Ripple Custody 1.16 (December 2, 2024)

Version 1.16 is a SaaS release and introduces the following new features:

• Key management
  • Support for SLIP10 on Thales Luna HSMs
  • MPC
• User experience
  • Simplified UI
• Custody
  • Scam token filtering

For information about distribution and deployment of this version, see Distribution and deployment.

This release introduces the following key management enhancements.

Ripple Custody now supports SLIP-10 key derivation for vaults created with Thales Luna HSMs (complementing existing BIP32 capabilities). This includes ed25519 curve compatibility, ensuring improved cross-chain interoperability, enhancing flexibility and security in key management.

Ripple Custody introduces Multi-Party Computation (MPC) as a new key management option. Ripple’s proprietary MPC solution uses a 3-of-4 threshold signing scheme, distributing key shards across customer and Ripple-hosted infrastructure to ensure no unilateral key usage and protection against shard loss. MPC supports flexible node deployment in cloud environments like AWS, GCP, and Azure, with Ripple nodes ensuring high availability and backup. Built-in shard recovery prevents data loss, while relay nodes and load balancing enable seamless scaling for enterprise needs.

This release introduces the following user experience enhancements.

A button at the top of the page allows you to switch between the current Ripple Custody UI and the new beta UI, designed for improved performance and an enhanced experience.

Switching from the beta version to the current version of the UI

The beta UI focuses on core reading functionalities like list and details pages and introduces the following new side navigation:

• Home -- the landing page
• Intents – Lists intents, including the initiator, applied policies, creation date, last update, and status
• Accounts – Lists accounts, including the providers and ledgers that are associated with the account
• Endpoints – Lists endpoints, including their trust score, address alias, address, ledger, last update, and status
• Transactions – Lists transactions, including the date, number of transfers, the type of transaction (internal/external), the transaction’s ID on the ledger, source, destination, and value.
• System admin – Contains system management for users, domains, and policies
• Custody admin – Contains Custody administration for assets, and vaults

The Logout is now located in the user management section in the upper right.

To explore the new beta version of the Ripple Custody UI, request access through your Customer Partner Engineer (CPE) and then complete the following steps:

1. Authenticate using the current version of the UI.
2. At the top right, select Try beta version.
   You’ll be redirected to the authentication page for the new beta version of the UI.
3. Authenticate a second time using the new beta version.

This release introduces the following custody functionality enhancements.

The List transfers and the Get account balances endpoints now include the following new query parameters that allow you to filter scam tokens:

• ticker.validationStatus to filter on validation status, using Validated or NonValidated values
• ticker.lock to filter on lock status, using Unlocked, Locked, or Archived values

The 1.16 version will be progressively deployed across SaaS environments starting on December 2, 2024 with production environments scheduled for deployment on January 6, 2025.

Ripple takes great care in testing its applications and ensuring that there are no regressions or breaking changes. Should you experience unexpected behavior, reach out to the Support team by creating a ticket on our Support Portal or contact your Customer Partner Engineer (CPE).