The post RippleX Engineer Breaks Down Major XRP Ledger Misconceptions appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Over the weekend, XRP Ledger announced a crucial milestone in advancing programmability on the network. As reported, the XRP Ledger Smart Contracts feature is now available for developers to explore and test on AlphaNet, a dedicated development network. This milestone, the first of its kind, introduces native layer-1 smart contract capabilities to the XRP Ledger. As the discussion about the introduction of smart contracts on XRP Ledger continues, RippleX software engineer Mayukha Vadari has stepped in with an important clarification. This comes as an X user claimed that smart contracts have been running on the XRP Ledger mainnet in the last two years. Vadari clarified that this was a different network, which introduces its own set of complications. It’s a different network, which introduces its own set of complications. Programmability is useful on other neighboring chains, like the EVM Sidechain (and @squidrouter helps with this), but it’s not as useful as having it native – e.g. you don’t get that atomicity. — Mayukha Vadari (@msvadari) November 11, 2025 The X user was likely referring to Hooks, a smart contract proposal for the XRP Ledger. Vadari reiterated the essence of native programmability on the XRP Ledger, adding, “Programmability is useful on other neighboring chains, like the EVM Sidechain (and squidrouter helps with this), but it’s not as useful as having it native – e.g. you don’t get that atomicity.” Native smart contracts on XRP Ledger Last September, Ripple and the XRP community revealed a commitment to bring permissionless programmability to the XRP Ledger (XRPL). It outlined two key developments as regards this: the introduction of native smart contract capabilities on the XRP Ledger mainnet and the XRPL EVM sidechain. Ripple said at the time that existing smart contract standards, such as Hooks from XRPL Labs, represented an important foundation that could… The post RippleX Engineer Breaks Down Major XRP Ledger Misconceptions appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Over the weekend, XRP Ledger announced a crucial milestone in advancing programmability on the network. As reported, the XRP Ledger Smart Contracts feature is now available for developers to explore and test on AlphaNet, a dedicated development network. This milestone, the first of its kind, introduces native layer-1 smart contract capabilities to the XRP Ledger. As the discussion about the introduction of smart contracts on XRP Ledger continues, RippleX software engineer Mayukha Vadari has stepped in with an important clarification. This comes as an X user claimed that smart contracts have been running on the XRP Ledger mainnet in the last two years. Vadari clarified that this was a different network, which introduces its own set of complications. It’s a different network, which introduces its own set of complications. Programmability is useful on other neighboring chains, like the EVM Sidechain (and @squidrouter helps with this), but it’s not as useful as having it native – e.g. you don’t get that atomicity. — Mayukha Vadari (@msvadari) November 11, 2025 The X user was likely referring to Hooks, a smart contract proposal for the XRP Ledger. Vadari reiterated the essence of native programmability on the XRP Ledger, adding, “Programmability is useful on other neighboring chains, like the EVM Sidechain (and squidrouter helps with this), but it’s not as useful as having it native – e.g. you don’t get that atomicity.” Native smart contracts on XRP Ledger Last September, Ripple and the XRP community revealed a commitment to bring permissionless programmability to the XRP Ledger (XRPL). It outlined two key developments as regards this: the introduction of native smart contract capabilities on the XRP Ledger mainnet and the XRPL EVM sidechain. Ripple said at the time that existing smart contract standards, such as Hooks from XRPL Labs, represented an important foundation that could…