David Schwartz outlines infrastructure upgrades for XRP Ledger as the network processes record volumes that could boost XRP price.
Ripple CTO David Schwartz just shared what could really help the XRP Ledger right now - a high-quality hub with reserved slots for UNL validators and network infrastructure. This comes as XRPL crushes it with 70 million new transactions last month.
"I haven't run any XRPL infrastructure myself in a few years. Looking at the network, it seems like the most useful thing would be a high-quality hub with reserved slots for UNL validators, other hubs, and servers serving applications on XRPL," Schwartz tweeted.
XRP Infrastructure Gets Major Upgrade
Schwartz isn't playing around with specs - AMD 9950X CPU, 256GB RAM, 2TB boot SSD, dual 2TB NVME SSDs in RAID 0, all running on 10GB unmetered connection from NYC. This is his personal project, not official Ripple business, focused on maximum uptime and gathering network data.

XRP (Ripple) Ledger Numbers Keep Climbing
The stats are wild - 70 million new transactions last month pushed the total to 3.83 billion. Last week alone saw 13.5 million transactions with 1.8 million daily average, putting XRPL among the busiest chains.
But here's the kicker - stablecoin activity is exploding. Braza Bank issued $4.2 million BBRL in July, and daily RLUSD transactions jumped from 5,000 to over 12,000 in one month.

This isn't just numbers - it's real utility driving XRP price potential. The combination of Schwartz's infrastructure push and massive transaction growth paints a bullish picture for XRP.