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This report has been updated with comment from Ripple. At the time, Ripple alleged that McCaleb had violated a agreement [3] governing the sale of his XRP holdings, numbered at 9 billion tokens at the time.
According to the new agreement, Ripple has released all claims to the dispute XRP, and will pay legal fees incurred by Bitstamp during the proceedings. The disputed funds, which were deposited with the US District Court for the Northern District of California during the course of the trial, will be released to Stellar. As part of the settlement, McCaleb has sold his equity in Ripple, and has agreed to sale controls on 5.
An additional 2bn XRP will be donated to an as-yet-undisclosed charitable fund. The sale controls are tied to daily volume in XRP markets. During the second and third years of the agreement, this amount grows to 0. Beyond the fourth year, the amount is set to 1. Ripple, which declined to comment further when initially reached, later told CoinDesk in a statement: Image via Shutterstock [6].
Like Instagram, SnapChat, Vine and other new social media incumbents, Reveal targets users in high school and college. By creating this marketplace for attention, Ivester explained, Reveal aims to first appeal to a key audience that could perhaps earn the most from the tool — influencers on other social websites. Reveal will also piggyback off other social networks by allowing users to earn reveal coin by inviting friends.
Those who post questions, for example, will be able to advertise posted questions via Facebook, Twitter and more. Ivester suggested that while social networks like Reddit or Periscope will allow users to interact through questions, he called such attempts secondary to the design of the platforms. The content feels a lot more personal than these other networks. As part of that request, dated 13th May, Bitstamp asked the court for permission to transfer the funds to Stellar. In its request, the exchange suggested that it faced the threat of litigation owing to its continued role in the lawsuit.
The fight entered a new phase last month when US District Judge William Orrick ordered a temporary freeze on the disputed funds. That order, according to court documents dated 15th May, also granted Ripple Labs expedited discovery, during which time McCaleb and Stephenson, would sit for deposition.
Ripple Labs first responded to the suit in a cross-complaint filed on 29th April, alleging breach of contract against McCaleb and claiming, among other items, that McCaleb is currently the subject of a US Department of Justice investigation. McCaleb and Stephenson have also contested the order to sit for deposition. Additionally, the Stellar Development Fund has asked to be entered into the suit as an intervenor-defendant.
Rather, Bitstamp knew that Ripple was asserting only that McCaleb had breached a contract with Ripple, and that Ripple might be entitled to damages in the amount of funds paid by Ripple in the transaction. Bitstamp has until 4th June to submit its own response, according to a recent order by Orrick. The filing alleged a conflict of interest involving Ripple counsel George Frost, who is representing Bitstamp in the case. Kidd has also been represented by Frost concerning actions against McCaleb.
They want to avoid discovery into their actions at all costs. Ripple also asked that the disputed funds, currently held by Bitstamp, be deposited with the court. CoinDesk will continue monitoring this court case and provide updates as they become available. Legal image [6] via Shutterstock. The Stellar team said in December [2] that it was working to replace its existing protocol following network issues last September. According to McCaleb, testing is well underway to see how far the system can be pushed.
Jed McCaleb Stellar [6] [7]. Ripple Labs and Stephenson have since laid claim to the money, with Ripple Labs allegedly sending two letters to Bitstamp between 26th and 30th March demanding release of the funds. Bitstamp has asked the court to settle the claims dispute, according to court documents obtained by CoinDesk. Given our inability to ourselves determine the facts underlying the ownership dispute, we decided that an Interpleader filing was the proper approach.
Indeed, it is only method to resolve disputes in these difficult circumstances. Ripple Labs is demanding the purchase funds back, upon which it has agreed it will return the purchased XRP to rUf6.
According to Bitstamp, McCaleb and Harris have yet to make a formal claim on the funds but that they may opt to do so in the future. In addition to asking the court to settle the claims dispute between the different parties, Bitstamp has asked that it be allowed to continue holding the disputed funds until the court makes a judgment on the matter. The company also asked that it be absolved from any future litigation in relation to the disputed funds.
Tug of war image [9] via Shutterstock. In what can only be described as a bombshell report, The Observer has published a near 15,word story that takes a detailed look at the allegedly sordid history of decentralized payment network startups Ripple Labs and Stellar, and the impact of this relationship on events in the wider bitcoin ecosystem.
Also included in the report are allegations that hit home far beyond the companies themselves, as it suggests the feud at the two companies has had implications for mobile payments startup Stripe and banking giant Wells Fargo, among others. This includes the account held by Ripple Labs, whose CEO Chris Larsen, the paper said, had a more than year relationship with the bank prior to the decision.
The Observer described her tenure as one that was not only rocky, but saw her attempting to play up her importance and that of McCaleb. Eventually, the report argues that Larsen needed to intervene. Two cultures coming together is always a hard thing.
Yet, another sticking point however, was that most of the leadership team at Ripple Labs held significant holdings of XRP. McCaleb and Larsen, for example, both owned 9bn XRP, a factor that discouraged many in the wider bitcoin market from trusting the company. All of the problems came together, the report said, in a meeting in which McCaleb attempted to have Larsen removed from the company for reasons not disclosed.
The only person who disagreed was Jed. The report quoted those close to co-founder Patrick Collison as describing him as privately dismissive of banks, while highlighting the reliance the San Francisco-based payments company has on institutions like Wells Fargo. Following the publication of the article, CoinDesk reached out to the parties involved for their take on the report and its implications.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, McCaleb moved to denounce the article as one that failed to capture the facts of the story. CoinDesk reached out to Kim and Ripple Labs for comment, but has not received an immediate response. Newspaper image [9] via Shutterstock. However, since launching in July after months of secrecy, Stellar has arguably struggled to emphasize this message.
Owing to the high-profile nature of its debut, Stellar was greeted with enthusiasm by the bitcoin community, but just how enthusiastic this response was has been subject to debate. Such actions were a clear violation of policies for both Stellar and the task sites, however, Kim downplayed this activity.
Stellar is organized as a non-profit, and the Stellar Foundation is tasked with education and network security for the virtual currency, the latter of which has been an issue of late.
The consensus had failed to agree, briefly creating two chains before developers got things back under control. For the time being, Stellar will only run one validating node while a new consensus protocol for its system is revised. While in and of itself running only one node is not consensus, Kim said it is the best option while a totally new system for confirming transactions is devised. Having developers build third-party apps is incredibly important for platform adoption.
Stellar is no different; it must attract programmers in order to grow. They like that it is non-profit. They like the fact the distribution means there will be different kinds of users. They also like you can run real money on it. Even so, Stellar is seeing venture capital interest in projects based off the platform. Given her background, Kim is helping make those introductions.
Stellar already has 20 employees, and is looking to hire more. It wants to focus on access and maintaining the network, while letting others such as developers build businesses.
The partnerships should be left to the for-profit companies of the world. Even so, the Stellar Foundation is visiting other countries trying to understand banking pain points. The Stellar Foundation wants to figure out a way to fix issues as they gain interest in developing countries — Kim noted Vietnam as another country that is seeing traction with Stellar use. Ripple Complaint on Scribd www. What can you give when they have it all? Bitcoin may not be the end, but it is certainly the beginning.
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