Many mistake XRP with Ripple and choose to hate due to extremist decentralization philosophy...
Though XRP itself is no more centralized than Bitcoin. Perhaps less so, given Bitcoin is pretty much mined entirely in China.
Meanwhile, such judgement blinds many to the massive infrastructure Ripple has built for the public, decentralized ledger to utilize - ignoring the huge ecosystem growth the company has achieved for the decentralized token itself.
Have heard rumours that price has been deliberately repressed, (along with gold). Quite likely for there to be a catalyst moment where things are really let loose and it’ll take over BTC at a scale that’ll make Bitcoin maximalists cry like babies.
Of course, I’m not saying that will happen. Just that there are alot of fundamentals backing such that if it were to happen, those who’ve done their homework will not at all be surprised...