XRP Ledger Upgrade Revives Two Previously Flawed Features

August 1, 2026 — RippleX announced the upcoming xrpld 3.3.0 release, putting five amendments before XRP Ledger validators, including revised versions of Batch and Permission Delegation—features withdrawn after security researchers discovered critical bugs that could have enabled unauthorized transactions and fee draining.

Immediate Details & Direct Quotes

The xrpld 3.3.0 release is expected next week, according to Jazzi Cooper, head of product at RippleX, who announced the development Friday via social media. “XRPL has already proven it can support tokenized assets at scale. Now it’s time to put these assets to use: global transfers, trading, collateralizing, and settling,” Cooper stated.

The five proposed amendments include Confidential MPT, Batch, Permission Delegation, Sponsored Fees and Reserves, and Dynamic MPT. Each amendment requires at least 80% of trusted validators to approve it for two consecutive weeks before activation, ensuring the network—not Ripple—determines what ships.

Batch allows up to eight transactions across different accounts to execute atomically, meaning either all succeed or none do. Permission Delegation enables institutions to grant another account narrowly scoped signing authority without exposing full control. Confidential MPT combines zero-knowledge proofs with elliptic-curve encryption for private tokenized-asset transactions. Sponsored Fees and Reserves lets institutions cover users’ XRP costs. Dynamic MPT permits issuers to specify adjustable token properties at creation.

Market Context & Reaction

As of August 1, 2026, the amendments previously encountered significant resistance. The Batch amendment reached its voting phase in February but failed after security researcher Pranamya Keshkamat and the firm Cantina discovered a flaw in signature validation that could have let attackers execute transactions from any account without holding its keys. Validators were advised to reject it, and an emergency server release marked it unsupported. No funds were lost since it never reached the main network.

Permission Delegation was disclosed as vulnerable in September 2025 and disabled after a bug allowed one account to charge transaction fees to another and potentially drain its balance. The ledger’s documentation has listed both amendments as obsolete since, pending these revised versions.

Market reaction details were not immediately available for this development.

Background & Historical Context

The upcoming release marks a shift from mid-July, when all five amendments sat in development on the XRP Ledger’s amendment tracker. At that time, validators could only vote on bug-fix bundles covering the lending protocol, single-asset vaults, the permissioned exchange, and multi-purpose tokens.

Approval remains uncertain. The lending protocol and single-asset vault amendments have each drawn roughly a third of validator support against the 80% threshold required. Batch already has a record of being voted down, creating questions about whether these revised versions will gain sufficient backing.

The new amendments represent RippleX’s continued push to expand XRP Ledger’s institutional capabilities, particularly for tokenized assets and regulated financial activities requiring privacy and cost-management features.

What This Means

The revised Batch and Permission Delegation amendments signal RippleX’s commitment to addressing validator concerns through proper security fixes rather than abandoning the proposals entirely. Institutions seeking atomic multi-account transactions and delegated signing authority may gain these capabilities if validators approve the revised versions.

Confidential MPT could position XRP Ledger as a more attractive platform for tokenized securities and private transactions, while Sponsored Fees and Reserves removes barriers for users who need to transact without first acquiring XRP.

Dynamic MPT offers issuers flexibility in managing token properties without full migrations, potentially reducing operational complexity for asset managers.

Validators will decide in the coming weeks whether these amendments proceed. Traders should monitor validator voting patterns, particularly for the previously flawed Batch and Permission Delegation proposals, as their approval would represent a significant milestone for XRP Ledger’s institutional functionality.

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