1. XRP is not a cryptocurrency, it is a token issued by a
private company on a
private blockchain. No POS, no POW, just a private blockchain.
2. This means it was created from thin air, then sold to noobs around the world. 100% premined, mining difficulty = 0
3. even USDT is better: it is covered by real fiat, and mining is indirect (Omni blockchain) but it is also centralized. And because of that, Tether has already frozen USDT assets. Exactly like Ripple, Tether is the only fiat gateway to USDT.
4. Ripple has frozen assets twice and they will do it again.
Freeze 1: The original Ripple Trade web wallet was pushed to gatehub. They now hold funds hostage by asking for KYC. Using terrorist bullshit excuses.
https://gatehub.net/legal/termsSimilar scenario can happen anytime!!! Imagine North Korea or ISIS using Ripple to transfer money!! They will (be forced by US Govt.) freeze funds ASAP and require KYC from everyone or worse. This would result in an epic dump. Not because most people are criminals but because it will be EVIDENCE that they contol the funds.
Freeze 2:
http://insidebitcoins.com/news/not-so-decentralized-ripple-freezes-1m-in-user-funds/31862In order to “avoid and mitigate irreparable harm and damages” to the value of XRP, a Ripple Labs agent went on the Bitstamp gateway and placed an order paying $1,038,172 for McCaleb’s stash of XRP, according to a report by CoinDesk.They even admit they can freeze assets anytime:
https://ripple.com/build/freeze/The XRP Ledger gives addresses the ability to freeze non-XRP balances, which can be useful to meet regulatory requirements, or while investigating suspicious activity.---------->>>>> don't you think XRP would drop like a rock, if a major "non-XRP" freeze is ever published?! How delusional can shills be?
5. Ripple network works fine without XRP. Ripple fanboys, so delusional, cannot understand this? OK. Imagine for a moment, XRP was needed. But XRP is expensive. And XRP is private blockchain. Why should Ripple be super stupid to use expensive XRP? They can create another private blockchain with another 100 000 000 000 tokens (I will call it Shittle STL) and just use STL for operations.
No public blockchain can do that, but Ripple can do it, from one day to the next.
Then you own useless XRP - but they are not a share. No voting rights, no ownership in Ripple Labs, nothing. STL will be private, used by banks, and Ripple, and you can do fuck all about it.
Good luck, you have been warned.