🚨 Ripple CTO David Schwartz just announced he’s stepping down from daily work at Ripple by the end of this year. But don’t worry — he’s not fully leaving, he’ll still be on the board and act as an advisor.

He even joked on X: “Save the kind words for when I die” 😂 and that’s what made the XRP community go crazy with reactions.

People are calling it the end of an era since Schwartz has been a big name in XRP’s journey. Some are sad, some are joking along, but overall everyone’s showing respect.

Ripple already announced a new CTO (Dennis Jarosch), so things will continue — but it feels like a big moment for the XRP Army