You can give a person knowledge, but you can't make them think. Some people want to remain fools, only because the truth requires change.

― Tony A. Gaskins Jr.

There's a lof of FUD going around about XRP. To prevent the spreading of misinformation and to educate the #XRPCommunity is actively replying. Because the #XRPCommunity would rather spend time keeping up with good news, we curated the most common misunderstandings and FUD so we can just copy-paste links.

XRP is not a real cryptocurrency

Incorrect

Ripple can freeze your coins

Not true

XRP is For banks and banks Will Die

Debunked

The XRP token will not be used

Not true

Ripple owns 99% of the coins

False

XRP is stupid because it can't be mined

Not true

The XRP blockchain is centralised

Incorrect

Ripple can flood the market with XRPs

Incorrect

xRapid will never go live

Debunked

Ripple isn't even promoting XRP use

Not true

XRP Community members are bots

False

XRP used to be minable

Not true

XRP is a security

Incorrect

Ripple can create more XRP

Incorrect

Moon in 3, 2, 1: large USD tx on the ledger

Not true

Ripple wants to suppress the price

False

Ripple sells to banks / exchanges at a discount

Nuanced

XRP can never reach $X because marketcap

Not true

XRP wasn't called XRP

Debunked

There's no room for price growth

False

Price won't rise because XRP is too fast!

Debunked