XRP Ledger’s newest server software, v3.2.0, designed to make the network cheaper to run, more stable, and more attractive for institutional use, is gaining adoption. However, it has yet to outperform the previous version (3.1.3) across the entire network, and accompanying key security fixes remain in the voting process.
Of the approximately 833 active nodes on the XRP Ledger, the machines that store and relay the ledger, about 43% are running version 3.2.0 and 51% are still on v3.1.3,
While overall node adoption appears relatively slow, the validators or entities most important to the network have already been largely updated.
The XRP Ledger runs on a trusted set of validators known as the Unique Node List (UNL). For a new version or software amendment to be activated, it needs the sustained support of more than 80% of the validators on that list for two weeks in a row.
At the default UNL of 35 validators, 31 are running version 3.2.0, approximately 89%, which exceeds the threshold that the network considers sufficiently up-to-date. That number, not the percentages of raw nodes or all validators, is what determines whether the upgrade is completed.
The amendment was left behind
Along with the software there is a separate issue that lies behind it.
