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Questions about Ripple are off topic. This tag should be used for questions regarding Ripple, an alternative cryptocurrency. Such questions can include how Ripple works and things that can be done with it. Ripple is also known by its ticker symbol, XRP.

Ripple is a real-time gross settlement system (RTGS), currency exchange and remittance network by Ripple. Also called the Ripple Transaction Protocol (RTXP) or Ripple protocol.

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Where can I find how much one XRP (Ripple unit) is worth?

XRP are the units of the new Ripple.com system. Where can I find how much they're worth right now? Historic charts?
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What benefit or incentive is there for someone to run their own ripple client or ripple server?

What incentive is there for someone to run their own Ripple client/server in order to make it an actual decentralized system? With Bitcoin, you can mine to generate new bitcoins and collect transaction fees. Is there a Ripple equivalent?
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How will Ripples be distributed?

What is the distribution plan to get Ripples (XRPs) distributed to the general public? How will hoarding / spoofing be tackled? (E.g. with a faucet based on Google account auth, one could open several google accounts and get "too many" XRPs).
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How can a currency be added to Ripple?

I would like to add New Israeli Shekels (ILS) into Ripple. How do I go about doing that? To clarify, when I try to enter ILS in the Trust page, it doesn't recognize it. I see that I can still add it, and in fact add arbitrary currencies such as XYZ…
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I created a ripple account ... what next? (how do I start?)

I have a ripple client set up, but I can't do anything useful such as viewing the order book etc. Since the site is in beta, BTC and other currencies are not supported... only ripples. Basically I know I need to give people my address of…
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Where to get initial ripple funding?

So I have created a ripple account and now I need to get funded with 100 XRP to get started and be able to grant trust, otherwise the account is pretty much useless. In bitcointalk, there is a giveaway of XRP to "qualified" members. If you are not…
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How can I use Ripple to accept Bitcoin, USD, and other currencies on my site?

I don't want to limit myself to just using Bitcoin on my site, especially when there are other interesting Alt-coins on the market. I'm pretty sure I can use Ripple to accept Bitcoin, however I'm unsure how to set this up. Can someone explain how…
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Could the Ripple protocol be modified to allow funding your initial account with BTC?

See How can you buy XRP with BTC if you don't have any XRP? Currently, there's no way to open an account with direct access to XRP. Could the ripple protocol be modified to include a way to open an account with BTC instead of XRP? The BTC would be…
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Does Ripple give an advantage to early adopters?

I really believed in the idea behind Bitcoins from the start, and because I was an early adopter, I made some nice profit. Now I forecast a big future for Ripple too, but I don't see many ways to turn this into profit. I can start hoarding loads of…
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Does Ripple ever charge proportional transaction fees?

I spotted this sentence in WeExchange (a ripple gateway): *: The ripple network may charge up to a 1% fee if you are withdrawing to an address that does not trust WeExchange for the amount. What does it mean? Why can the fee reach 1%?
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I traded XRP for BTC. How do I withdraw my bitcoins from ripple.com?

I traded XRP for BTC. How do I withdraw my bitcoins from ripple.com? I guess I need to withdraw to bitstamp.net somehow?
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Ripple XRP in circulation

From the 100 billion of total XRP, 20 billion went to the founders and 30 billion to OpenCoin to fund development. The 50 billion remaining are supposed to be given away to promote Ripple. Is there any source of information tracking how many XRP…
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What are the ways to create an offline Ripple wallet?

Do I have to download/compile my own version of the client? Is there a difference between the Ripple and Bitcoin wallet address creation methods, or can I use, say brainwallet, also for Ripple? Note: even if it is not correct, I use terms wallet and…
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What does a negative Ripple balance mean?

I just sold some BTC for XRP, and managed to get a negative balance. WTF? Transaction ID - E2D1BBD7A602E9D5B16FD79819A0347E18DED7F988F2F4C9EA3854BFCB4D3664
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How long will it take for OpenCoin to distribute the 50 billion XRPs?

Out of the 100 billion XRP that can ever exist, the founders kept 20 billion while OpenCoin received the remainder of 80 billion. From that 80 billion OpenCoin will sell 30 billion to fund ongoing development beyond the initial angel investment, and…
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