Is Ripple fundamentally tied to U.S. dollars or to Bitcoin?

Asked Mar 11, 2014· 1 answer ·Bitcoin
Faisal KhanAnswered Mar 11, 2014
Ripple is its own protocol for financial transactions on the Internet. It uses the principals borrowed from Bitcoin, but has a lot of enhanced functionalities on top.

A good source to understand the Ripple Ecosystem is the following: Introduction to Ripple for Bitcoiners
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