Distributed ledger startup Ripple published the results of its xRapid pilot programs on Thursday,.
The report focused on the company's offering centered around the cryptocurrency XRP, stating that pilot-takers saw significant savings on fees as well as overall transaction times.
The company has announced a number of partnerships in recent months with companies piloting xRapid as well as xCurrent, another offering that does not utilize XRP. Head of product Asheesh Birla told CoinDesk that the company looked at seven pilot projects, finding that the results were fairly similar across the board.
As a result, the startup aggregated the data into the 40-70 percent savings released in its report on Thursday.
He also noted that transactions across borders only took a few minutes, compared to a period of several days for traditional payments of that kind.
While the transactions from one financial institution to another took a few minutes, the portion actually involving the XRP ledger only took a few seconds, Birla said.
The bulk of the time spent was caused by the institutions converting fiat to XRP and back through local exchanges.
"It takes a few minutes to process and send out into local rails," he said.
Now Ripple plans to focus on moving from pilot programs to full-scale launches, he said, though there is no firm timeline yet for those plans.
CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups.
Ripple: XRP Payment Pilots Cut Fees by 40-70 Percent
gepubliceerd op May 10, 2018
by Coindesk | gepubliceerd op Coinage
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