Solana’s Vibhu Norby Says XRP Growth Is Too Slow Compared to Solana

Solana Foundation manager Vibhu Norby cautioned XRP investors about the token’s slow growth compared to Solana, calling its progress on the XRP ledger (XRPL) “extremely mediocre.”

In a post on X, he pointed out that the network has failed to keep up with broader market growth, maintaining only about 25,000 active users a day for three years, in contrast to Solana’s 2.5 million active users.

Vibhu also noted that  XRP processes about 1.5 million transactions a day, moving around $50 to $60 billion each month, while Solana handles roughly 100 million daily transactions, with its stablecoin alone reaching nearly $2 trillion in October.

Despite these criticisms, the XRP ledger(XRPL) has recently received technical upgrades with the introduction of the Multi-Purpose Token(MPT) standard, which is designed to make tokenizing real-world assets easier.

XRP Community Divided Over Ledger’s Direction

The XRP community is becoming increasingly divided over the ledger’s direction, as debates intensify around its long-term potential and slow network activity.

Some investors argue that the foundation has strayed from its original purpose, suggesting that, unlike other blockchain foundations that focus on a single network, the XRPL is spreading its resources across multiple projects.

However, XRPL validator Vet defended the ledger, saying its main strength is the ability to diversify. He highlighted that while Solana and similar networks have large developer ecosystems, the XRPL’s built-in tools make it naturally suited for business applications.

Vet further emphasized that the two blockchains serve different purposes and are at different stages of growth, noting that Solana’s open system encourages high activity, while XRP focuses on reliability and built-in tools for business use.

The renewed debate follows Vibhu’s public challenge to Ripple’s executive and XRP community to a live discussion on on-chain data, sparking new comparisons between the two blockchains.