Vivuch Norby, Director of Product Marketing, Solana Foundation, said: claim he wish of XRP succeeds, but XRPL still lags behind Selection subject Metrics.
Notably, the XRP Ledger has been around for over 10 years and is one of the earliest blockchain projects. However, the network lags behind in decentralized finance capabilities.
XRPL DeFi delays
This was mainly due to the following reasons how Ripple and other XRPL developers mainly focused Regarding early payments and efficiency. In recent years, projects have been trying to catch up; looking at Smart Contracts and Staking, But Its DeFi Growth still slow compared to New competitors like Solana.
He acknowledged that the number of successful XRP payments has increased by about 50%, reaching about 1.5 million transactions daily, but emphasized that Solana processes about 100 million transactions daily.
He also compared transfer volumes. According to Solana Foundation managers, XRPL moves between $50 billion and $60 billion per month. Solana stablecoin remittance In October alone, it reached nearly $2 trillion.
Norby pushed back against widespread claims that Solana’s data comes from bots, saying that both networks have very low fees, so it makes no sense to assume that only one network will attract automated activity.
XRP still has the potential to succeed
Meanwhile, he acknowledged that XRPL still has the potential to be successful in the long term, but called current growth “mediocre.” under consideration How long has it been around? how much the value it represents. Next, Norby urged XRP investors to seriously consider how long they are willing to wait for real progress.
His comments sparked reactions from XRP community members. One investor argued that Norby’s comparison ignored long-term effects. Legal battle between Ripple and the SECHe asked whether being unfairly accused should not be seen as a major factor slowing down the development of XRP.
Another community member, Theophane, pointed out that XRPL activity started to increase significantly after the launch of First Ledger, and the increase in trading volume can be seen on the charts. This indicates that XRPL could catch up in DeFi metrics once the right projects start emerging.
he said XRP DeFi Ecosystem Solana is still young and developing, so you can see why Solana is currently leading in volume and engagement. Theophane suggested to investors: should be patient, I’m saying The next wave of XRPL adoption is just beginning.
XRP Community Representatives Announce Data Improvements
Brandon Jackson, another XRP supporter, presented data that refutes some of Norby’s claims. he quoted Messari Q3 2025 Reportthe total number of daily active accounts on XRPL is shown to be 75,600, with 25,300 senders and 50,300 recipients, double the numbers for Q3 2022.
The data you are quoting from @xrpscan is incomplete and misleading and ignores the full breakdown of Messari and Dune and the payment native design of XRPL.
For daily active accounts. You said that there has been no improvement for three years and the number has remained at 25,000. Wrong. Messari’s Q3 2025 shows a total of 75,600 units…
— Brandon Jackson (@BrandoJack315) November 1, 2025
He also noted that 447,200 new addresses were added to the network during the same period, an increase of 46%. quarterly.
Jackson said the design of XRPL includes 1XRP Unlike Solana, it burns reserves and transaction fees, making it bot-resistant. Almost zero cost A system that facilitates automated trading.
He said XRPL currently processes about 1 million payments each day, which is roughly 55-60% of the total daily transactions of 1.8 million. This is an 8.9% quarter-on-quarter increase and a 430% increase over two years, totaling nearly 300 million payments this year and the network on track to surpass 400 million payments by the end of 2025.
He also pointed out that Ripple on-demand liquidity The service processed $1.3 trillion in payments in Q2 2025 through more than 300 partners, including Santander and SBI. He claimed that Solana’s trading volume is primarily due to retail activity, DeFi swaps, and bot-driven trading, while XRP usage is primarily institutional investors.
Citing these metrics, Jackson argued that XRPL is not falling behind, but rather is strengthening. He described it as an enterprise-grade, bot-resistant network with increasing speeds, noting that transactions processed in 2025 will already account for a third of all payments in its history.
