26% XRP Nodes Upgraded As Ripple Backs 3.2.0 Ledger Fix

XRP (XRP) Ledger’s 3.2.0 upgrade moved forward after Ripple backed a cleanup amendment, while 26% of nodes had updated.

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Ripple voted in favor of the fixCleanup3_2_0 amendment, a proposal now open for voting on the XRP Ledger mainnet.

The amendment had 2.86% validator consensus at the time of the report. It still needs sustained 80% support from validators on the default Unique Node List for two weeks before activation.

The package includes fixes for Single Asset Vaults, the Lending Protocol, permissioned decentralized exchanges, Multi-Purpose Tokens and permissioned domains, giving developers cleaner rails for newer XRPL features.

It also retires several older amendments that have been active for more than two years, a step meant to simplify the ledger’s code path and reduce legacy complexity.

Node adoption is still uneven. About 26% of nodes had moved to version 3.2.0, while 65% remained on 3.1.3 and others stayed on older releases.

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The most visible software change is the renaming of the core server from rippled to xrpld, which gives the network’s reference implementation a clearer identity.

XRPL Operations told validators to back up critical files and remove the old rippled package before upgrading, warning that careless migration could create avoidable data problems.

The release is expected to cut node memory use by as much as 40%, which could reduce operating costs for infrastructure providers and improve scalability for payments and tokenized assets.

David Schwartz, Ripple’s CTO emeritus, pointed to recent network stability metrics before the mainnet upgrade, using them to support confidence among traditional finance firms and partners.

At the same time, Ali Martinez said XRP Ledger activity dropped by nearly 50% in two weeks, with active addresses falling from about 50,000 to roughly 25,000. That decline drew concern from parts of the XRP community, though analysts said weaker activity can appear during consecutive technical upgrades, including the version 3.1.3 release weeks earlier.

Version 3.1.3 had already introduced cleanup fixes for NFTs, permissioned domains, vaults, lending and MPTs, making 3.2.0 part of a broader maintenance cycle rather than a single isolated change.

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