XRP Ledger’s latest server software, v3.2.0, designed to make the network cheaper to run, more stable and more attractive for institutional use, is being adopted. However, it has not yet overtaken the previous version (3.1.3) across the wider network, and the key security fixes that come with it remain in the voting process.
Of the approximately 833 active nodes on the XRP Ledger, the machines that store and forward the ledger, about 43% are running v3.2.0 and 51% are still on v3.1.3, XRPSCAN data shows.
While overall node adoption seems relatively slow, validators or devices that matter most to the network have largely already been upgraded.
The XRP Ledger runs on a trusted set of validators known as the Unique Node List (UNL). For a new software version or change to be activated, it needs continuous support from more than 80% of validators on the list for two consecutive weeks.
On standard UNL of 35 validators, 31 run v3.2.0, approx. 89%, which clears the threshold the network considers sufficiently updated. That number, not the raw node or all-validator percentages, is what determines whether the upgrade completes.
The change lags behind
Along with the software is a separate matter that is well behind.
