From 4c664a1ffc11f4e917a9da9b00cc767694e3b2cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Morgan Bergen Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2023 11:23:07 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update xrp.md added link for ISO 4217 for further reference --- content/concepts/introduction/xrp.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/concepts/introduction/xrp.md b/content/concepts/introduction/xrp.md index 09f85a8a42..ff4e178ae5 100644 --- a/content/concepts/introduction/xrp.md +++ b/content/concepts/introduction/xrp.md @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ The XRP Ledger was built over 2011 – early 2012 by Jed McCaleb, Arthur Britto ### Naming -Originally, the XRP Ledger was called "Ripple" for the way the technology allowed payments [to ripple through multiple hops and currencies](rippling.html). For the native asset built into the ledger, the creators chose the ticker symbol "XRP" from the term "ripple credits" or "ripples" and the X prefix for non-national currencies in the ISO 4217 standard. The company registered itself as "Ripple Labs". The name "XRP" came to be used to refer to the asset in all contexts, to avoid confusion with the similar names for the technology and company, and eventually the company shortened its own name to "Ripple". In May 2018, [the community selected a new "X" symbol](https://twitter.com/xrpsymbol/status/1006925937571713025) to represent XRP to differentiate it from the triskelion logo that had previously been used for both the company and the digital asset. +Originally, the XRP Ledger was called "Ripple" for the way the technology allowed payments [to ripple through multiple hops and currencies](rippling.html). For the native asset built into the ledger, the creators chose the ticker symbol "XRP" from the term "ripple credits" or "ripples" and the X prefix for non-national currencies in the [ISO 4217 standard](https://www.iso.org/iso-4217-currency-codes.html). The company registered itself as "Ripple Labs". The name "XRP" came to be used to refer to the asset in all contexts, to avoid confusion with the similar names for the technology and company, and eventually the company shortened its own name to "Ripple". In May 2018, [the community selected a new "X" symbol](https://twitter.com/xrpsymbol/status/1006925937571713025) to represent XRP to differentiate it from the triskelion logo that had previously been used for both the company and the digital asset. | XRP "X" Logo | Ripple triskelion | |:---------------------------------------|:------------------------------------|