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  <section class="container-fluid p-5 splash-head">
    <h1>Learn. Experiment. Integrate. Contribute.</h1>
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      <div class="blurb col-sm-12">
        <p>The <a href="#xrp_ledger_intro">XRP Ledger</a> is built on <code>rippled</code>, an open-source technology that anyone can use.</p>
        <p>Use the tools and information provided here to integrate with and contribute to the open-source platform.</p>
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              <h3 class="card-title"><a href="landing-references.html">Take Me to the References</a></h3>
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                  <li><a href="reference-rippled-public.html"><code>rippled</code> Public API Methods</a></li>
                  <li><a href="reference-transaction-format.html"><code>rippled</code> Transaction Format</a></li> <!--{# TODO: Change this out when the transaction format gets split up #}-->
                  <li><a href="reference-data-api.html">Data API</a></li>
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              <h3 class="card-title">Get Started</h3>
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                  <li><a href="websocket-api-tool.html">Make a call to the rippled API</a></li>
                  <li><a href="xrp-test-net-faucet.html">Access the XRP Ledger Test Net</a></li>
                  <li><a href="landing-concepts.html">Understand XRP Ledger Concepts</a></li>
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              <h3 class="card-title"><a href="reference-amendments.html">Known Amendments</a></h3>
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              <p>Amendments introduce new features to the decentralized XRP Ledger without causing disruptions.</p>
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                <a href="reference-amendments.html"><button class="btn btn-primary" type="button">View Known Amendments</button></a>
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    <section class="container-fluid p-5" id="xrp_ledger_intro">
      <h2><a href="concept-xrp-ledger-intro.html">XRP Ledger: A decentralized cryptographic ledger</a></h2>
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        <div class="blurb col-sm-12">
          <p>The XRP Ledger is built powered by a network of peer-to-peer servers. It is the home of XRP, a digital asset designed to bridge the many different currencies in use worldwide.</p>
          <p>Ripple stewards the development of the XRP Ledger, and advances XRP as a key contribution to the Internet of Value: a world in which money moves the way information does today.</p>
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            <a class="card-img-top" href="concept-xrp-ledger-intro.html#the-best-digital-asset"><img src="assets/img/triskellion.svg" alt="(XRP triskellion)" /></a>
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              <!-- <p>XRP is a digital asset native to the XRP Ledger. Anyone with a cryptographic key and an internet connection can receive, hold, and send XRP to anyone else.</p> -->
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            <div class="card-footer"><h3><a href="concept-xrp-ledger-intro.html#the-best-digital-asset">The Digital Asset for Payments</a></h3></div>
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              <!-- <p>No single party decides which XRP transactions succeed or fail, and no one can "roll back" a transaction after it completes.</p> -->
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            <div class="card-footer"><h3><a href="concept-xrp-ledger-intro.html#censorship-resistant-transaction-processing">Censorship-Resistant Transaction Processing</a></h3></div>
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              <!-- <p>The XRP Ledger's consensus algorithm settles transactions in 4 to 5 seconds, processing at a throughput of up to 1500 transactions per second.</p> -->
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            <div class="card-footer"><h3><a href="concept-xrp-ledger-intro.html#fast-efficient-consensus-algorithm">Fast, Efficient Consensus Algorithm</a></h3></div>
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              <!-- <p>When the XRP Ledger began, 100 billion XRP were created, and no more XRP will ever be created.</p> -->
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            <div class="card-footer"><h3><a href="concept-xrp-ledger-intro.html#finite-xrp-supply">Finite XRP Supply</a></h3></div>
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              <!-- <p>A team of full-time, world-class developers at Ripple maintain and continually improve the XRP Ledger's underlying software.</p> -->
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            <div class="card-footer"><h3><a href="concept-xrp-ledger-intro.html#responsible-software-governance">Responsible Software Governance</a></h3></div>
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              <!-- <p>The XRP Ledger relies on industry standard digital signature systems like ECDSA and also supports modern, efficient algorithms like Ed25519.</p> -->
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            <div class="card-footer"><h3><a href="concept-xrp-ledger-intro.html#secure-adaptable-cryptography">Secure, Adaptable Cryptography</a></h3></div>
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              <!-- <p>Features like Escrow, Checks, and Payment Channels support cutting-edge financial applications while safety features like Invariant Checks and Amendments provide for stable operation.</p> -->
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            <div class="card-footer"><h3><a href="concept-xrp-ledger-intro.html#modern-features-for-smart-contracts">Modern Features for Smart Contracts</a></h3></div>
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              <!-- <p>The XRP Ledger also has a fully-functional accounting system for tracking and trading obligations denominated in any way users want, and an exchange built into the protocol.</p> -->
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            <div class="card-footer"><h3><a href="concept-xrp-ledger-intro.html#on-ledger-decentralized-exchange">On-Ledger Decentralized Exchange</a></h3></div>
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        <h2>Built on the XRP Ledger</h2>
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          <p>Learn about just a few of the types of integrations developers have built on the XRP Ledger.</p>
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                  <p>Integrate your Exchange or Gateway with the XRP Ledger to enable your users to buy and sell XRP and issued currencies.</p>
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                  <h3 class="card-title">Market Makers</h3>
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                  <p>Integrate with the XRP Ledger to place offers algorithmically or through your own trading interface, providing liquidity between different gateways and their users.</p>
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                  <h3 class="card-title">Wallets</h3>
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                  <p>Build a wallet app on the XRP Ledger to enable your users to send and trade XRP and other currencies issued by a gateway you trust.</p>
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          <p>Have an idea for a use case not listed here? <a href="mailto:projectlotus@ripple.com">Contact us</a></p>
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      <h2>Related Projects</h2>

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              <p><a class="client-portal-link" href="https://clients.ripple.com/" target="_blank">
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                <span class="project-name">Ripple Client Portal</span>
                <span class="login-required">(login required)</span>
              </a></p>
              <p class="project-summary">For financial institutions using Ripple's proprietary solutions to send money globally.</p>
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              <p><a class="interledger-link" href="https://interledger.org/" target="_blank">
                  <img class="project-icon" src="assets/img/ilp_logo.svg" />
                  <span class="project-name">Interledger</span>
              </a></p>
              <p class="project-summary">An open protocol suite for connecting all forms of digital money.</p>
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      These resources are provided for informational purposes only, as illustrative references for your independent development of products or services designed to interface with Ripple’s open-source technologies. These resources are not intended to direct or influence how you or any other person interacts with Ripple’s open-source technologies. Ripple <strong><em>does not</em></strong> endorse any specific resource and makes no representations or warranties with respect to the resources listed.
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    <p>
      Note that anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws and regulations, such as the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act and regulations issued by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), require certain parties to take certain precautions against financial crime. In particular, you may be interested in the <a href="https://www.fincen.gov/resources/statutes-regulations/guidance/application-fincens-regulations-persons-administering">2013 guidance issued by FinCEN</a> in response to questions concerning the regulatory treatment of persons who use or make a business of exchanging, accepting, or transmitting certain virtual currencies. Additional FinCEN references are available at <a href="https://www.fincen.gov">https://www.fincen.gov</a>.
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