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Ripple CTO Claps Back At Pundit Over Budding XRP Vs. Litecoin War

Ripple CTO David Schwartz has clapped back at a Litecoin influencer who attacked XRP in a post on ￰0￱ argument began when Jonny Litecoin, a supporter of the Litecoin network, said XRP was created “out of thin air” without any mining or ￰1￱ both sides trading sharp words online, the debate reignites the long-standing feud between XRP and Litecoin ￰2￱ CTO Claps Back With Energy Efficiency Argument David Schwartz, the chief technology officer at Ripple, did not stay silent after seeing the comments from Litecoin influencer Jonny ￰3￱ pointed out that XRP and Litecoin offer similar use cases , but the difference lies in what it takes to create ￰4￱ argued that Litecoin requires significantly more energy to produce, as it operates on a proof-of-work system, whereas XRP does ￰5￱ making this point, Schwartz presents XRP as one that could increase in popularity and adoption over time because it avoids the high costs and waste associated with energy-intensive proof-of-work ￰6￱ the X post, he says, “Two products are equivalent except that one takes much more ￰7￱ one do you think is the most likely to grow in popularity over time?” Ripple has long promoted its “green” side, and even co-founder Chris Larsen worked with Greenpeace to campaign against the heavy energy use of proof-of-work systems.

Proof-of-work blockchains, such as Bitcoin and Litecoin, face criticism for being wasteful and environmentally ￰8￱ Influencer Sparks XRP Feud With Critical Post Jonny Litecoin sets off the debate when he claims Litecoin holds more real-world value than ￰9￱ dismissed the asset, saying it was created by a company with no mining or staking and written into existence “out of thin air.” According to him, this means XRP lacks actual value, despite its market cap of $169 ￰10￱ argues that every Litecoin undergoes fair mining with electricity and computational ￰11￱ Litecoin’s comments did not happen in ￰12￱ official Litecoin X account also jumped into the fight on August 29 with a long, mocking post aimed at XRP and Ripple CEO Brad ￰13￱ caustic “fun fact” post compares XRP’s purpose to the smell of comets and mocked the idea of using the token in bank ￰14￱ even went as far as calling Garlinghouse “Brad Garlicmouse,” sparking outrage among XRP ￰15￱ many XRP supporters pushed back firmly, the Litecoin account refused to back down.

Instead, the account frames the entire exchange as part of a community “roast.” This back-and-forth has once again highlighted the deep divide between proof-of-work supporters and the XRP community, with no signs of the feud slowing down.

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