Ripple expands Canadian engineering activities with U of Toronto XRP validator
Canada’s largest university is the third in the country to partner with Ripple’s University Blockchain Research Initiative. The University of Toronto plans to launch an independent XRP Ledger (XRPL) validator , Ripple announced June 12, as the university will become part of Ripple’s University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI). The partnership will support blockchain and crypto technology research at the university. The partnership will also advance Ripple’s XRPL Campus Ambassador program, which “aims to elevate the impact of college students” by helping "educate other students about crypto and how to start building on the XRPL.” University of Toronto professor Andreas Veneris commented: “Hosting an XRP Ledger validator matches our goals in both promoting education around the XRP Ledger […] but also the public’s trust in scholars for their long-standing ethos to advance social wellbeing.” The University of Toronto, Canada’s largest university by enrollment, joins the Univers...