The XRP Ledger is on the verge of activating one of its most significant upgrades to date.
The long-awaited Batch has now come close to reaching the network's required validator threshold.
An XRPL community member recently pointed out that roughly 68% of validators have now thrown their support behind the consequential amendment.
It seems like it could potentially go live before the end of September.
"Batch will unlock a lot of new use cases for the XRP ecosystem," the user said.
XRPL validator Vet, who is active within the community, said that builders have been waiting for the functionality for a long time.
"Almost there! XRP Ledger Builders have waited so long for it," Vet wrote, adding that the feature could make it easier for developers to charge directly for services rather than allowing users to "free ride."
However, activation is not yet guaranteed.
What the amendment actually does
The amendment in question is technically called BatchV1_1. The original Batch amendment was disabled earlier this year after a critical bug was discovered.
BatchV1_1 was introduced in XRP Ledger software version 3.3.0, which was released on Aug. 6.
Support has to rise above the XRP Ledger's 80% threshold and remain there continuously for two weeks. Otherwise, the amendment will not be able to go live.
If support falls back below that level, the two-week countdown resets.
Hence, it is entirely possible that the amendment gets activated by the end of September, but it is not guaranteed.
Historically, developers have not been able to combine several separate XRPL transactions.
However, the amendment that is currently on the verge of passing will make it possible for developers to package as many as eight transactions together inside a single transaction.
XRPL developers will gain the ability to define how several separate on-ledger actions depend on one another. This will remove the necessity for developing complicated infrastructure for some apps.
Dan Burgin
U.Today Editorial Team
