David Schwartz, the chief expertise officer of Ripple, not too long ago took to Twitter to share some criticism of Flare’s much-hyped airdrop.

In a five-tweet thread, Schwartz famous that the present guidelines for holding FLR tokens and receiving  subsequent airdrops leaves no incentive to not promote them immediately.

Since anybody who buys Flare tokens can wrap them and get the airdrop, the holders lose nothing by promoting instantly, Schwartz argues.

In accordance with him, the brand new guidelines characterize “a really unusual choice” and that it seems as if Flare has tried “to solely give 15% of what they promised.”

Schwartz additional advised that Flare was leveraging the XRP neighborhood for progress earlier than weakening its dedication when it not felt it wanted its members.

The Ripple CTO wrapped up the Twitter thread by softening his tone and stressing that his assertion was not meant to discredit Flare Networks. “That mentioned, that doesn’t make them dishonest or make their mission a foul one. XRP developed and did not maintain some ‘guarantees’ made within the early days.”

“You’ll be able to love Flare and love XRP too. It isn’t one or the opposite. However I haven’t got blissful fuzzy emotions about the way it went down,” Schwartz famous.

The much-awaited Flare Community airdrop to XRP holders lastly happened earlier this week after main exchanges introduced their assist. Nonetheless, the token misplaced a whopping 85% of its worth following the occasion.