# Arthur Britto

> Arthur Britto II is the Co-Founder and President of PolySign and a founder of Ripple. A former game designer and angel investor, he remains private, with no pub...

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- Tags: Developer, Founder
- Created: 2022-12-29T16:02:09.385Z
- Last updated: 2025-06-23T20:32:22.240Z
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**Arthur Britto** also known as **Arthur Britto II** is the Co-Founder and President of [PolySign](https://iq.wiki/wiki/polysign) and one of the founders of [Ripple](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ripple-labs). 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](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ripple-labs) confirmed he'd met Britto many times. [Ripple](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ripple-labs)'s communications team also confirmed Britto's actual name and identity [\[1\]](#cite-id-KCvBtuihRF).

## **Career**

### **Game Design**

Prior to founding [Ripple](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ripple-labs), Arthur Britto worked in video game design [\[2\]](#cite-id-nXegRO4Cer). In 2023, [Ripple](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ripple-labs) CTO, [David Schwartz](https://iq.wiki/wiki/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 [\[3\]](#cite-id-PcHKp85zka) [\[2\]](#cite-id-nXegRO4Cer).

### 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) [\[4\]](#cite-id-l1Ywe93JMF).

He used to run an old [Bitcoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bitcoin) exchange called exchangeyourBitcoins.com. Prior to [Ripple](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ripple-labs), 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](https://iq.wiki/wiki/xrp) ledger with [David Schwartz](https://iq.wiki/wiki/david-schwartz) and [Jed McCaleb](https://iq.wiki/wiki/jed-mccaleb) [\[5\]](#cite-id-4usdBuxb7K). In 2012, he formed [Ripple](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ripple-labs) (formerly NewCoin Inc) with [Jed McCaleb](https://iq.wiki/wiki/jed-mccaleb) and [Chris Larsen](https://iq.wiki/wiki/chris-larsen) [\[5\]](#cite-id-4usdBuxb7K). Britto served in an advisory role at [Ripple](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ripple-labs) Labs until April 2019 [\[1\]](#cite-id-KCvBtuihRF).

In June 2023, according to the Twitter account @CryptoGeekNews, Britto shared his belief that [XRP](https://iq.wiki/wiki/xrp), the digital asset linked to [Ripple](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ripple-labs), is specifically designed to achieve a price of $10,000 [\[6\]](#cite-id-3XxgYtjA0D). Britto underscored the significance of scalability in attaining this objective, emphasizing the necessity for [XRP](https://iq.wiki/wiki/xrp) to have the capacity to accommodate the entire global population of 7.5 billion individuals [\[6\]](#cite-id-3XxgYtjA0D). 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 [\[1\]](#cite-id-KCvBtuihRF).

## 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 [\[7\]](#cite-id-Vzh81Vz5gG). This post sparked widespread speculation in the [XRP](https://iq.wiki/wiki/xrp) community, with some users questioning if his account had been hacked [\[7\]](#cite-id-Vzh81Vz5gG). [Ripple](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ripple-labs) CTO [David Schwartz](https://iq.wiki/wiki/david-schwartz) later confirmed the post was legitimate [\[7\]](#cite-id-Vzh81Vz5gG). Britto had joined Twitter in August 2011 but had never posted until this date, despite having over 28,000 followers [\[7\]](#cite-id-Vzh81Vz5gG).