XRP: NFTs May Appear on XRPL Sooner than Anticipated
NFT (Non-Fungible Token) support on the XRP Ledger is something many have been asking for. However, support for non-fungibles was pushed back after a bug was discovered in the system. The bug led to developers withdrawing their votes, and the implementation of XLS-20 was pushed back. XLS-20 is the proposal for native NFTs on the XRP Ledger. The bug in question could be used by malicious players “to perform a denial-of-service attack on NFT issuers.” Nonetheless, the community held another vote to remove the mechanism that caused the bug to appear in the first place. As per an official blog, the vote has over 80% validators on board, “which puts XLS-20 Non-Fungible Token (NFT) support on track for becoming enabled on the XRP Ledger Mainnet in the near future.” When will NFTs appear on the XRP Ledger? As per the official blog, the fixRemoveNFTokenAutoTrustLine modification turns off the bugged feature for NFTs on the XRP Ledger. Since it alters the NonFungibleT...