4 ms·

Not to be confused with the routing protocol for wireless mesh networks RPL, https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6550 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6550

ben_bai 6y ago
Not to be confused with Ripple (payment protocol) invented by Ripple (Ripple Labs, Inc.) which trades Ripple (XRP).
- ollie87 6y ago
  Not to be confused by Ripple, a Galaxy-branded chocolate bar made my Mars.
  - nobrains 6y ago
    Not to be confused with ripple, the original: a small propagating wave.
    - kthejoker2 6y ago
      Not to be confused with ripple, the obsolete: a variant verb of rip meaning to crease or ruffle.
      - myself248 6y ago
        Not to be confused with Ripple, a fortified wine cooler sold by Ernest & Julio Gallo, and made famous by Sanford & Son.
        buu700 6y ago
        Not to be confused with Ripple (波紋 Hamon), an energy used in the ancient form of martial arts Sendō (仙道, literally "Way of The Hermit/Wizard").
- jancsika 6y ago
  > Not to be confused with Ripple (payment protocol) invented by Ripple (Ripple Labs, Inc.) which trades Ripple (XRP). And I'm pretty sure they paid Ryan Fugger for the name Ripple, which originally applied to his burgeoning, hippy-dippy decentralized payment system that did not require a blockchain. I can't think of a better example of Silicon Valley's famous "disruption" than that: 1. Dude starts building some software to make it more convenient for close-knit communities of people to share goods and services with each other. In other words-- a good faith effort from a dev to add some digital convenience to happy little sharing economies. 2. Some people riding the blockchain bullshit train see value in the name "Ripple" and image associated with that name 3. Said people buy that name from Ryan 4. Original spirit of Ripple is lost to history, and a long, boring drama over preseeded coins, what "decentralization" actually means, whether it really applies to XRP, positioning as the international payment system against every other blockchain idiot trying to do the same, etc. In other words-- we go from this: "Hm, I wonder if graph theory can be used to reinforce local economies" To this: "There's gold in them there transnational borders, boys! Yeeeha!"
  - thelastwave 6y ago
    "hippy dippy" ?
- kstrauser 6y ago
  ...which is featured on the front page of Hacker News right now, literally right above this story, regarding a pending SEC lawsuit.

ben_bai 6y ago

Not to be confused with Ripple (payment protocol) invented by Ripple (Ripple Labs, Inc.) which trades Ripple (XRP).

ollie87 6y ago
Not to be confused by Ripple, a Galaxy-branded chocolate bar made my Mars.
- nobrains 6y ago
  Not to be confused with ripple, the original: a small propagating wave.
  - kthejoker2 6y ago
    Not to be confused with ripple, the obsolete: a variant verb of rip meaning to crease or ruffle.
    - myself248 6y ago
      Not to be confused with Ripple, a fortified wine cooler sold by Ernest & Julio Gallo, and made famous by Sanford & Son.
      - buu700 6y ago
        Not to be confused with Ripple (波紋 Hamon), an energy used in the ancient form of martial arts Sendō (仙道, literally "Way of The Hermit/Wizard").
jancsika 6y ago
> Not to be confused with Ripple (payment protocol) invented by Ripple (Ripple Labs, Inc.) which trades Ripple (XRP). And I'm pretty sure they paid Ryan Fugger for the name Ripple, which originally applied to his burgeoning, hippy-dippy decentralized payment system that did not require a blockchain. I can't think of a better example of Silicon Valley's famous "disruption" than that: 1. Dude starts building some software to make it more convenient for close-knit communities of people to share goods and services with each other. In other words-- a good faith effort from a dev to add some digital convenience to happy little sharing economies. 2. Some people riding the blockchain bullshit train see value in the name "Ripple" and image associated with that name 3. Said people buy that name from Ryan 4. Original spirit of Ripple is lost to history, and a long, boring drama over preseeded coins, what "decentralization" actually means, whether it really applies to XRP, positioning as the international payment system against every other blockchain idiot trying to do the same, etc. In other words-- we go from this: "Hm, I wonder if graph theory can be used to reinforce local economies" To this: "There's gold in them there transnational borders, boys! Yeeeha!"
- thelastwave 6y ago
  "hippy dippy" ?
kstrauser 6y ago
...which is featured on the front page of Hacker News right now, literally right above this story, regarding a pending SEC lawsuit.