Let me add here that Ripple doesn't have a traditional blockchain, sending money is essentially free compared to Bitcoin, and can handle up to 1000 transactions

Let me add here that Ripple doesn't have a traditional blockchain, sending money is essentially free compared to Bitcoin, and can handle up to 1000 transactions per second (https://ripple.com/dev-blog/ripple-consensus-ledger-can-sustain-1000-transactions-per-second/ https://ripple.com/dev-blog/ripple-consensus-ledger-can-sust...).