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The official $XRP Ledger Foundation has announced an update to the UNL, with one validator removed.
In a tweet, the $XRP Ledger Foundation revealed that an updated XRPL UNL has been released. One XRPL validator, "data443Risk," was removed for nonresponsiveness. The XRPL Foundation says a replacement validator will be part of a future update.
An updated XRPL UNL was released today. @data443Risk has been removed for non-responsiveness. A replacement validator will be part of a future update.
— $XRP Ledger Foundation (Official) (@XRPLF) December 12, 2025
We want to thank them on behalf of the ecosystem.
A unique node list (UNL) is a server's list of validators that it trusts not to collude. Every $XRP Ledger server is configured with a UNL, which determines which validation votes it listens to and which votes it throws out during the consensus process.
To avoid forking, servers in the $XRP Ledger need to be configured with UNLs that have a high degree of overlap with one another.
To make it easier to get a diverse and reliable list of validators that has high overlap with others, the $XRP Ledger uses a system of recommended validator lists. Currently, the default configuration for $XRP Ledger servers uses two lists: one published by the $XRP Ledger Foundation and one published by Ripple.
$XRP developments
In recent news, $XRP has arrived on Solana as Hex Trust and Layer Zero will bridge and issue wXRP, a Solana DeFi-ready token redeemable at any time 1:1 for $XRP on the $XRP Ledger.
The 21Shares $XRP ETF began trading on CBOE on Thursday under the ticker TOXR, becoming the fifth spot $XRP product to receive exchange approval.
In another DeFi milestone, $XRP holders have now executed over one million FXRP actions on Flare.
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