Arthur Britto also known as Arthur Britto II is the Co-Founder and President of PolySign and one of the founders of Ripple. He is also an angel investor and previously worked in videogame design. He has never been interviewed, photographed, or spoken to public forums. Rumors have circulated that he does not exist. But, a former advisor to Ripple confirmed he'd met Britto many times. Ripple's communications team also confirmed Britto's actual name and identity ^[1].

Career

Game Design

Prior to founding Ripple, Arthur Britto worked in video game design ^[2]. In 2023, Ripple CTO, David Schwartz shared Arthur Britto's Moby Games profile on Twitter, which included several credits and his IQ.wiki page, confirming they are legitimate sources of information about Britto ^{[3] [2]}.

Patents

From 2006, Britto filed patents to protect 13 inventions. The listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) ^[4].

He used to run an old Bitcoin exchange called exchangeyourBitcoins.com. Prior to Ripple, he served as Chief Executive Office at Information Access Technologies Inc., one of the first ISPs.

XRP

In 2011, as a programmer, Britto began to develop the XRP ledger with David Schwartz and Jed McCaleb ^[5]. In 2012, he formed Ripple (formerly NewCoin Inc) with Jed McCaleb and Chris Larsen ^[5]. Britto served in an advisory role at Ripple Labs until April 2019 ^[1].

In June 2023, according to the Twitter account @CryptoGeekNews, Britto shared his belief that XRP, the digital asset linked to Ripple, is specifically designed to achieve a price of $10,000 ^[6]. Britto underscored the significance of scalability in attaining this objective, emphasizing the necessity for XRP to have the capacity to accommodate the entire global population of 7.5 billion individuals ^[6]. However, no official sources of this affirmation could be found.

Personal Life

Britto joined Twitter in August 2011 but had not tweeted until June 23, 2025. A Ripple's spokesperson explained in 2019 that Britto was an introvert, super private, and had no desire to be a public figure due to personal reasons ^[1].

Breaking Silence on X

Arthur Britto ended nearly 14 years of social media silence by publishing a cryptic post containing a single emoji on X (formerly Twitter) on June 23, 2025 ^[7]. This post sparked widespread speculation in the XRP community, with some users questioning if his account had been hacked ^[7]. Ripple CTO David Schwartz later confirmed the post was legitimate ^[7]. Britto had joined Twitter in August 2011 but had never posted until this date, despite having over 28,000 followers ^[7].