Ripple

Ripple is a monetary system that makes simple obligations between friends as useful for making payments as regular money.

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	Ripple
Website	http://ripple.sourceforge.net/
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Status of the project	There are no vibrant, active, and popular Ripple trading communities yet. There are several single-server implementations of the Ripple concept, in various states of repair and completion. The protocol for a distributed Ripple network has many designs, but no implementations yet.
Peer-to-peer topology	Yes
Single central authority	No
Uses cryptography
API
Languages	English
License
Founded	2004
Founder(s)	Ryan Fugger
Origin	USA
Wikipedia	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripple_monetary_system
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Video tour	http://www.screenr.com/c5K