Re: Ripple protocol changes for Interledger support

The main requirement for a ledger to be ILP-capable is supporting
cryptographic escrow, which is done in RCL using Suspended Payments.

To quote nikb from the XRPChat forum
<http://www.xrpchat.com/topic/494-we-need-a-standardised-online-protocol-for-payments-ripple/#comment-3236>
:
>
> Suspended payments, introduced with this commit:
> https://github.com/ripple/rippled/commit/3f0eacf5e70c43715a1e726d7a228d0ee307ee4e.
> Basically, a suspended payment "sequesters" the specified amount of XRP in
> its own ledger entry until either the suspended payment is completed (and
> the XRP is delivered to the destination) or canceled (and the XRP is
> returned to sender).
>
> I guess you could say it's similar to escrow, but this is done directly in
> the ledger, without the involvement of a third party.
>

The SusPay feature has been implemented and is available in the altnet but
not yet on the production network.

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 7:19 AM, Steven Roose <stevenroose@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
>
> I know this is not entirely the right place for this question, but since I
> suppose a lot of Ripple Labs folks are in this mailing list, as well as
> there not being a Ripple-related mailing list and this question actually
> being somehow related to Interledger, I think I'm fine.
>
> In the Interledger Protocol presentation, Stefan Thomas and Evan Schwartz
> mention that in order for Ripple to work with Interledger, some
> modifications have to be made to the Ripple protocol.
> I would like to know exactly what modifications/additions will be made,
> some documentation would be awesome, and when they are planned to be
> available.
>
>
> Thanks and best regards
>
> Steven Roose
>



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