Ripple CTO Weighs In on Co-Founder’s Mysterious Return

David Schwartz, chief technology officer at Ripple, has confirmed that Arthur Britto, the enigmatic co-creator of the XRP Ledger, has actually posted on social media for the first time in almost 14 years.

As reported by U.Today, Britto sent shockwaves across the cryptocurrency community by posting a mysterious emoji on X (formerly Twitter).

The fact that the account, which was originally created in August 2011, suddenly posted for the first time prompted some social media users to speculate that Britto could have been hacked.

However, Schwartz has clarified that there was no security breach, meaning that the Ripple co-founder himself posted the aforementioned emoji. “Unless, of course, I was hacked too. How deep does this conspiracy go?” the Ripple CTO quipped in a social media post on X.

Earlier this month, Schwartz confirmed that he was staying in touch with Britto after all these years.

The emoji is believed to be Britto’s first public expression ever. The Ripple co-founder is particularly known for having an extremely private lifestyle (to the point where there is not a single picture of him on social media). There is virtually no available information about him apart from the fact that Britto was a video game designer.

Following his reemergence on social media, Britto’s account is now steadily approaching 30,000 followers. His emoji, which the XRP community is persistently trying to decipher, has now attracted nearly 800,000 views on X. It remains to be seen whether there will be a follow-up post.