here is whole, great article from crypto master ....
https://cryptoyoda1338.wordpress.com/2018/01/04/the-truth-about-ripple/
partially here
XRP is not a cryptocurrency
“Released in 2012, Ripple is a real-time gross settlement system, currency exchange and remittance network by Ripple Labs. It is also called the Ripple Transaction Protocol and is built upon a distributed open source Internet protocol, consensus ledger and uses the native “cryptocurrency” XRP. Ripple’s focus is to create a system than enables “secure, instantly and nearly free global financial transactions of any size with no chargebacks”.
At its core, Ripple is based around a shared, public ledger which uses a consensus process that allows for payments, exchanges and remittance in a distributed process.”
Wikipedia’s definition
XRP is 100% premined, Ripple holds 60% of the supply, controls which nodes are selected as “trustworthy” to confirm transactions, while they have paid nothing to create those tokens that people are so willingly buying at $4+ per piece and thereby make the creators insanely rich. Let us call it what it really is, digital fiat, the renewed version of the debt-based traditional fiat system, leveraged by latest technology – which eventually has nothing to do with cryptocurrency whatsoever.
And to reflect on it using Mr. Brandt’s words…
When it comes to Ripple, just ask yourself… Who is the few? And who is the many?
May the Truth be with you