Through the use of blockchain and modern APIs, Ripple enables financial institutions who are part of the network, RippleNet, to send money globally, instantly, reliably and for fractions of a penny. RippleNet is built on top of Ripple’s consensus ledger, XRP Ledger (XRPL).

Ripple is the leading provider of crypto-enabled solutions for businesses. Ripple was founded by Chris Larsen and Jed McCaleb and launched in 2012 (previously OpenCoin).

XRP tokenholders own and govern Ripple's consensus ledger 'XRP Ledger' (XRPL). Ripple's investors include a16z, Pantera Capital, Route 66 Ventures, etc.

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# XRP Ledger Expenses Methodology

## 1. Overview

Expenses measures the total operating costs incurred by XRP Ledger to maintain its network. For XRP Ledger, expenses are set to zero. XRP was fully pre-mined at genesis with no ongoing issuance, validators operate without protocol-level rewards, and the network has no native staking mechanism or inflation. All costs associated with running validators or maintaining infrastructure are borne externally by node operators without protocol-level compensation.

## 2. Data sources

- **Token incentives**: Derived from the Token incentives metric, which returns zero for all time periods

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: Token incentives aggregation

- **Purpose**: Calculate protocol-level token distributions to network participants
- **Logic**: Token incentives are set to zero across all time periods. XRP Ledger's consensus mechanism does not include validator rewards, staking yields, or any form of protocol-issued token compensation. The entire XRP supply was created at genesis, and validators receive no inflationary rewards or protocol fees for transaction validation.

*This methodology was automatically generated by Token Terminal's methodology analyzer.*

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