A recent tweet from Ripple's CTO David Schwartz revealed unique moments from the history of XRP development, unknown to many in the industry. The new information includes commit structures showcasing the chaotic and creative development process.
Retro Tweet and XRP History
The incident began with a joke about changing Schwartz's old Twitter header, which contained a quote about Ripple's early struggles with legacy finance. Schwartz presented several new headers, one of which featured a chaotic commit diagram.
Developers' Collaboration in Early Days
In the early days of Ripple, Schwartz and Arthur Britto worked so swiftly and informally that they used the repository as a chatroom, pushing code even when it did not compile. This maintained necessary coordination.
Code and Its Impact on Protocol
The commit logs from that time show usernames like JoelKatz and Britto frequently making changes to transaction logic and data serialization. The displayed commit branches, chaotic and multi-colored, capture the energy of the process: no polish, no pause, only iteration.
By sharing these moments, David Schwartz opens a new dimension of XRP's development history, showing how creativity and collaboration constructively influenced the protocol.
