David Schwartz, co-creator of the XRP Ledger, will return to Ripple's main stage at Swell 2026, the company's anniversary conference in New York on October 27. His session is scheduled for Wednesday, October 28, at 4:30 p.m. ET, an appearance confirmed through the conference's official agenda post.

The keynote is billed as a roadmap-focused session, outlining the direction of the XRP Ledger. For an open-source blockchain that has been running since 2012, the session is set to lay out that direction with one of the people who originally built it at the podium.

Background on the Speaker

Schwartz serves as Ripple's Chief Technology Officer and is one of the original architects of the XRP Ledger, the open-source blockchain that launched in 2012 and underpins the digital asset XRP. He remains one of the most prominent technical voices in the XRP community.

About Swell

Swell is Ripple's annual flagship conference, bringing together financial institutions, developers, and policymakers to discuss blockchain infrastructure, digital assets, and cross-border payments. Placing the roadmap keynote on the main stage puts the XRP Ledger's direction in front of that combined audience, with the specific contents of the roadmap set to be laid out when Schwartz takes the stage on October 28 at 4:30 p.m. ET.

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