XRP Ledger delays Batch upgrade after validator clock reset

The XRP Ledger pushed back the Batch upgrade by at least 10 days after validator support briefly fell below the required level. The upgrade was expected to activate on Sept. 29. The feature would let users submit up to eight transactions together. Its all-or-nothing option could let a buyer pay for a tokenized asset and receive it in one operation. That option would prevent either side of the trade from completing alone. The corrected upgrade is formally named BatchV1_1. The upgrade regained support from 30 of 35 trusted validators on Sept. 25, according to the XRPL amendment dashboard. The support recovery started a fresh two-week countdown. The earliest activation would be Oct. 9 at around 14:46 UTC if support holds. A separate upgrade would let account owners delegate specific tasks without sharing signing keys. That upgrade could activate as early as Oct. 8. RippleX head of engineering Ayo Akinyele said some projects were already being built with Batch in mind. Akinyele said activation would move that work closer to production. He did not name the partners or provide launch dates. Akinyele previously said Ripple would share more about work with asset managers once Batch went live.