The XRP Ledger activated permission delegation for XRP accounts on Oct. 8, after the feature cleared the network's consensus process and took effect on mainnet.

Update 21:07 UTC: The Batch amendment is now live. XRPScan's dashboard shows BatchV1_1 active on mainnet, with 30 of 35 validators voting in favor and five opposed — an approval share of about 85.7%, above the 80% support required for activation and sustained through the required two-week window.

Consensus threshold met

The XRP Ledger, an open-source blockchain that has operated since 2012, rolls out protocol upgrades through amendments that validators vote on while operating the network. Under the ledger's governance rules, an amendment activates only once support from 80% of participating validators is sustained for two consecutive weeks, ensuring broad agreement before any change to protocol behavior takes effect. Once that bar is cleared, the upgrade ceases to be a pending proposal and becomes part of the ledger's standard behavior on mainnet.

Delegation for XRP accounts

Permission delegation allows an XRP account holder to grant limited, specific authorities over an account to designated accounts or signers without handing over full control. Because a delegate receives only the authorities explicitly granted, the arrangement separates the specific actions a delegate may perform from full ownership of the account — a distinction relevant when an owner wants another party to carry out specific operations on their behalf. With the amendment active, the capability is now available to accounts on mainnet. The activation was tracked publicly via XRPScan, a ledger explorer that displays amendment voting totals and activation status in real time.

This content was first published on COINOTAG: https://en.coinotag.com/xrp-ledger-permission-delegation-oct-8