interact with any dapp front ends on websites for now. This is an ongoing situation and it is risky to use dapps currently if you don't understand what backend libraries they use.

How does this drain your money?

If you visit the website you won't get automatically drained or your funds. However, prompts from your browser wallet (like MM) will display that give your assets to the malicious actors.

Does Ledger know about this?

Yes they do and are working on it.

Note: Even after Ledger corrects the bad code in their library, projects using and deploying that library will need to update things before it is safe to use dapps that use Ledger's web3 libraries.

Disclaimer: This is my own opinion and not the opinion of any of my employers. Take this advice at your own risk.

Stay safe ♥️

[banteg @banteg]

🚨 ledger library confirmed compromised and replaced with a drainer. wait out interacting with any dapps till things become clearer.
https://t.co/xapunW8zC3

[𝕃𝕖𝕕ℤ ❌ @illupodsteppa]

@CryptoCriminal5

[David 'JoelKatz' Schwartz @JoelKatz]

Because if they fail, you lose your money. So you are taking ALL the risk of an investment that pays Y% but you are only getting X% and Y>X means X<Y. 7/

[Gavin Wood @gavofyork]

I’m sick of hearing crypto confused with a heavily-marketed centralised, mismanaged exchange. FTX’s failure is far from a harbinger of crypto. Quite the opposite: it’s a concrete demonstration of the need for more, better decentralised, trust-free technology.