Wrong Section for this news? I will be the first to point out that Ripple/XRP is not an actual crypto altcoin, but a 100% "pre-mined" scheme.
The "freezing" of McCaleb’s funds revealed an interesting feature tied to the Ripple public database. Ripple Labs can freeze XRP accounts using two possible methods: one can stop the functionality of an individual account while the "global freeze" can bring the entire network to a halt. The global freeze is not a rumor, and Ripple Labs issued a statement about it on August 1, 2014.
~source https://news.bitcoin.com/is-the-centralized-ripple-database-with-the-biggest-pre-mine-really-a-bitcoin-competitor