Ripple’s lead engineer to exit after nearly a decade with the firm
Nik Bougalis primarily worked on open-source code projects for the payments-focused XRP Ledger, with the recent push to introduce NFTs being a key implementation of note.
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Nik Bougalis primarily worked on open-source code projects for the payments-focused XRP Ledger, with the recent push to introduce NFTs being a key implementation of note.
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