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Native Smart Contracts.
Post-Quantum. AlphaNet.

XRPL Labs' AlphaNet is where the bleeding-edge XRPL features ship FIRST. In November 2025 it became the first-ever XRP Ledger network to run native L1 smart contracts. A month later, post-quantum cryptography (CRYSTALS-Dilithium / NIST ML-DSA) was integrated. This Codex is in development — sign up for the waitlist to be notified the moment it ships.

16Modules planned
~6Hours
2025First on-chain SC
ML-DSAPost-quantum
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Why XRPL AlphaNet

Why practitioners watch AlphaNet

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First-ever XRPL native smart contracts

For 14 years the XRP Ledger had no native smart contracts — only protocol-level primitives. In November 2025 that changed. AlphaNet runs the first-ever L1 smart contract layer on XRPL, with Smart Escrows (Q1 2026) as the inaugural contract type.

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Post-quantum from day one

December 2025 saw CRYSTALS-Dilithium (NIST ML-DSA) integrated into AlphaNet. Ripple has publicly committed to making the XRP Ledger fully quantum-proof by 2028 — AlphaNet is where that work happens first.

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XRPL primitives, supercharged

AlphaNet inherits XRPL's existing primitives — MPTokens, Permissioned Domains, DIDs, AMM, Pathfinding — and composes them with programmable smart contract logic. The result: real-world asset platforms with both compliance and programmability.

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Where mainnet upgrades originate

Every feature that eventually graduates to XRPL mainnet starts on AlphaNet. Learn AlphaNet today, you're learning the next 18–36 months of XRPL evolution.

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This codex is in development

The XRPL AlphaNet Codex is being built. The full 16-module curriculum will follow the same 8-step pedagogy as our other codexes — CONTEXT, ANALOGY, COMMAND, OUTPUT, BREAK IT, EXPLAIN, RECALL, CHECKPOINT — with hands-on Smart Escrow construction and post-quantum transaction examples.

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