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XRP Ledger Ships Ninth Smart Escrow Devnet Release

  • —Ninth Smart Escrow Devnet release migrates WebAssembly VM from C++ to Rust
  • —Host function call performance improved by 30–50%
  • —Smart Escrow adds programmable conditions to standard XRPL escrows
  • —Framework is still under review and testing before launch
Why it matters: Programmability expands XRPL use cases from compliance to real estate deals, strengthening its position among L1 networks.
Source: U.Today