{"id":9929,"date":"2018-11-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/2018\/11\/01\/ripple-xrp-craig-dewitt-speaks-about-ripplenets-multi-hop-feature\/"},"modified":"2018-11-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T00:00:00","slug":"ripple-xrp-craig-dewitt-speaks-about-ripplenets-multi-hop-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/ripple-xrp-craig-dewitt-speaks-about-ripplenets-multi-hop-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Ripple [XRP] – Craig DeWitt Speaks about RippleNet\u2019s Multi-hop Feature."},"content":{"rendered":"
On the sixth episode of Ripple\u2019s web video series, The Ripple Drop<\/a>, director of project management at Ripple, talked about RippleNet\u2019s multi-hop feature explaining the benefits it offers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Multi-hop is a wireless network that uses wireless hops to transmit information simultaneously from a source to a destination. It is a feature of the Interledger Protocol<\/a> (ILP). ILP is a protocol that sends money across different ledgers or payment networks.<\/p>\n At the interview<\/a> with Reinhard Cate, the producer of The Ripple Drop, Craig explained that multi-hop gives RippleNet member the ability to make transactions with payment providers, banks, and digital wallets to which they don\u2019t have direct connection. Comparing it to a game of telephone, he explained that multi-hop\u2019s purpose is to get rid of the need for a direct one-to-one connection to settle payments.<\/p>\nWhat is Multi-hop?<\/strong><\/h2>\n