Amendments
Plain definition. On the XRP Ledger, an amendment is a new feature or other change to how transactions are processed, and validators vote on whether to switch it on.
Technical definition. Amendments are changes affecting transaction processing that the XRP Ledger approves through its consensus process, with validators voting on each one. An amendment must keep support from more than 80% of trusted validators for two weeks to be enabled; it then applies permanently to all later ledger versions, and turning it off requires a new amendment. Servers check amendment status every flag ledger, which is every 256th ledger.
On this site
On this site, Amendments comes up in Where can I find trustworthy, current XRP news?, How do XRP Ledger upgrades (amendments) get approved, and who decides?, Does the default validator list make the XRP Ledger centralized?, Is native lending live on the XRP Ledger yet? and Who writes and pays for the XRP Ledger’s software, and could it continue without Ripple?.
Source
Amendments (xrpl.org), read October 1, 2026.
Pages that cover Amendments
- Who writes and pays for the XRP Ledger's software, and could it continue without Ripple?
- Has the XRP Ledger ever halted, forked or lost funds since 2012, and what happened?
- Does the default validator list make the XRP Ledger centralized?
- Where can I find trustworthy, current XRP news?
- How do XRP Ledger upgrades (amendments) get approved, and who decides?
- Does the XRP Ledger support smart contracts (Hooks, the EVM sidechain), and does that matter for XRP?
- Is native lending live on the XRP Ledger yet?