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 Token incentives Methodology

## 1. Overview

Token incentives for XRP Ledger is set to zero. XRP was 100% pre-mined at genesis with a fixed supply of 100 billion tokens, and the network operates without protocol-level token issuance mechanisms. XRPL validators receive no block rewards or staking yields, and there is no native inflation or token emission schedule to compensate network participants.

## 2. Data sources

- **None**: This metric is set to a constant value and does not consume blockchain events

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

Token incentives is hardcoded to zero. This reflects XRPL's architectural design where network security is maintained through a unique consensus protocol that does not require token-based incentives for validators or other participants.

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

Value of native tokens distributed as incentives.

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