Ripple Labs' response: https://ripple.com/why-the-stellar-forking-issue-does-not-affect-ripple/ https://ripple.com/why-the-stellar-forking-issue-does-not-af...

Ripple Labs' response: https://ripple.com/why-the-stellar-forking-issue-does-not-affect-ripple/ https://ripple.com/why-the-stellar-forking-issue-does-not-af... (Ripple Labs develops the software that Stellar modifies for their own use, and the original Ripple network still runs on unmodified Ripple Labs software. Stellar was started by Jed McCaleb, who founded Ripple Labs, but broke with the CEO last year.) The Ripple consensus protocol puts certain requirements on the topology of the network of transaction-validating nodes in order to work properly. They are still investigating, but it's possible Stellar's network fell outside the workable range. Ripple Labs manages their network topology more carefully than Stellar, and this incident may validate their approach. We'll have to see what actually happened.