Cyber Capital founder Justin Bons calls XRP decentralization claims fraud
Image: The Crypto BasicCyber Capital founder Justin Bons accused the XRP ecosystem of misleading retail investors about decentralization, calling the marketing of XRP as decentralized "straight-up fraud." He pointed to an emergency software release distributed as binaries while source code was withheld, and to recommended validator lists that he says give Ripple and the XRP Ledger Foundation outsized influence. Bons also criticized Ripple's large share of the token supply and its periodic public sales. XRP's release notice said the code would be published later.
Key points
- Cyber Capital founder Justin Bons called selling XRP as decentralized "straight-up fraud."
- Bons cited a software update shipped as closed binaries while the source code was withheld.
- He pointed to validator-list controls as evidence of outsized influence by Ripple and the XRP Ledger Foundation.
- Bons also criticized Ripple's large share of the token supply and its periodic public sales.
Why it matters
The dispute puts XRP's validator lists and closed-source releases under scrutiny. It concerns retail investors who rely on decentralization claims when judging the network.
What's unclear
Neither report confirms whether the withheld source code was later published.
Price context · XRP
At publication
$1.40
Now
$1.41
Change since
+0.71%
7 days · dashed line = publication
Sources · 2 publishers
ZyCrypto
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Crypto Founder Accuses XRP of Being ‘Straight-Up Fraud’ in Explosive Attack on Ripple’s Decentralization Claims
Coverage timeline
- First reported by The Crypto Basic
- Confirmed by ZyCrypto
- CryptoVideos brief published
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