Gate News message, April 27 — Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz is pushing back against claims that he misled the XRP community with a 2017 post about token pricing logic. Schwartz clarified that his original statement was about how payments work, not a price forecast.
In November 2017, Schwartz explained that XRP cannot remain “dirt cheap” in a payment system because the total value transferred stays constant regardless of token price. Higher token prices simply reduce the number of tokens needed for large transfers, lowering friction. Some community members later interpreted this as a long-term price signal, but Schwartz stressed the comment was strictly technical.
The debate resurfaced recently as users revisited the old statement and questioned why XRP has not met the expectations some derived from it. Schwartz responded by distinguishing between two perspectives: an XRP holder views price through the lens of investment returns, while a payment system views price only as a variable affecting token quantity needed. He emphasized his explanation was neutral—describing how systems behave, not how markets will move.
Schwartz also addressed broader questions about XRP adoption. He acknowledged that stablecoins can work better in certain scenarios but noted they depend on issuers, can be frozen, and are tied to single currencies. By contrast, cryptocurrencies like XRP can move across regions without such constraints, making them useful for specific global payment use cases. However, real adoption ultimately depends on actual demand, not theoretical utility.
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