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EPISODE · Dec 14, 2025 · 59 MIN

XRP's consensus model truly blows my mind

from Diamond Rhino · host Brady Dale

Steelmanning XRPon Diamond Rhinowith Brady Dalehttp://www.frontstageexit.com/Welcome to the first episode of Diamond Rhino, which should come out every Sunday. Let me know if I got anything horribly wrong, and please bear with me as I get my workflow down. I learned a lot doing this episode. Next one should go better.Sound clips came from these videos:XRPL Foundation - Consensushttps://youtu.be/k6VqEkqRTmkXRPL Foundation - Nodes and validatorshttps://youtu.be/JjaVDXPqnbAXRPL Foundation - Tokenizationhttps://youtu.be/Oj4cWOiWf4ADavid Schwartz Stanford Blockchain Conference 2020https://youtu.be/W15S28tmo5oBrad Garlinghouse on the Future Of Ripple, XRP, & Crypto | Live From Ripple Swell 2025https://youtu.be/z5HP7xNbANchttps://open.spotify.com/episode/5cnb0S3e2hvFdk0Urd14JeNews and other text media referred to in this episode:Archive link to the funding announcement in WSJhttps://archive.ph/C7h9aThe race to replace Bitcoin — Observerhttps://observer.com/2015/02/the-race-to-replace-bitcoin/When Howey Met Garyhttps://www.sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-statements/speech-hinman-061418Coverage of the Hinman Speechhttps://www.axios.com/2023/06/13/sec-officials-expressed-concern-about-digital-assets-policy-messaging-in-2018https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/06/13/hinman-emails-reveal-2018-speech-on-ether-drew-input-from-multiple-sec-officialsXRP Scan - Unique Node Listhttps://xrpscan.com/validatorsUniversity research posthttps://cryptoslate.com/ripple-grants-2-million-university-kansas-funds-29-universities-blockchain-crypto-researchUser notes the UNL isn't editable at the node levelhttps://www.fastbull.com/news-detail/ripple-cto-drops-major-xrp-unl-clarification-details-news_6300_0_2025_4_5977_3EOS worst fearshttps://www.coindesk.com/markets/2019/09/19/everyones-worst-fears-about-eos-are-proving-trueRipple report on all its acquisitions this yearhttps://ripple.com/insights/building-the-one-stop-shop-for-digital-asset-infrastructure/Some additional critique of Ripple Consensushttps://cryptobern.github.io/noconsensusripple/Music in the episode:"Data Breach" by FASSoundshttps://pixabay.com/music/electro-data-breach-112775/"Ever Flowing" by ItsWatrhttps://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-ever-flowing-12277/"Bitcoins going up" by SunoMusicShowYouTubehttps://pixabay.com/music/american-roots-rock-bitcoins-going-upsuno-music-show-youtube-194491/All from Pixabay MusicThanks for listening! Let me know what you think! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frontstageexit.com

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