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by 7c8011dda3f3b 4856 days ago
After some digging it seems to be another decentralized virtual currency like bitcoin.

"Ripple credits, aka XRP or ripples, are the units used as a transaction fee to protect the Ripple payment system from malicious attacks."

Previous HN discussion:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5254395