David Schwartz, the CTO of Ripple, has emphasized the level of decentralization on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) in terms of governance voting. He explained that nodes on the XRPL can choose to accept or decline amendments voted into effect by validators, particularly regarding the escrowed XRP owned by Ripple.
This was in response to claims of centralization on the XRPL. Schwartz clarified that validators cannot force node operators to run the code that contains the amendment, and if a validator's decision is not agreed upon, it just counts against the 80% threshold.
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