One individual suggested that validators receive a portion of XRP Ledger (XRPL) transaction fees as incentives instead of getting funds from Ripple.

Certain XRP proponents have suggested that the ecosystem should provide extra incentives to validators on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) to encourage them to remain on the network. These calls have arisen due to speculation that several validators are departing from the XRP Ledger in large numbers.

Jungle Inc, a pseudonymous XRP community member, and prominent crypto YouTuber, recently called attention to a growing pattern among validators on the XRP Ledger. According to him, independent developers have been shutting down their XRPL validators recently, and something should be done about the trend.

Jungle Inc discloses this in a recent tweet, directing it to Monica Long, Ripple’s President; David Schwartz, CTO at Ripple; and the XRPL Developers account.

Notably, the YouTuber raised this alarm following a decision made by the operator behind the prominent rippleitin.nz validator to exit the XRP Ledger by the end of April. Jungle Inc noted that Ripple should address the escalating pattern unless they are looking to pivot away from XRP.

(by Albert Brown)