RippleX software developer Mayukha Vadari clarifies a common misconception about $XRP Ledger feature usage, with some assuming transaction volume is a way to measure the utility of an XRPL amendment.
In an X post, Vadari stated that transaction volume may not be the best way to measure every amendment. The RippleX developer cited the clawback feature as an example, saying that in this context, the liquidity/market cap of clawbackable tokens will be what to consider, as these tokens would not have launched without the clawback feature. In her view, these tokens might not need to use the transaction much.
Clawback refers to tokens that have a feature allowing the issuer to reclaim or “claw back” these tokens from users’ wallets under certain conditions, and the feature was launched on the XRPL in January 2025.
A feature’s utility isn’t always measured by its transactions. Anything that’s more of a cross-cutting feature will typically be more integrated into other transactions.
To take another example from an upcoming amendment: Utilization of Sponsored Fees and Reserves should track…— Mayukha Vadari (@msvadari) July 27, 2026
Vadari continued, in response to an X user, that a feature’s utility is not always measured by its transactions. She pointed out that “anything more of a cross-cutting feature might typically be more integrated into other transactions.” She cited another example from an upcoming amendment: sponsored fees.
Vadari noted that utilization of sponsored fees and reserves should track the use of the sponsor field on transactions more so than the new transactions introduced (SponsorshipSet and SponsorshipTransfer). She added that those transactions not being used much do not provide much information on whether the feature as a whole is being used, as many flows may likely not use the transactions at all.
Upgrades coming to $XRP Ledger
In the coming weeks, another XRPL software release v3.3.0 is expected and will introduce Batch, Confidential Transfers (privacy), Sponsored Fees and Reserves, Permission Delegation, and Dynamic MPTs amendments.
The fixcleanup3_2_0 upgrade is expected to go live in less than a day, bringing important fixes to the $XRP Ledger’s Single Asset Vaults, the Lending Protocol, the permissioned DEX (Decentralised Exchange), Multi-Purpose Tokens, and permissioned domains.
$XRP Ledger Foundation to host hackathon
According to a recent announcement, XRPL Commons and XRPL Foundation will be hosting a 36-hour XRPL Hackathon in New York from October 24 to 25; this is the weekend before Ripple’s Swell event.
Participants can explore four tracks spanning protocol innovation, agentic finance, lending and borrowing, and an open category.