{
  "id": 19486,
  "title": "XRP Ledger upgrade brings back features once pulled over critical bugs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/xrp-ledger-upgrade-brings-back-features-once-pulled-over-critical-bugs",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-01T06:09:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CoinDesk",
    "slug": "coindesk",
    "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/08/01/xrp-ledger-upgrade-brings-back-features-once-pulled-over-critical-bugs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The upcoming XRP Ledger upgrade, xrpld 3.3.0, will reintroduce five features previously removed due to critical bugs. These features include Confidential MPT, Batch, Permission Delegation, Sponsored Fees and Reserves, and Dynamic MPT. The Batch and Permission Delegation features were previously removed after security researchers identified flaws that could allow attackers to execute unauthorized transactions or drain account balances. The other three new features aim to enhance the ledger's functionality, such as enabling private transactions, covering transaction fees, and allowing token properties to be modified without a full migration. This upgrade represents a significant step towards putting the ledger's capabilities to use in global transfers, trading, collateralizing, and settling.",
  "summary": "The xrpld 3.3.0 release is expected next week with five proposed amendments, including two revised features that were previously withdrawn after researchers found bugs that could have allowed unauthorized transactions or fee draining.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}