Evan Schwartz, senior software developer at major crypto firm Ripple announced that he is leaving the cryptocurrency company after 6 and a half years.

On Jan ii, the software engineer took to Twitter to announce that after working two,328 days at the blockchain behemothic, today will exist his last. Schwartz tweeted:

"After 2328 days, or just under 6.5 years, today is my concluding day at @Ripple. Thank you to everyone who helped make it such an heady ride; I'll be cheering the team on from the outside. Continue on building the #InternetOfValue!"

Schwartz co-invented the Interledger protocol, which is an open suite of protocols for connecting ledgers of all types and a payment solution that is at the base of Ripple'southward vision of the net-of-value.

Cointelegraph contacted Schwartz regarding these latest developments but had yet to receive a response as of press time. This article volition be updated if new comments come in.

Schwartz remains involved in web monetization platform Coil

Afterward thanking everyone for the "heady ride" Schwartz assured the XRP community that he will exist staying involved in the Interledger project and web monetization platform Coil.

Schwartz'south LinkedIn contour reveals that he is serving as a lath member for Ringlet, which is a platform that provides an alternative method for creators to monetize their content online. As subscribing fans consume content, the platform uses an open API called web monetization to stream micropayments to creators instantaneously. The API is built on the Interledger protocol that Schwartz helped to create.

Cointelegraph reported on Aug. 15 that Ripple's investment arm, Xpring, participated in Curl's $four million seed circular and provided a i billion XRP grant to the platform this August, worth effectually $265 million at the fourth dimension. Ethan Beard, senior vice president of Xpring, commented on the investment at the time:

"Ad and site-by-site subscription models are set for disruption [...] The depression toll and fast transactions of XRP makes information technology an ideal tool for Ringlet to offer an alternative monetization method and take a positive impact on creators."