From b385ff793994fe9ac673d27922bbb491ec06f455 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mayukha Vadari Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 11:45:55 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 01/22] XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md updated from https://stackedit.io/ --- .../README.md | 631 +++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 376 insertions(+), 255 deletions(-) diff --git a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md index 1f1f688f..4143ac68 100644 --- a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md +++ b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md @@ -1,16 +1,18 @@ 
-  xls: XLS-68d
+  xls: 68
   title: Sponsored Fees and Reserves
   description: Allow an account to fund fees and reserves on behalf of another account
   author: Mayukha Vadari (@mvadari)
   created: 2024-05-02
-  status: Stagnant
+  updated: 2025-09-08
+  status: Draft
   category: Amendment
+  requires: 74
# Sponsored Fees and Reserves -## Abstract +## 1. Abstract As the blockchain industry grows, many projects want to be able to build on the blockchain, but abstract away the complexities of using the blockchain - users don't need to submit transactions or deal with transaction fees themselves, they can just pay the platform to handle all that complexity (though, of course, the users still control their own keys). @@ -20,161 +22,205 @@ In order to handle these sorts of use-cases, this proposal adds a process for us Similar features on other chains are often called "sponsored transactions", "meta-transactions", or "relays". -## 1. Overview +## 2. Overview Accounts can include signatures from sponsors in their transactions that will allow the sponsors to pay the transaction fee for the transaction, and/or the reserve for any accounts/objects created in the transaction. -We propose modifying one ledger object and creating one new transaction type: +Sponsors can also pre-fund fees or reserves, if they do not want to deal with the burden of co-signing every sponsored transaction. -- `AccountRoot` ledger object -- `SponsorTransfer` transaction type +We propose: +* Creating the `Sponsorship` ledger entry +* Modifying the `AccountRoot` ledger entry +* Creating the `SponsorshipSet` transaction type +* Creating the `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction type +* Modifying the `AccountDelete` transaction type (behavior only, not fields) +* Adding two additional granular permissions (`SponsorFee`, `SponsorReserve`) The common fields for all ledger objects and all transactions will also be modified. In addition, there will be a modification to the `account_objects` RPC method, and a new RPC method called `account_sponsoring`. -This feature will require an amendment, tentatively titled `featureSponsor`. +This feature will require an amendment, tentatively titled `Sponsor`. -### 1.1. Terminology +### 2.1. Terminology -- **Sponsor**: The account that is covering the reserve or paying the transaction fee on behalf of another account. -- **Sponsee**: The account that the sponsor is paying a transaction fee or reserve on behalf of. -- **Owner**: The account that owns a given object (or the account itself). This is often the same as the sponsee. -- **Sponsored account**: An account that a sponsor is covering the reserve for (currently priced at 10 XRP). -- **Sponsored object**: A non-account ledger object that a sponsor is covering the reserve for (currently priced at 2 XRP). -- **Sponsor relationship**: The relationship between a sponsor and sponsee. -- **Sponsorship type**: The "type" of sponsorship - sponsoring transaction fees vs. sponsoring reserves. +* **Sponsor**: The account that is covering the reserve or paying the transaction fee on behalf of another account. +* **Sponsee**: The account that the sponsor is paying a transaction fee or reserve on behalf of. +* **Owner**: The account that owns a given object (or the account itself). This is often the same as the sponsee. +* **Sponsored account**: An account that a sponsor is covering the reserve for (currently priced at 10 XRP). +* **Sponsored object**: A non-account ledger object that a sponsor is covering the reserve for (currently priced at 2 XRP). +* **Sponsor relationship**: The relationship between a sponsor and sponsee. +* **Sponsorship type**: The "type" of sponsorship - sponsoring transaction fees vs. sponsoring reserves. -### 1.2. The Sponsorship Flow +### 2.2. The Sponsorship Flow (Not Pre-Funded) In this scenario, the sponsor, Spencer, wants to pay the transaction fee and/or reserve for the sponsee Alice's transaction. -- Alice constructs her transaction and autofills it (so that all fields, including the fee and sequence number, are included in the transaction). She adds Spencer's account and sponsorship type to the transaction as well. -- Spencer signs the transaction and provides his signature to Alice. -- Alice adds Spencer's public key and signature to her transaction. -- Alice signs and submits her transaction as normal. +* Alice constructs her transaction and autofills it (so that all fields, including the fee and sequence number, are included in the transaction). She adds Spencer's account and sponsorship type to the transaction as well. +* Spencer signs the transaction and provides his signature to Alice. +* Alice adds Spencer's public key and signature to her transaction. +* Alice signs and submits her transaction as normal. -### 1.3. Recouping a Sponsored Object Reserve +### 2.3. The Sponsorship Flow (Pre-Funded) + +In this scenario, the sponsor, Spencer, wants to pay the transaction fee and/or reserve for the sponsee Alice's transaction, but would prefer to pre-fund the XRP necessary, so that he does not have to co-sign every single one of Alice's transactions. + +* Spencer submits a transaction to initialize the sponsorship relationship and pre-fund Alice's sponsorship (note: these funds are not sent directly to Alice. She may only use the allocated funds for fees and reserves, and these are separate buckets). + * Alice does not need to do anything to accept this. +* Alice constructs her transaction and autofills it (so that all fields, including the fee and sequence number, are included in the transaction). She adds Spencer's account and sponsorship type to the transaction as well. +* Alice signs and submits her transaction as normal. + +*Note that Spencer does not need to be a part of Alice's signing and submission flow in this example.* + +### 2.4. Recouping a Sponsored Object Reserve In this scenario, the sponsor, Spencer, would like to re-obtain the reserve that is currently trapped due to his sponsorship of Alice's object. -Spencer can submit a `SponsorTransfer` transaction, which allows him to pass the onus of the reserve back to Alice, or pass it onto another sponsor. +Spencer can submit a `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction, which allows him to pass the onus of the reserve back to Alice, or pass it onto another sponsor. -### 1.4. Recouping a Sponsored Account Reserve +### 2.5. Recouping a Sponsored Account Reserve In this scenario, the sponsor, Spencer, would like to retrieve his reserve from sponsoring Alice's account. There are two ways in which he could do this: +* If Alice is done using her account, she can submit an `AccountDelete` transaction, which will send all remaining funds in the account back to Spencer. +* If Alice would like to keep using her account, or would like to switch to a different provider, she (or Spencer) can submit a `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction to either remove sponsorship or transfer it to the new provider. -- If Alice is done using her account, she can submit an `AccountDelete` transaction, which will send all remaining funds in the account back to Spencer. -- If Alice would like to keep using her account, or would like to switch to a different provider, she (or Spencer) can submit a `SponsorTransfer` transaction to either remove sponsorship or transfer it to the new provider. - -## 2. On-Ledger Objects: Common Fields +## 3. Ledger Entries: Common Fields -### 2.1. Fields +### 3.1. Fields As a reference, here are the fields that all ledger objects currently have: -| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | -| ----------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | -| `LedgerIndex` | ✔️ | `string` | `Hash256` | -| `LedgerEntryType` | ✔️ | `string` | `UInt16` | -| `Flags` | ✔️ | `number` | `UInt16` | +| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | +|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|-------------| +|`LedgerEntryType`| ✔️| ✔️|N/A|`string`|`UInt16`| +|`Flags`| ✔️| ✔️|N/A|`number`|`UInt16`| We propose this additional field: -| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | -|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------| -|`SponsorAccount`| |`string`|`AccountID`| +| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | +|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|-------------| +|`SponsorAccount`| | |N/A|`string`|`AccountID`| The sponsor that is paying the reserve for this ledger object. | -#### 2.1.1. `SponsorAccount` +## 4. Ledger Entry: `Sponsorship` -The `SponsorAccount` is the sponsor that is paying the reserve for this ledger object. +`Sponsorship` is an object that reflects a sponsoring relationship between two accounts, `SponsorAccount` and `Sponsee`. This allows sponsors to "pre-fund" sponsees, if they so desire. -## 3. On-Ledger Object: `AccountRoot` +*Note: this object does not need to be created in order to sponsor accounts. It is an offered convenience, so that sponsors do not have to co-sign every sponsored transaction if they don't want to, especially for transaction fees. It also allows them to set a maximum balance even if they still want to co-sign transactions.* -### 3.1. Fields +### 4.1. Object ID -
- +The object ID for a `Sponsorship` object will be the space key (defined during implementation), plus the `Sponsor` and `Sponsee` accounts, hashed together. -As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/ledger-data/ledger-entry-types/accountroot/#accountroot-fields) are the fields that the `AccountRoot` ledger object currently has. +### 4.2. Fields - +| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | +|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|-------------| +|`SponsorAccount`|✔️ |✔️ | N/A |`string`|`AccountID`|The sponsor associated with this relationship. This account also pays for the reserve of this object.| +|`Sponsee`|✔️ |✔️ | N/A |`string`|`AccountID`|The sponsee associated with this relationship.| +|`SponsorNode`|✔️ |✔️| N/A |`string`|`UInt64`|A hint indicating which page of the sponsor's owner directory links to this object, in case the directory consists of multiple pages.| +|`SponseeNode`|✔️ |✔️| N/A |`string`|`UInt64`|A hint indicating which page of the sponsee's owner directory links to this object, in case the directory consists of multiple pages.| +|`FeeAmount`| | | `0` |`string`|`Amount`| The (remaining) amount of XRP that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for fees.| +|`ReserveCount`| | | `0` |`string`|`UInt32`| The (remaining) number of `OwnerCount` that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for reserves.| -| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | -| ---------------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -| `Account` | ✔️ | `string` | `AccountID` | The identifying (classic) address of this account. | -| `AccountTxnID` | | `string` | `Hash256` | The identifying hash of the transaction most recently sent by this account. | -| `AMMID` | | `string` | `Hash256` | The ledger entry ID of the corresponding AMM ledger entry, if this is an AMM pseudo-account. | -| `Balance` | | `string` | `Amount` | The account's current XRP balance. | -| `BurnedNFTokens` | | `number` | `UInt32` | How many total of this account's issued NFTs have been burned. | -| `Domain` | | `string` | `Blob` | A domain associated with this account. | -| `EmailHash` | | `string` | `Hash128` | The md5 hash of an email address. | -| `FirstNFTokenSequence` | | `number` | `UInt32` | The account's Sequence Number at the time it minted its first non-fungible-token. | -| `LedgerEntryType` | ✔️ | `string` | `UInt16` | The value `0x0061`, mapped to the string `AccountRoot`, indicates that this is an `AccountRoot `object. | -| `MessageKey` | | `string` | `Blob` | A public key that may be used to send encrypted messages to this account. | -| `MintedNFTokens` | | `number` | `UInt32` | How many total non-fungible tokens have been minted by/on behalf of this account. | -| `NFTokenMinter` | | `string` | `AccountID` | Another account that can mint NFTs on behalf of this account. | -| `OwnerCount` | ✔️ | `number` | `UInt32` | The number of objects this account owns in the ledger, which contributes to its owner reserve. | -| `PreviousTxnID` | ✔️ | `string` | `Hash256` | The identifying hash of the transaction that most recently modified this object. | -| `PreviousTxnLgrSeq` | ✔️ | `number` | `UInt32` | The ledger index that contains the transaction that most recently modified this object. | -| `RegularKey` | | `string` | `AccountID` | The address of a key pair that can be used to sign transactions for this account instead of the master key. | -| `Sequence` | ✔️ | `number` | `UInt32` | The [sequence number](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/data-types/basic-data-types/#account-sequence) of the next valid transaction for this account. | -| `TicketCount` | | `number` | `UInt32` | How many Tickets this account owns in the ledger. | -| `TickSize` | | `number` | `UInt8` | [How many significant digits to use for exchange rates of Offers involving currencies issued by this address.](https://xrpl.org/resources/known-amendments/#ticksize) | -| `TransferRate` | | `number` | `UInt32` | A [transfer fee](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/tokens/transfer-fees/) to charge other users for sending currency issued by this account to each other. | -| `WalletLocator` | | `string` | `Hash256` | An arbitrary 256-bit value that users can set. | -| `WalletSize` | | `number` | `UInt32` | Unused. | +### 4.3. Flags -
+There are two flags on this object: -We propose these additional fields: -| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | -|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------| -|`SponsorAccount`| |`string`|`AccountID`| -|`SponsoredOwnerCount`| |`number`|`UInt32`| -|`SponsoringOwnerCount`| |`number`|`UInt32`| -|`SponsoringAccountCount`| |`number`|`UInt32`| +* `lsfRequireSignatureForFee`: Every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. +* `lsfRequireSignatureForReserve`: Every use of this sponsor for sponsoring reserves requires a signature from the sponsor. -#### 3.1.1. `SponsorAccount` +### 4.4. Ownership -The `SponsorAccount` field is already added in the ledger common fields (see section [2.1.1](#211-sponsoraccount)), but it has some additional rules associated with it on the `AccountRoot` object. +The object is owned by `Sponsor`, who also pays the reserve. -This field is included if the account was created with a sponsor paying its account reserve. If this sponsored account is deleted, the destination of the `AccountDelete` transaction must equal `SponsorAccount`, so that the sponsor can recoup their fees. +### 4.5. Reserve + +This object charges 1 reserve. + +### 4.6. Deletion + +This object will be deleted any time the `FeeAmount` and `ReserveCount` are both `0`. This can be done directly via `SponsorshipSet`, or can occur in the regular flow of transactions, if the sponsorship runs out. + +### 4.7. Invariant Checks + +* At least one of `FeeAmount` and `ReserveCount` is nonzero +* `SponsorAccount` != `Sponsee` +* `FeeAmount` is nonnegative and denominated in XRP -_Note: The `Destination` field of `AccountDelete` will still work as-is if the account is not sponsored, where it can be set to any account._ +### 4.8. RPC Name -#### 3.1.2. `SponsoredOwnerCount` +The `snake_case` form of the ledger object name is `sponsorship`. -This is the number of objects the account owns that are being sponsored by a sponsor. +## 5. Ledger Entry: `AccountRoot` -#### 3.1.3. `SponsoringOwnerCount` +### 5.1. Fields + +
+ + +As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/ledger-data/ledger-entry-types/accountroot/#accountroot-fields) are the fields that the `AccountRoot` ledger object currently has. + + +| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | +|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|-------------| +|`Account`|✔️ |✔️ |N/A|`string`|`AccountID`|The identifying (classic) address of this account.| +|`AccountTxnID`| | |N/A|`string`|`Hash256`|The identifying hash of the transaction most recently sent by this account.| +|`AMMID`|✔️ | |N/A|`string`|`Hash256`|The ledger entry ID of the corresponding AMM ledger entry, if this is an AMM pseudo-account.| +|`Balance`| | |N/A|`string`|`Amount`|The account's current XRP balance.| +|`BurnedNFTokens`| | |`0`|`number`|`UInt32`| How many total of this account's issued NFTs have been burned.| +|`Domain`| | |N/A|`string`|`Blob`|A domain associated with this account.| +|`EmailHash`| | |N/A|`string`|`Hash128`|The md5 hash of an email address.| +|`FirstNFTokenSequence`|✔️ | |N/A|`number`|`UInt32`|The account's Sequence Number at the time it minted its first non-fungible-token.| +|`LedgerEntryType`|✔️ |✔️ |N/A|`string`|`UInt16`|The value `0x0061`, mapped to the string `AccountRoot`, indicates that this is an `AccountRoot `object.| +|`MessageKey`| | |N/A|`string`|`Blob`|A public key that may be used to send encrypted messages to this account.| +|`MintedNFTokens`| | |`0`|`number`|`UInt32`|How many total non-fungible tokens have been minted by/on behalf of this account.| +|`NFTokenMinter`| | |N/A|`string`|`AccountID`|Another account that can mint NFTs on behalf of this account.| +|`OwnerCount`| |✔️ |N/A|`number`|`UInt32`|The number of objects this account owns in the ledger, which contributes to its owner reserve.| +|`PreviousTxnID`| |✔️ |N/A|`string`|`Hash256`|The identifying hash of the transaction that most recently modified this object.| +|`PreviousTxnLgrSeq`| |✔️ |N/A|`number`|`UInt32`|The ledger index that contains the transaction that most recently modified this object.| +|`RegularKey`| | |N/A|`string`|`AccountID`|The address of a key pair that can be used to sign transactions for this account instead of the master key.| +|`Sequence`| |✔️ |N/A|`number`|`UInt32`|The [sequence number](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/data-types/basic-data-types/#account-sequence) of the next valid transaction for this account.| +|`TicketCount`| | |N/A|`number`|`UInt32`|How many Tickets this account owns in the ledger.| +|`TickSize`| | |N/A|`number`|`UInt8`|[How many significant digits to use for exchange rates of Offers involving currencies issued by this address.](https://xrpl.org/resources/known-amendments/#ticksize)| +|`TransferRate`| | |N/A|`number`|`UInt32`|A [transfer fee](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/tokens/transfer-fees/) to charge other users for sending currency issued by this account to each other.| +|`WalletLocator`| | |N/A|`string`|`Hash256`|An arbitrary 256-bit value that users can set.| +|`WalletSize`| | |N/A|`number`|`UInt32`|Unused.| +
-This is the number of objects the account is sponsoring the reserve for. +We propose these additional fields: +| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | +|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|-------------| +|`SponsorAccount`| | |N/A|`string`|`AccountID`| The sponsor that is paying the account reserve for this account. | +|`SponsoredOwnerCount`| | |`0`|`number`|`UInt32`|The number of objects the account owns that are being sponsored by a sponsor. +|`SponsoringOwnerCount`| | |`0`|`number`|`UInt32`|The number of objects the account is sponsoring the reserve for.| +|`SponsoringAccountCount`| | |`0`|`number`|`UInt32`|The number of accounts that the account is sponsoring the reserve for.| + +#### 5.1.1. `SponsorAccount` -#### 3.1.4. `SponsoringAccountCount` +The `SponsorAccount` field is already added in the ledger common fields (see section [3.1.1](#311-sponsoraccount)), but it has some additional rules associated with it on the `AccountRoot` object. -This is the number of accounts that the account is sponsoring the reserve for. +This field is included if the account was created with a sponsor paying its account reserve. If this sponsored account is deleted, the destination of the `AccountDelete` transaction must equal `SponsorAccount`, so that the sponsor can recoup their fees. -### 3.2. Account Reserve Calculation +*Note: The `Destination` field of `AccountDelete` will still work as-is if the account is not sponsored, where it can be set to any account.* + +### 5.2. Account Reserve Calculation The existing reserve calculation is: -$$ acctReserve + objReserve \* acct.OwnerCount $$ +$$ acctReserve + objReserve * acct.OwnerCount $$ The total account reserve should now be calculated as: -$$ -\displaylines{ -(acct.SponsorAccount \text{ ? } 0 : acctReserve) + \\ +$$ \displaylines{ +(acct.SponsorAccount \text{ ? } 0 : acctReserve) + \\ objReserve * (acct.OwnerCount + acct.SponsoringOwnerCount - acct.SponsoredOwnerCount) + \\ acctReserve * acct.SponsoringAccountCount -} -$$ +} $$ -## 4. Transactions: Common Fields +## 6. Transactions: Common Fields -### 4.1. Fields +### 6.1. Fields As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/common-fields/) are the fields that all transactions currently have. @@ -182,92 +228,107 @@ As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/co We propose these modifications: -| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | -| ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | -| `Sponsor` | | `object` | `STObject` | +| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | +|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|---------------| +|`Sponsor`| |`object`|`STObject`| This field contains all the information for the sponsorship happening in the transaction. It is included if the transaction is fee- and/or reserve-sponsored. -#### 4.1.1. `Sponsor` +#### 6.1.1. `Sponsor` The `Sponsor` inner object contains all of the information for the sponsorship happening in the transaction. The fields contained in this object are: -| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | -| --------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | -| `Account` | ✔️ | `string` | `AccountID` | -| `Flags` | ✔️ | `number` | `UInt16` | -| `SigningPubKey` | | `string` | `STBlob` | -| `Signature` | | `string` | `STBlob` | -| `Signers` | | `array` | `STArray` | +| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | +|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------| +|`SponsorAccount`|✔️|`string`|`AccountID`| The sponsoring account.| +|`Flags`| ✔️|`number`|`UInt16`| Flags on the sponsorship, indicating what type of sponsorship this is (fee vs. reserve).| +|`SigningPubKey`| |`string`|`STBlob`|The `SigningPubKey` for `SponsorAccount`, if single-signing.| +|`Signature`| |`string`|`STBlob`| A signature of the transaction from the sponsor, to indicate their approval of this transaction, if single-signing. All signing fields must be included in the signature, including `Sponsor.SponsorAccount` and `Sponsor.Flags`.| +|`Signers`| |`array`|`STArray`|An array of signatures of the transaction from the sponsor's signers to indicate their approval of this transaction, if the sponsor is multi-signing. All signing fields must be included, including `Sponsor.SponsorAccount` and `Sponsor.Flags`.| -##### 4.1.1.1. `Account` +##### 6.1.1.1. `Account` The `Sponsor.Account` field represents the sponsor. This field **will** be a signing field (it will be included in transaction signatures). -##### 4.1.1.2. `Flags` +##### 6.1.1.2. `Flags` The `Flags` field allows the user to specify which sponsorship type(s) they wish to participate in. At least one flag **must** be specified if the `Sponsor` field is included in a transaction. There are two flag values that are supported: - -- `0x00000001`: `tfSponsorFee`, sponsoring (paying for) the fee of the transaction. -- `0x00000002`: `tfSponsorReserve`, sponsoring the reserve for any objects created in the transaction. +* `0x00000001`: `tfSponsorFee`, sponsoring (paying for) the fee of the transaction. +* `0x00000002`: `tfSponsorReserve`, sponsoring the reserve for any objects created in the transaction. This field **will** be a signing field (it will be included in transaction signatures). -##### 4.1.1.3. `SigningPubKey` and `Signature` - -These fields are included if the sponsor is signing with a single signature (as opposed to multi-sign). This field contains a signature of the transaction from the sponsor, to indicate their approval of this transaction. All signing fields must be included in the signature, including `Sponsor.Account` and `Sponsor.Flags`. +##### 6.1.1.3. `SigningPubKey`, `Signature` and `Signers` Either `Signature` or `Signers` must be included in the final transaction. There will be no additional transaction fee required for the use of the `Signature` field. -`Signature` **will not** be a signing field (it will not be included in transaction signatures, though it will still be included in the stored transaction). +If the `Signers` field is necessary, then the total fee of the transaction will be increased, due to the extra signatures that need to be processed. This is similar to the additional fees for [multisigning](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/accounts/multi-signing/). The minimum fee will be $(\\#signatures+1)*base\textunderscore fee$. -##### 4.1.1.4. `Signers` +The total fee calculation for signatures will now be $( 1+\\# tx.Signers + \\# tx.Sponsor.Signers) * base\textunderscore fee$. -This field contains an array of signatures of the transaction from the sponsor,'s signers to indicate their approval of this transaction. All signing fields must be included, including `Sponsor.Account` and `Sponsor.Flags`. +`Signature` and `Signers` **will not** be signing fields (they will not be included in transaction signatures, though they will still be included in the stored transaction). -Either `Signature` or `Signers` must be included in the final transaction. +Either `SigningPubKey`+`Signature` or `Signers` must be included in the transaction. There is one exception to this: if `lsfRequireSignatureForFee`/`lsfRequireSignatureForReserve` are not enabled for the type(s) of sponsorship in the transaction. -If the `Signers` field is necessary, then the total fee of the transaction will be increased, due to the extra signatures that need to be processed. This is similar to the additional fees for [multisigning](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/accounts/multi-signing/). The minimum fee will be $(\\#signatures+1)*base\textunderscore fee$. +### 6.2. Transaction Fee -The total fee calculation for signatures will now be $( 1+\\# tx.Signers + \\# tx.Sponsor.Signers) * base\textunderscore fee$. +### 6.3. Failure Conditions + +#### 6.3.1. General Failures +* `Sponsor.Signature` is invalid. +* `Sponsor.Signers` is invalid (the signer list isn't on the account, quorum isn't reached, or signature(s) are invalid). +* The `SponsorAccount` doesn't exist on the ledger. +* An invalid sponsorship flag is used. +* `Sponsor.SigningPubKey`, `Sponsor.Signature`, and `Sponsor.Signers` are all included (or other incorrect combinations of signing fields). -This field **will not** be a signing field (it will not be included in transaction signatures, though it will still be included in the stored transaction). +#### 6.3.2. Fee Sponsorship Failures +* The sponsor does not have enough XRP to cover the sponsored transaction fee (`telINSUF_FEE_P`) -### 4.2. Failure Conditions +If a `Sponsorship` object exists: +* The `lsfRequireSignatureForFee` flag is enabled and there is no sponsor signature included. +* There is not enough XRP in the `FeeAmount` to pay for the transaction. -#### 4.2.1. General Failures +If a `Sponsorship` object does not exist: +* There is no sponsor signature included. -- `Sponsor.Signature` is invalid -- `Sponsor.Signers` is invalid (the signer list isn't on the account, quorum isn't reached, or signature(s) are invalid) -- The sponsor account doesn't exist on the ledger -- An invalid sponsorship flag is used +#### 6.3.3. Reserve Sponsorship Failures +* The sponsor does not have enough XRP to cover the reserve (`tecINSUFFICIENT_RESERVE`) +* The transaction does not support reserve sponsorship (see section 6.3.4) -#### 4.2.2. Fee Sponsorship Failures +If a `Sponsorship` object exists: +* The `lsfRequireSignatureForReserve` flag is enabled and there is no sponsor signature included. +* There is not enough remaining count in the `ReserveCount` to pay for the transaction. -- The sponsor does not have enough XRP to cover the transaction fee - +If a `Sponsorship` object does not exist: +* There is no sponsor signature included. + +#### 6.3.4. Transactions that cannot be sponsored + +All transactions (other than pseudo-transactions) may use the `tfSponsorFee` flag, since they all have a fee. -#### 4.2.3. Reserve Sponsorship Failures +However, some transactions will not support the `tfSponsorReserve` flag. -- The sponsor does not have enough XRP to cover the reserve (`tecINSUFFICIENT_RESERVE`) -- The transaction does not support reserve sponsorship (see section 4.4) +* [`Batch` transactions](https://github.com/XRPLF/XRPL-Standards/tree/master/XLS-0056-batch) + * It doesn't make any sense for `Batch` to support that flag. The inner transactions should use `tfSponsorReserve` instead. +* All pseudo-transactions (currently `EnableAmendment`, `SetFee`, and `UNLModify`) + * The reserves for those objects are covered by the network, not by any one account. -### 4.3. State Changes +Also, many transactions, such as `AccountSet`, will have no change in output when using the `tfSponsorReserve` flag, if they do not create any new objects or accounts. -#### 4.3.1. Fee Sponsorship State Changes +### 6.4. State Changes -The fee will be deducted from the sponsor instead of the sponsee. That's it. +#### 6.4.1. Fee Sponsorship State Changes +If a `Sponsorship` object exists, the `tx.Fee` value is decremented from the `Sponsorship.FeeAmount`. -#### 4.3.2. Reserve Sponsorship State Changes +If a `Sponsorship` object does not exist, the `tx.Fee` value is decremented from the sponsor's `AccountRoot.Balance`. +#### 6.4.2. Reserve Sponsorship State Changes Any account/object that is created as a part of the transaction will have a `Sponsor` field. The sponsor's `SponsoringOwnerCount` field will be incremented by the number of objects that are sponsored as a part of the transaction, and the `SponsoringAccountCount` field will be incremented by the number of new accounts that are sponsored as a part of the transaction. @@ -276,122 +337,183 @@ The sponsee's `SponsoredOwnerCount` field will be incremented by the number of o The `SponsoredOwnerCount`, `SponsoringOwnerCount`, and `SponsoringAccountCount` fields will be decremented when those objects/accounts are deleted. -### 4.4. Transactions that cannot be sponsored +## 7. Transaction: `SponsorshipSet` -All transactions (other than pseudo-transactions) may use the `tfSponsorFee` flag, since they all have a fee. +### 7.1. Fields -However, some transactions will not support the `tfSponsorReserve` flag. +| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | +|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-------------| +|`SponsorAccount`|✔️ |`string`|`AccountID`|The sponsor associated with this relationship. This account also pays for the reserve of this object.| +|`Sponsee`|✔️ |`string`|`AccountID`|The sponsee associated with this relationship.| +|`FeeAmount`| |`string`|`Amount`| The (remaining) amount of XRP that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for fees.| +|`ReserveCount`| |`number`|`UInt32`| The (remaining) amount of reserves that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use.| -- `Batch` (from [XLS-56d](https://github.com/XRPLF/XRPL-Standards/discussions/162)) - - It doesn't make any sense for `Batch` to support that flag. The sub-transactions should use `tfSponsorReserve` instead. -- All pseudo-transactions (currently `EnableAmendment`, `SetFee`, and `UNLModify`) - - The reserves for those objects are covered by the network, not by any one account. +### 7.2. Flags +same as Sponsorship object -Also, many transactions, such as `AccountSet`, will have no change in output when using the `tfSponsorReserve` flag, if they do not create any new objects or accounts. +### 7.2. Failure Conditions +* `tx.Account` is not equal to either `tx.SponsorAccount` or `tx.Sponsee` + +### 7.3. State Changes -## 5. Transaction: `SponsorTransfer` +* If the object already exists, the amounts are increased by the amounts indicated. +* If the object doesn't exist, it will be created. +* If the `tfDeleteObject` flag is used, it will delete the object (the amount/count fields must not be specified in this case). All funds remaining in the object will be sent back to the `SponsorAccount`. + * Both sponsor and sponsee can delete the object. + * Existing sponsored objects/accounts will need to go through the `SponsorshipTransfer` process. + +## 8. Transaction: `SponsorshipTransfer` This transaction transfers a sponsor relationship for a particular ledger object's object reserve. The sponsor relationship can either be passed on to a new sponsor, or dissolved entirely (with the sponsee taking on the reserve). Either the sponsor or sponsee may submit this transaction at any point in time. -### 5.1. Fields +### 8.1. Fields -| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | -| ----------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | -| `TransactionType` | ✔️ | `string` | `UInt16` | -| `Account` | ✔️ | `string` | `AccountID` | -| `LedgerIndex` | | `string` | `UInt256` | -| `Sponsor` | | `object` | `STObject` | +| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | +|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-------------| +|`TransactionType`| ✔️|`string`|`UInt16`| +|`Account`|✔️|`string`|`AccountID`| +|`ObjectID`| |`string`|`UInt256`| +|`Sponsor`| |`object`|`STObject`| -#### 5.1.1. `LedgerIndex` +#### 8.1.1. `ObjectID` This field should be included if this transaction is dealing with sponsored object, rather than on a sponsored account. This field indicates which object the relationship is changing for. If it is not included, then it refers to the account sending the transaction. -#### 5.1.2. `Sponsor` +#### 8.1.2. `Sponsor` -The `Sponsor` field is already added in the ledger common fields (see section [4.1.1](#411-sponsor)), but it has some additional rules associated with it on the `SponsorTransfer` transaction. +The `Sponsor` field is already added in the ledger common fields (see section [5.1.1](#511-sponsor)), but it has some additional rules associated with it on the `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction. In this case, if `Sponsor` is included with the `tfSponsorReserve` flag, then the reserve sponsorship for the provided object will be transferred to the `Sponsor.Account` instead of passing back to the ledger object's owner. If there is no `Sponsor` field, or if the `tfSponsorReserve` flag is not included, then the burden of the reserve will be passed back to the ledger object's owner (the former sponsee). -### 5.2. Ending the Sponsorship for a Sponsored Ledger Object +### 8.2. Ending the Sponsorship for a Sponsored Ledger Object -A sponsored ledger object will have the `Sponsor` field attached to it. Ending the sponsor relationship for a sponsored ledger object requires the `LedgerIndex` parameter, to specify which ledger object. +A sponsored ledger object will have the `Sponsor` field attached to it. Ending the sponsor relationship for a sponsored ledger object requires the `ObjectID` parameter, to specify which ledger object. -Two accounts are allowed to submit a `SponsorTransfer` relationship to end the sponsor relationship for a sponsored ledger object: either the sponsor for that object or the owner of that object (the sponsee). +Two accounts are allowed to submit a `SponsorshipTransfer` relationship to end the sponsor relationship for a sponsored ledger object: either the sponsor for that object or the owner of that object (the sponsee). -### 5.3. Migrating a Sponsorship to a New Account +### 8.3. Migrating a Sponsorship to a New Account A sponsorship can be migrated to a new account by including the `Sponsor` field with the `tfSponsorReserve` flag. This can be done for either a sponsored account or a sponsored ledger object. -Two accounts are allowed to submit a `SponsorTransfer` relationship to migrate the sponsor relationship: the sponsor or the sponsee. +Two accounts are allowed to submit a `SponsorshipTransfer` relationship to migrate the sponsor relationship: the sponsor or the sponsee. The sponsor will likely only rarely want to do this (such as if they are transferring accounts), but the sponsee may want to migrate if they change providers. -### 5.4. Failure Conditions +### 8.4. Failure Conditions -- If transferring the sponsorship, the new sponsor does not have enough reserve for this object/account. -- If dissolving the sponsorship, the owner does not have enough reserve for this object/account. -- The new sponsor does not exist. +* If transferring the sponsorship, the new sponsor does not have enough reserve for this object/account. +* If dissolving the sponsorship, the owner does not have enough reserve for this object/account. +* The new sponsor does not exist. +* The `tx.Account` neither the sponsor nor the owner of `ObjectID`. -### 5.5. State Changes +### 8.5. State Changes -- The `Sponsor` field on the object is changed or deleted. -- The old sponsor has its `SponsoringOwnerCount`/`SponsoringAccountCount` decremented by one. -- The new sponsor (if applicable) has its `SponsoringOwnerCount`/`SponsoringAccountCount` incremented by one. -- If there is no new sponsor, then the owner's `SponsoredOwnerCount` will be decremented by one. +* The `Sponsor` field on the object is changed or deleted. +* The old sponsor has its `SponsoringOwnerCount`/`SponsoringAccountCount` decremented by one. +* The new sponsor (if applicable) has its `SponsoringOwnerCount`/`SponsoringAccountCount` incremented by one. +* If there is no new sponsor, then the owner's `SponsoredOwnerCount` will be decremented by one. -## 6. RPC: `account_objects` +## 9. Transaction: `AccountDelete` -### 6.1. Fields +This transaction deletes an account. + +As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/types/accountdelete) are the fields that `AccountDelete` currently has. This amendment proposes no changes to the fields, only to the behavior. + +### 9.1. Failure Conditions + +Existing failure conditions still apply. + +If the `AccountRoot` associated with the `tx.Account` has a `SponsorAccount` field: +* The `Destination` is not equal to `AccountRoot.SponsorAccount`. + +If the `AccountRoot` associated with the `tx.Account` has a `SponsoringOwnerCount` or `SponsoringAccountCount` field, the transaction will fail with `tecHAS_OBLIGATIONS`. + +### 9.2. State Changes + +Existing state changes still apply, including rules around deletion blockers. + +If the `AccountRoot` associated with the `tx.Account` has a `SponsorAccount` field, the `SponsorAccount`'s `AccountRoot.SponsoringAccountCount` is decremented by 1. + +If the `AccountRoot` associated with the `tx.Account` has a `SponsoredOwnerCount` field, the `SponsorAccount`'s `SponsoringOwnerCount` is decremented by the `tx.Account`'s `SponsoredOwnerCount`. + +## 10. Permission: `SponsorFee` + +This delegatable granular permission allows an account to sponsor fees on behalf of another account. + +## 11. Permission: `SponsorReserve` + +This delegatable granular permission allows an account to sponsor reserves on behalf of another account. + +## 12. RPC: `account_objects` + +### 12.1. Request Fields The [`account_objects` RPC method](https://xrpl.org/account_objects.html) already exists on the XRPL. As a reference, here are the fields that `account_objects` currently accepts: -| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | -| ------------------------ | --------- | -------------------- | -| `account` | ✔️ | `string` | -| `deletion_blockers_only` | | `boolean` | -| `ledger_hash` | | `string` | -| `ledger_index` | | `number` or `string` | -| `limit` | | `number` | -| `marker` | | `any` | -| `type` | | `string` | +| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Description | +|------------|-----------|-----------|-------------| +|`account`|✔️|`string`|Get ledger entries associated with this account.| +|`deletion_blockers_only`| |`boolean`|If `true`, only return ledger entries that would block this account from being deleted. The default is `false`. | +|`ledger_hash`| |`string`|The unique hash of the ledger version to use.| +|`ledger_index`| |`number` or `string`|The ledger index of the ledger to use, or a shortcut string to choose a ledger automatically.| +|`limit`| |`number`|The maximum number of ledger entries to include in the results. Must be within the inclusive range `10` to `400` on non-admin connections. The default is `200`.| +|`marker`| |`any`|Value from a previous paginated response. Resume retrieving data where that response left off.| +|`type`| |`string`|Filter results to a specific type of ledger entry. This field accepts canonical names of ledger entry types (case insensitive) or short names. Ledger entry types that can't appear in an owner directory are not allowed. If omitted, return ledger entries of all types.| We propose this additional field: -| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | -| ----------- | --------- | --------- | -| `sponsored` | | `boolean` | +| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Description | +|------------|-----------|-----------|-------------| +|`sponsored`| |`boolean`|If `true`, only return ledger entries that are sponsored. If `false`, only return ledger entries that are not sponsored. If omitted, return all objects. | -### 6.2. `sponsored` +### 12.2. Response Fields -If this field is excluded, all objects, sponsored or not, will be included. If `sponsored == True`, only sponsored objects will be included. If `sponsored == False`, only non-sponsored objects will be included. +The response fields remain the same. -## 7. RPC: `account_sponsoring` +## 13. RPC: `account_sponsoring` The `account_sponsoring` RPC method is used to fetch a list of objects that an account is sponsoring; namely, a list of objects where the `SponsorAccount` is the given account. It has a very similar API to the [`account_objects` method](https://xrpl.org/account_objects.html). -| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Description | -| ------------------------ | --------- | -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -| `account` | ✔️ | `string` | The sponsor in question. | -| `deletion_blockers_only` | | `boolean` | If `true`, the response only includes objects that would block this account from being deleted. The default is `false`. | -| `ledger_hash` | | `string` | A hash representing the ledger version to use. | -| `ledger_index` | | `number` or `string` | The ledger index of the ledger to use, or a shortcut string to choose a ledger automatically. | -| `limit` | | `number` | The maximum number of objects to include in the results. | -| `marker` | | `any` | Value from a previous paginated response. Resume retrieving data where that response left off. | -| `type` | | `string` | Filter results by a ledger entry type. Some examples are `offer` and `escrow`. | +### 13.1. Request Fields + +| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Description | +|------------|-----------|-----------|-------------| +|`account`|✔️|`string`|The sponsor in question.| +|`deletion_blockers_only`| |`boolean`|If `true`, the response only includes objects that would block this account from being deleted. The default is `false`.| +|`ledger_hash`| |`string`|A hash representing the ledger version to use.| +|`ledger_index`| |`number` or `string`|The ledger index of the ledger to use, or a shortcut string to choose a ledger automatically.| +|`limit`| |`number`|The maximum number of objects to include in the results.| +|`marker`| |`any`|Value from a previous paginated response. Resume retrieving data where that response left off.| +|`type`| |`string`|Filter results by a ledger entry type. Some examples are `offer` and `escrow`.| + +### 13.2. Response Fields + +The response fields are nearly identical to `account_objects`. + +| Field Name | Always Present? | JSON Type | Description | +|------------|-----------|-----------|-------------| +|`account`|✔️|`string`|The account this request corresponds to.| +|`sponsored_objects`|✔️|`array`|Array of ledger entries in this account's owner directory. This includes entries that are owned by this account and entries that are linked to this account but owned by someone else, such as escrows where this account is the destination. Each member is a ledger entry in its raw ledger format. This may contain fewer entries than the maximum specified in the `limit` field.| +|`ledger_hash`| |`string`|The identifying hash of the ledger that was used to generate this response.| +|`ledger_index`| |`number`|The ledger index of the ledger that was used to generate this response.| +|`ledger_current_index`| |`number`|The ledger index of the open ledger that was used to generate this response.| +|`limit`| |`number`|The limit that was used in this request, if any.| +|`marker`| |`any`|Server-defined value indicating the response is paginated. Pass this to the next call to resume where this call left off. Omitted when there are no additional pages after this one.| +|`validated`| |`boolean`|If `true`, the information in this response comes from a validated ledger version. Otherwise, the information is subject to change.| -## 8. Security +## 14. Security -### 8.1. Security Axioms +### 14.1. Security Axioms Both the sponsee _and_ the sponsor must agree to enter into a sponsor relationship. The sponsee must be okay with the sponsor handling the reserve, and the sponsor must be willing to take on that reserve. A signature from both parties ensures that this is the case. -A sponsor will never be stuck sponsoring an sponsee's account or object it doesn't want to support anymore, because it can submit a `SponsorTransfer` transaction at any point. +A sponsor will never be stuck sponsoring an sponsee's account or object it doesn't want to support anymore, because it can submit a `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction at any point. -The sponsor's signature must _always_ include the `Account` and `Sequence` fields, to prevent signature replay attacks (where the sponsor's signature can be reused to sponsor an object or account that they did not want to sponsor). +The sponsor's signature must *always* include the `Account` and `Sequence` fields, to prevent signature replay attacks (where the sponsor's signature can be reused to sponsor an object or account that they did not want to sponsor). When sponsoring transaction fees, the sponsor must approve of the `Fee` value of the transaction, since that is the amount that they will be paying. @@ -399,39 +521,37 @@ When sponsoring reserves, the sponsor's signature must include any aspects of th A sponsee cannot take advantage of the generosity of their sponsor, since the sponsor must sign every transaction it wants to sponsor the ledger objects for. A sponsee also must not be able to change the sponsorship type that the sponsor is willing to engage in, as this could lock up to 500 of the sponsor's XRP (in the case of 250 tickets being created in one `TicketCreate` transaction). -An axiom that is out of scope: the sponsee _will not_ have any control over a sponsorship transfer. This is akin to a loanee having no control over a bank selling their mortgage to some other company, or a lender selling debt to a debt collection agency. +An axiom that is out of scope: the sponsee *will not* have any control over a sponsorship transfer. This is akin to a loanee having no control over a bank selling their mortgage to some other company, or a lender selling debt to a debt collection agency. -### 8.2. Signatures +### 14.2. Signatures Since a fee sponsorship must approve of the `Fee` field, and a reserve sponsorship must approve of a broad set of transaction fields, the sponsor must always sign the whole transaction. This also avoids needing to have different sponsorship processes for different sponsorship types. This includes the non-signature parts of the `Sponsor` object (`Sponsor.Account` and `Sponsor.Flags`). The same is true for the sponsee's transaction signature; the sponsee must approve of the sponsor and sponsorship type. A sponsor's `Signature` cannot be replayed or attached to a different transaction, since the whole transaction (including the `Account` and `Sequence` values) must be signed. -## 9. Invariants +## 15. Invariants An [invariant](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/consensus-protocol/invariant-checking/) is a statement, usually an equation, that must always be true for every valid ledger state on the XRPL. Invariant checks serve as a last line of defense against bugs; the `tecINVARIANT_FAILED` error is thrown if an invariant is violated (which ideally should never happen). -### 9.1. Tracking Owner Counts - +### 15.1. Tracking Owner Counts A transaction that creates a ledger object either increments an account's `OwnerCount` by 1 or increments two separate accounts' `SponsoringOwnerCount` and `SponsoredOwnerCount` by 1. The opposite happens when a ledger object is deleted. The equivalent also should happen with `SponsoringAccountCount`. -### 9.2. Balancing `SponsoredOwnerCount` and `SponsoringOwnerCount` - -$$ \sum*{accounts} Account.SponsoredOwnerCount = \sum*{accounts} Account.SponsoringOwnerCount $$ +### 15.2. Balancing `SponsoredOwnerCount` and `SponsoringOwnerCount` +$$ \sum_{accounts} Account.SponsoredOwnerCount = \sum_{accounts} Account.SponsoringOwnerCount $$ In other words, the sum of all accounts' `SponsoredOwnerCount`s must be equal to the sum of all accounts' `SponsoringOwnerCount`s. This ensures that every sponsored object is logged as being sponsored and also has a sponsor. -## 10. Example Flows +## 16. Example Flows Each example will show what the transaction will look like before **and** after both the sponsor and sponsee sign the transaction. The unsigned transaction must be autofilled before it is passed to the sponsor to sign. Tooling can be updated to handle combining the sponsor and sponsee signatures, similar to helper functions that already exist for multisigning. -### 10.1. Fee Sponsorship +### 16.1. Fee Sponsorship -#### 10.1.1. The Unsigned Transaction +#### 16.1.1. The Unsigned Transaction
@@ -449,10 +569,9 @@ The unsigned transaction must be autofilled before it is passed to the sponsor t } } ``` -
-#### 10.1.2. The Signed Transaction +#### 16.1.2. The Signed Transaction
@@ -474,14 +593,13 @@ The unsigned transaction must be autofilled before it is passed to the sponsor t SigningPubKey: "03A8D0093B0CD730F25E978BF414CA93084B3A2CBB290D5E0E312021ED2D2C1C8B", // rAccount's public key TxnSignature: "3045022100F2AAF90D8F9BB6C94C0C95BA31E320FC601C7BAFFF536CC07076A2833CB4C7FF02203F3C76EB34ABAD61A71CEBD42307169CDA65D9B3CA0EEE871210BEAB824E524B" ``` -
-### 10.2. Account Sponsorship +### 16.2. Account Sponsorship The only way an account can be created is via a `Payment` transaction. So the sponsor relationship must be initiated on the `Payment` transaction. -#### 10.2.1. The Unsigned Transaction +#### 16.2.1. The Unsigned Transaction
@@ -499,10 +617,9 @@ The only way an account can be created is via a `Payment` transaction. So the sp } } ``` -
-#### 10.2.2. The Signed Transaction +#### 16.2.2. The Signed Transaction
@@ -524,12 +641,11 @@ The only way an account can be created is via a `Payment` transaction. So the sp TxnSignature: "30440220245217F931FDA0C5E68B935ABB4920211D5B6182878583124DE4663B19F00BEC022070BE036264760551CF40E9DAFC8B84036FA70E7EE7257BB7E39AEB7354B2EB86" } ``` -
-### 10.3. Object Sponsorship +### 16.3. Object Sponsorship -#### 10.3.1. The Unsigned Transaction +#### 16.3.1. The Unsigned Transaction
@@ -546,10 +662,9 @@ The only way an account can be created is via a `Payment` transaction. So the sp } } ``` -
-#### 10.3.2. The Signed Transaction +#### 16.3.2. The Signed Transaction
@@ -570,20 +685,32 @@ The only way an account can be created is via a `Payment` transaction. So the sp TxnSignature: "3044022047CB72DA297B067C0E69045B7828AD660F8198A6FA03982E31CB6D27F0946DDE022055844EB63E3BFF7D9ABFB26645AA4D2502E143F4ABEE2DE57EB87A1E5426E010" } ``` -
- + * Maybe a second `Sponsor` field or something? +* How do we handle account creation? The actual account owner's signing keys aren't involved in that at all... Maybe just a new flag on the payment saying you'll pay the reserve for the account? +* Should it be `ReserveCount` or `ReserveAmount`? + * If `ReserveCount`, it can be decremented to keep track of how much is left. + * Pro: easier to reason about how much you're giving someone. + * Con: sponsors have to update the number if reserves increase and your cost-benefit analysis changes. + * If `ReserveAmount`, you'd need a separate "`OwnerCount`" field to keep track of how many objects the thing owns. And probably a flag for whether the account itself is sponsored. + * Pro: people are used to thinking in terms of XRP. + * Con: rippled math might get more complicated. You have to keep track of potential reserve sponsorships in two places (`Sponsorship` and `AccountRoot`) +* Should fee sponsorship allow for the existing fee paradigm that allows users to dip below the reserve? +* Should there be a "max XRP per transaction" field in `Sponsorship`? +* If a transaction doesn't take a fee (first `SetRegularKey`) or doesn't increase reserve (e.g. `AccountDelete`), and is sponsored, should that transaction fail or succeed. +* Should the `Sponsorship` hold the XRP or pull from the `SponsorAccount`'s account? +* Should we allow sponsorship of creating another account? e.g. Account A is sponsored by Sponsor, A creates B, does Sponsor also sponsor B or does this fail if A doesn't have the funds to create B? +* Should `account_sponsoring` be Clio-only? # Appendix @@ -603,37 +730,31 @@ If a sponsored object is deleted (either due to normal object deletion processes ### A.3: What if a sponsor that is sponsoring a few objects wants to delete their account? -An account cannot be deleted if it is sponsoring **any** existing accounts or objects. They will need to either delete those objects (by asking the owner to do so) or use the `SponsorTransfer` transaction to relinquish control of them. +An account cannot be deleted if it is sponsoring **any** existing accounts or objects. They will need to either delete those objects (by asking the owner to do so, as they cannot do so directly) or use the `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction to relinquish control of them. ### A.4: Does a sponsor have any powers over an object they pay the reserve for? I.e. can they delete the object? -No. If a sponsor no longer wants to support an object, they can always use the `SponsorTransfer` transaction instead. - - +No. If a sponsor no longer wants to support an object, they can always use the `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction instead to transfer the reserve burden back to the sponsee. ### A.5: What if a sponsee refuses to delete their account when a sponsor wants to stop supporting their account? -The sponsor will have the standard problem of trying to get ahold of a debtor to make them pay. They may be able to use `SponsorTransfer` transaction to put the onus on the sponsee, though the sponsee would need to have enough XRP in their account to cover the reserve. +The sponsor will have the standard problem of trying to get ahold of a debtor to make them pay. They may use the `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction to put the onus on the sponsee. If the sponsee does not have enough XRP to cover the reserve for those objects, they will not be able to create any more objects until they do so. -### A.6: What happens if the sponsor tries to `SponsorTransfer` but the sponsee doesn't have enough funds to cover the reserve? +### A.6: What happens if the sponsor tries to `SponsorshipTransfer` but the sponsee doesn't have enough funds to cover the reserve? -If the sponsor really needs to get out of the sponsor relationship ASAP without recouping the value of the reserve, they can pay the sponsee the amount of XRP they need to cover the reserve. These steps can be executed atomically via a [Batch transaction](https://github.com/XRPLF/XRPL-Standards/discussions/162), to ensure that the sponsee can't do something else with the funds before the `SponsorTransfer` transaction is validated. +If the sponsor really needs to get out of the sponsor relationship ASAP without recouping the value of the reserve, they can pay the sponsee the amount of XRP they need to cover the reserve. These steps can be executed atomically via a [Batch transaction](https://github.com/XRPLF/XRPL-Standards/tree/master/XLS-0056-batch), to ensure that the sponsee can't do something else with the funds before the `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction is validated. ### A.7: Would sponsored accounts carry a lower reserve? -No, they would still carry a reserve of 10 XRP at current levels. +No, they would still carry a reserve of 1 XRP at current levels. ### A.8: Can an existing unsponsored ledger object/account be sponsored? -Yes, with the `SponsorTransfer` transaction. +Yes, with the `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction. ### A.9: Can a sponsored account be a sponsor for other accounts/objects? -No. +Yes, though they will have to use their own XRP for this (not from another sponsor). ### A.10: Can a sponsored account hold unsponsored objects, or objects sponsored by a different sponsor? @@ -651,17 +772,17 @@ This is something that good tooling can solve. It could work similarly to how mu See Appendix B for the alternate designs that were considered and why this one was preferred. If you have another one in mind, please describe it in the comments and we can discuss. -### A.14: How is this account sponsorship model different from/better than [XLS-23d, Lite Accounts](https://github.com/XRPLF/XRPL-Standards/discussions/56)? +### A.14: How is this account sponsorship model different from/better than [XLS-23d, Lite Accounts](https://github.com/XRPLF/XRPL-Standards/tree/master/XLS-0023-lite-accounts)? -- Sponsored accounts do not have any restrictions, and can hold objects. -- Sponsored accounts require the same reserve as a normal account (this was one of the objections to the Lite Account proposal). -- Lite accounts can be deleted by their sponsor. +* Sponsored accounts do not have any restrictions, and can hold objects. +* Sponsored accounts require the same reserve as a normal account (this was one of the objections to the Lite Account proposal). +* Lite accounts can be deleted by their sponsor. ### A.15: How will this work for objects like trustlines, where multiple accounts might be holding reserves for it? The answer to this question is still being explored. One possible solution is to add a second field, `Sponsor2`, to handle the other reserve. -### A.16: How does this proposal work in conjunction with [XLS-49d](https://github.com/XRPLF/XRPL-Standards/discussions/144)? What signer list(s) have the power to sponsor fees or reserves? +### A.16: How does this proposal work in conjunction with [XLS-49d](https://github.com/XRPLF/XRPL-Standards/tree/master/XLS-0049-multiple-signer-lists)? What signer list(s) have the power to sponsor fees or reserves? Currently, only the global signer list is supported. Another `SignerListID` value could be added to support sponsorship. Transaction values can only go up to $2^{16}$, since the `TransactionType` field is a `UInt16`, but the `SignerListID` field goes up to $2^{32}$, so there is room in the design for additional values that do not correlate to a specific transaction type. @@ -671,7 +792,7 @@ Currently, only the global signer list is supported. Another `SignerListID` valu This design involved updating `AccountSet` to allow users to add a `Sponsor` to their account (with a signature from the sponsor as well). The sponsor would then sponsor every object from that account while the field was active, and either the sponsor or the account could remove the sponsorship at any time. -This was a previous version of the spec, but it made more sense for the relationship to be specific to a transaction/transactions, to prevent abuse (the sponsor should decide what objects they want to support and what objects they don't want to support). +This was a previous version of the spec, but it made more sense for the relationship to be specific to a specific transaction(s), to prevent abuse (the sponsor should decide what objects they want to support and what objects they don't want to support). The current design also supports having different sponsors for different objects, which allows users to use a broad set of services and platforms, instead of being locked into one. @@ -681,7 +802,7 @@ The current design also supports having different sponsors for different objects There would be a wrapper transaction (tentatively named `Relay`), similar to `Batch` in [XLS-56d](https://github.com/XRPLF/XRPL-Standards/discussions/162), that the sponsor would sign. It would contain a sub-transaction from the sponsee. -It would look something like this: +It would look something like this: |FieldName | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | |:---------|:-----------|:---------------|:------------| |`TransactionType`|✔️|`string`|`UInt16`| From c130e00f35129423610179bbff46e5401e43e557 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mayukha Vadari Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 11:46:00 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 02/22] XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md updated from https://stackedit.io/ From d5ce5a0934e430241be96e5a4f7b4596f5af43c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mayukha Vadari Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 11:57:35 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 03/22] XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md updated from https://stackedit.io/ --- XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md index 4143ac68..5afc9805 100644 --- a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md +++ b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md @@ -588,10 +588,10 @@ The unsigned transaction must be autofilled before it is passed to the sponsor t Flags: 1, SigningPubKey: "03072BBE5F93D4906FC31A690A2C269F2B9A56D60DA9C2C6C0D88FB51B644C6F94", // rSponsor's public key Signature: "3045022100C15AFB7C0C4F5EDFEC4667B292DAB165B96DAF3FFA6C7BBB3361E9EE19E04BC70220106C04B90185B67DB2C67864EB0A11AE6FB62280588954C6E4D9C1EF3710904D" - } -}, -SigningPubKey: "03A8D0093B0CD730F25E978BF414CA93084B3A2CBB290D5E0E312021ED2D2C1C8B", // rAccount's public key -TxnSignature: "3045022100F2AAF90D8F9BB6C94C0C95BA31E320FC601C7BAFFF536CC07076A2833CB4C7FF02203F3C76EB34ABAD61A71CEBD42307169CDA65D9B3CA0EEE871210BEAB824E524B" + }, + SigningPubKey: "03A8D0093B0CD730F25E978BF414CA93084B3A2CBB290D5E0E312021ED2D2C1C8B", // rAccount's public key + TxnSignature: "3045022100F2AAF90D8F9BB6C94C0C95BA31E320FC601C7BAFFF536CC07076A2833CB4C7FF02203F3C76EB34ABAD61A71CEBD42307169CDA65D9B3CA0EEE871210BEAB824E524B" +} ``` From 97cf0ac05b6a364eeecbecaf73d1f8851a76391f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mayukha Vadari Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:30:12 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 04/22] XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md updated from https://stackedit.io/ --- .../README.md | 46 ++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md index 5afc9805..cfec1791 100644 --- a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md +++ b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md @@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ This feature will require an amendment, tentatively titled `Sponsor`. * **Sponsor**: The account that is covering the reserve or paying the transaction fee on behalf of another account. * **Sponsee**: The account that the sponsor is paying a transaction fee or reserve on behalf of. * **Owner**: The account that owns a given object (or the account itself). This is often the same as the sponsee. -* **Sponsored account**: An account that a sponsor is covering the reserve for (currently priced at 10 XRP). -* **Sponsored object**: A non-account ledger object that a sponsor is covering the reserve for (currently priced at 2 XRP). +* **Sponsored account**: An account that a sponsor is covering the reserve for (currently priced at 1 XRP). +* **Sponsored object**: A non-account ledger object that a sponsor is covering the reserve for (currently priced at 0.2 XRP). * **Sponsor relationship**: The relationship between a sponsor and sponsee. * **Sponsorship type**: The "type" of sponsorship - sponsoring transaction fees vs. sponsoring reserves. @@ -110,7 +110,10 @@ We propose this additional field: ### 4.1. Object ID -The object ID for a `Sponsorship` object will be the space key (defined during implementation), plus the `Sponsor` and `Sponsee` accounts, hashed together. +The key of the `Sponsorship` object is the result of [`SHA512-Half`](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/data-types/basic-data-types/#hashes) of the following values concatenated in order: +* The `Sponsorship` space key (defined during implementation) +* The `AccountID` of the `Sponsor` +* The `AccountID` of the `Sponsee` ### 4.2. Fields @@ -127,8 +130,10 @@ The object ID for a `Sponsorship` object will be the space key (defined during i There are two flags on this object: -* `lsfRequireSignatureForFee`: Every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. -* `lsfRequireSignatureForReserve`: Every use of this sponsor for sponsoring reserves requires a signature from the sponsor. +| Flag Name | Flag Value | Modifiable? | Description | +| ----------------- | :----------: | :---------: | :------------------------------------------: | +| `lsfSponsorshipRequireSignForFee` | `0x00010000` | Yes | If set, indicates that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. | +| `lsfSponsorshipRequireSignForReserve` | `0x00020000` | Yes | If set, indicates that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. | ### 4.4. Ownership @@ -144,7 +149,7 @@ This object will be deleted any time the `FeeAmount` and `ReserveCount` are both ### 4.7. Invariant Checks -* At least one of `FeeAmount` and `ReserveCount` is nonzero +* `FeeAmount` >= 0 || `ReserveCount` >= 0 * `SponsorAccount` != `Sponsee` * `FeeAmount` is nonnegative and denominated in XRP @@ -257,8 +262,11 @@ This field **will** be a signing field (it will be included in transaction signa The `Flags` field allows the user to specify which sponsorship type(s) they wish to participate in. At least one flag **must** be specified if the `Sponsor` field is included in a transaction. There are two flag values that are supported: -* `0x00000001`: `tfSponsorFee`, sponsoring (paying for) the fee of the transaction. -* `0x00000002`: `tfSponsorReserve`, sponsoring the reserve for any objects created in the transaction. + +| Flag Name | Flag Value | Description | +| ----------------- | :----------: | :------------------------------------------: | +| `tfSponsorFee` | `0x00000001` | Sponsoring (paying for) the fee of the transaction. | +| `tfSponsorReserve` | `0x00000002` | Sponsoring the reserve for any objects created in the transaction. | This field **will** be a signing field (it will be included in transaction signatures). @@ -315,7 +323,7 @@ All transactions (other than pseudo-transactions) may use the `tfSponsorFee` fla However, some transactions will not support the `tfSponsorReserve` flag. * [`Batch` transactions](https://github.com/XRPLF/XRPL-Standards/tree/master/XLS-0056-batch) - * It doesn't make any sense for `Batch` to support that flag. The inner transactions should use `tfSponsorReserve` instead. + * `Batch` does not create any objects on its own, and therefore its use in the outer transaction would be confusing, as users may think that that means that all inner transactions are sponsored. The inner transactions should use `tfSponsorReserve` instead. * All pseudo-transactions (currently `EnableAmendment`, `SetFee`, and `UNLModify`) * The reserves for those objects are covered by the network, not by any one account. @@ -339,6 +347,8 @@ The `SponsoredOwnerCount`, `SponsoringOwnerCount`, and `SponsoringAccountCount` ## 7. Transaction: `SponsorshipSet` +This transaction creates and updates the `Sponsorship` object. + ### 7.1. Fields | Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | @@ -349,16 +359,28 @@ The `SponsoredOwnerCount`, `SponsoringOwnerCount`, and `SponsoringAccountCount` |`ReserveCount`| |`number`|`UInt32`| The (remaining) amount of reserves that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use.| ### 7.2. Flags -same as Sponsorship object + +| Flag Name | Flag Value | Description | +| --------- | ---------- | ----------- | +| `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForFee` | `0x00010000` | Adds the restriction that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. | +| `tfSponsorshipClearRequireSignForFee` | `0x00020000` | Removes the restriction that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. | +| `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForReserve` | `0x00040000` | Adds the restriction every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. | +| `tfSponsorshipClearRequireSignForReserve` | `0x00080000` | Removes the restriction every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. | +| `tfDeleteObject` | `0x00100000` | Removes the ledger object. | ### 7.2. Failure Conditions * `tx.Account` is not equal to either `tx.SponsorAccount` or `tx.Sponsee` +* If `tfDeleteObject` is provided: + * `FeeAmount` is specified + * `ReserveCount` is specified + * `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForFee` is enabled + * `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForReserve` is enabled ### 7.3. State Changes -* If the object already exists, the amounts are increased by the amounts indicated. +* If the object already exists, `Sponsorship.Amount += tx.FeeAmount` and `Sponsorship.ReserveCount += tx.ReserveCount`. * If the object doesn't exist, it will be created. -* If the `tfDeleteObject` flag is used, it will delete the object (the amount/count fields must not be specified in this case). All funds remaining in the object will be sent back to the `SponsorAccount`. +* If the `tfDeleteObject` flag is used, it will delete the object. All funds remaining in the object will be sent back to the `SponsorAccount`. * Both sponsor and sponsee can delete the object. * Existing sponsored objects/accounts will need to go through the `SponsorshipTransfer` process. From d2ee3ac4462c4d01e668693a1fb9a6d7102b3cf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mayukha Vadari Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:31:30 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 05/22] XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md updated from https://stackedit.io/ --- .../README.md | 429 ++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 228 insertions(+), 201 deletions(-) diff --git a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md index cfec1791..b3f7ac28 100644 --- a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md +++ b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md @@ -29,12 +29,13 @@ Accounts can include signatures from sponsors in their transactions that will al Sponsors can also pre-fund fees or reserves, if they do not want to deal with the burden of co-signing every sponsored transaction. We propose: -* Creating the `Sponsorship` ledger entry -* Modifying the `AccountRoot` ledger entry -* Creating the `SponsorshipSet` transaction type -* Creating the `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction type -* Modifying the `AccountDelete` transaction type (behavior only, not fields) -* Adding two additional granular permissions (`SponsorFee`, `SponsorReserve`) + +- Creating the `Sponsorship` ledger entry +- Modifying the `AccountRoot` ledger entry +- Creating the `SponsorshipSet` transaction type +- Creating the `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction type +- Modifying the `AccountDelete` transaction type (behavior only, not fields) +- Adding two additional granular permissions (`SponsorFee`, `SponsorReserve`) The common fields for all ledger objects and all transactions will also be modified. @@ -44,33 +45,33 @@ This feature will require an amendment, tentatively titled `Sponsor`. ### 2.1. Terminology -* **Sponsor**: The account that is covering the reserve or paying the transaction fee on behalf of another account. -* **Sponsee**: The account that the sponsor is paying a transaction fee or reserve on behalf of. -* **Owner**: The account that owns a given object (or the account itself). This is often the same as the sponsee. -* **Sponsored account**: An account that a sponsor is covering the reserve for (currently priced at 1 XRP). -* **Sponsored object**: A non-account ledger object that a sponsor is covering the reserve for (currently priced at 0.2 XRP). -* **Sponsor relationship**: The relationship between a sponsor and sponsee. -* **Sponsorship type**: The "type" of sponsorship - sponsoring transaction fees vs. sponsoring reserves. +- **Sponsor**: The account that is covering the reserve or paying the transaction fee on behalf of another account. +- **Sponsee**: The account that the sponsor is paying a transaction fee or reserve on behalf of. +- **Owner**: The account that owns a given object (or the account itself). This is often the same as the sponsee. +- **Sponsored account**: An account that a sponsor is covering the reserve for (currently priced at 1 XRP). +- **Sponsored object**: A non-account ledger object that a sponsor is covering the reserve for (currently priced at 0.2 XRP). +- **Sponsor relationship**: The relationship between a sponsor and sponsee. +- **Sponsorship type**: The "type" of sponsorship - sponsoring transaction fees vs. sponsoring reserves. ### 2.2. The Sponsorship Flow (Not Pre-Funded) In this scenario, the sponsor, Spencer, wants to pay the transaction fee and/or reserve for the sponsee Alice's transaction. -* Alice constructs her transaction and autofills it (so that all fields, including the fee and sequence number, are included in the transaction). She adds Spencer's account and sponsorship type to the transaction as well. -* Spencer signs the transaction and provides his signature to Alice. -* Alice adds Spencer's public key and signature to her transaction. -* Alice signs and submits her transaction as normal. +- Alice constructs her transaction and autofills it (so that all fields, including the fee and sequence number, are included in the transaction). She adds Spencer's account and sponsorship type to the transaction as well. +- Spencer signs the transaction and provides his signature to Alice. +- Alice adds Spencer's public key and signature to her transaction. +- Alice signs and submits her transaction as normal. ### 2.3. The Sponsorship Flow (Pre-Funded) In this scenario, the sponsor, Spencer, wants to pay the transaction fee and/or reserve for the sponsee Alice's transaction, but would prefer to pre-fund the XRP necessary, so that he does not have to co-sign every single one of Alice's transactions. -* Spencer submits a transaction to initialize the sponsorship relationship and pre-fund Alice's sponsorship (note: these funds are not sent directly to Alice. She may only use the allocated funds for fees and reserves, and these are separate buckets). - * Alice does not need to do anything to accept this. -* Alice constructs her transaction and autofills it (so that all fields, including the fee and sequence number, are included in the transaction). She adds Spencer's account and sponsorship type to the transaction as well. -* Alice signs and submits her transaction as normal. +- Spencer submits a transaction to initialize the sponsorship relationship and pre-fund Alice's sponsorship (note: these funds are not sent directly to Alice. She may only use the allocated funds for fees and reserves, and these are separate buckets). + - Alice does not need to do anything to accept this. +- Alice constructs her transaction and autofills it (so that all fields, including the fee and sequence number, are included in the transaction). She adds Spencer's account and sponsorship type to the transaction as well. +- Alice signs and submits her transaction as normal. -*Note that Spencer does not need to be a part of Alice's signing and submission flow in this example.* +_Note that Spencer does not need to be a part of Alice's signing and submission flow in this example._ ### 2.4. Recouping a Sponsored Object Reserve @@ -83,8 +84,9 @@ Spencer can submit a `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction, which allows him to pass In this scenario, the sponsor, Spencer, would like to retrieve his reserve from sponsoring Alice's account. There are two ways in which he could do this: -* If Alice is done using her account, she can submit an `AccountDelete` transaction, which will send all remaining funds in the account back to Spencer. -* If Alice would like to keep using her account, or would like to switch to a different provider, she (or Spencer) can submit a `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction to either remove sponsorship or transfer it to the new provider. + +- If Alice is done using her account, she can submit an `AccountDelete` transaction, which will send all remaining funds in the account back to Spencer. +- If Alice would like to keep using her account, or would like to switch to a different provider, she (or Spencer) can submit a `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction to either remove sponsorship or transfer it to the new provider. ## 3. Ledger Entries: Common Fields @@ -92,10 +94,10 @@ There are two ways in which he could do this: As a reference, here are the fields that all ledger objects currently have: -| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | -|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|-------------| -|`LedgerEntryType`| ✔️| ✔️|N/A|`string`|`UInt16`| -|`Flags`| ✔️| ✔️|N/A|`number`|`UInt16`| +| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | +| ----------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | --------- | ------------- | ----------- | +| `LedgerEntryType` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string` | `UInt16` | +| `Flags` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `number` | `UInt16` | We propose this additional field: | Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | @@ -106,34 +108,35 @@ We propose this additional field: `Sponsorship` is an object that reflects a sponsoring relationship between two accounts, `SponsorAccount` and `Sponsee`. This allows sponsors to "pre-fund" sponsees, if they so desire. -*Note: this object does not need to be created in order to sponsor accounts. It is an offered convenience, so that sponsors do not have to co-sign every sponsored transaction if they don't want to, especially for transaction fees. It also allows them to set a maximum balance even if they still want to co-sign transactions.* +_Note: this object does not need to be created in order to sponsor accounts. It is an offered convenience, so that sponsors do not have to co-sign every sponsored transaction if they don't want to, especially for transaction fees. It also allows them to set a maximum balance even if they still want to co-sign transactions._ ### 4.1. Object ID The key of the `Sponsorship` object is the result of [`SHA512-Half`](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/data-types/basic-data-types/#hashes) of the following values concatenated in order: -* The `Sponsorship` space key (defined during implementation) -* The `AccountID` of the `Sponsor` -* The `AccountID` of the `Sponsee` + +- The `Sponsorship` space key (defined during implementation) +- The `AccountID` of the `Sponsor` +- The `AccountID` of the `Sponsee` ### 4.2. Fields -| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | -|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|-------------| -|`SponsorAccount`|✔️ |✔️ | N/A |`string`|`AccountID`|The sponsor associated with this relationship. This account also pays for the reserve of this object.| -|`Sponsee`|✔️ |✔️ | N/A |`string`|`AccountID`|The sponsee associated with this relationship.| -|`SponsorNode`|✔️ |✔️| N/A |`string`|`UInt64`|A hint indicating which page of the sponsor's owner directory links to this object, in case the directory consists of multiple pages.| -|`SponseeNode`|✔️ |✔️| N/A |`string`|`UInt64`|A hint indicating which page of the sponsee's owner directory links to this object, in case the directory consists of multiple pages.| -|`FeeAmount`| | | `0` |`string`|`Amount`| The (remaining) amount of XRP that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for fees.| -|`ReserveCount`| | | `0` |`string`|`UInt32`| The (remaining) number of `OwnerCount` that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for reserves.| +| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | +| ---------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | +| `SponsorAccount` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string` | `AccountID` | The sponsor associated with this relationship. This account also pays for the reserve of this object. | +| `Sponsee` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string` | `AccountID` | The sponsee associated with this relationship. | +| `SponsorNode` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string` | `UInt64` | A hint indicating which page of the sponsor's owner directory links to this object, in case the directory consists of multiple pages. | +| `SponseeNode` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string` | `UInt64` | A hint indicating which page of the sponsee's owner directory links to this object, in case the directory consists of multiple pages. | +| `FeeAmount` | | | `0` | `string` | `Amount` | The (remaining) amount of XRP that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for fees. | +| `ReserveCount` | | | `0` | `string` | `UInt32` | The (remaining) number of `OwnerCount` that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for reserves. | ### 4.3. Flags There are two flags on this object: -| Flag Name | Flag Value | Modifiable? | Description | -| ----------------- | :----------: | :---------: | :------------------------------------------: | -| `lsfSponsorshipRequireSignForFee` | `0x00010000` | Yes | If set, indicates that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. | -| `lsfSponsorshipRequireSignForReserve` | `0x00020000` | Yes | If set, indicates that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. | +| Flag Name | Flag Value | Modifiable? | Description | +| ------------------------------------- | :----------: | :---------: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | +| `lsfSponsorshipRequireSignForFee` | `0x00010000` | Yes | If set, indicates that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. | +| `lsfSponsorshipRequireSignForReserve` | `0x00020000` | Yes | If set, indicates that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. | ### 4.4. Ownership @@ -149,9 +152,9 @@ This object will be deleted any time the `FeeAmount` and `ReserveCount` are both ### 4.7. Invariant Checks -* `FeeAmount` >= 0 || `ReserveCount` >= 0 -* `SponsorAccount` != `Sponsee` -* `FeeAmount` is nonnegative and denominated in XRP +- `FeeAmount` >= 0 || `ReserveCount` >= 0 +- `SponsorAccount` != `Sponsee` +- `FeeAmount` is nonnegative and denominated in XRP ### 4.8. RPC Name @@ -165,32 +168,34 @@ The `snake_case` form of the ledger object name is `sponsorship`. As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/ledger-data/ledger-entry-types/accountroot/#accountroot-fields) are the fields that the `AccountRoot` ledger object currently has. + -| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | -|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|-------------| -|`Account`|✔️ |✔️ |N/A|`string`|`AccountID`|The identifying (classic) address of this account.| -|`AccountTxnID`| | |N/A|`string`|`Hash256`|The identifying hash of the transaction most recently sent by this account.| -|`AMMID`|✔️ | |N/A|`string`|`Hash256`|The ledger entry ID of the corresponding AMM ledger entry, if this is an AMM pseudo-account.| -|`Balance`| | |N/A|`string`|`Amount`|The account's current XRP balance.| -|`BurnedNFTokens`| | |`0`|`number`|`UInt32`| How many total of this account's issued NFTs have been burned.| -|`Domain`| | |N/A|`string`|`Blob`|A domain associated with this account.| -|`EmailHash`| | |N/A|`string`|`Hash128`|The md5 hash of an email address.| -|`FirstNFTokenSequence`|✔️ | |N/A|`number`|`UInt32`|The account's Sequence Number at the time it minted its first non-fungible-token.| -|`LedgerEntryType`|✔️ |✔️ |N/A|`string`|`UInt16`|The value `0x0061`, mapped to the string `AccountRoot`, indicates that this is an `AccountRoot `object.| -|`MessageKey`| | |N/A|`string`|`Blob`|A public key that may be used to send encrypted messages to this account.| -|`MintedNFTokens`| | |`0`|`number`|`UInt32`|How many total non-fungible tokens have been minted by/on behalf of this account.| -|`NFTokenMinter`| | |N/A|`string`|`AccountID`|Another account that can mint NFTs on behalf of this account.| -|`OwnerCount`| |✔️ |N/A|`number`|`UInt32`|The number of objects this account owns in the ledger, which contributes to its owner reserve.| -|`PreviousTxnID`| |✔️ |N/A|`string`|`Hash256`|The identifying hash of the transaction that most recently modified this object.| -|`PreviousTxnLgrSeq`| |✔️ |N/A|`number`|`UInt32`|The ledger index that contains the transaction that most recently modified this object.| -|`RegularKey`| | |N/A|`string`|`AccountID`|The address of a key pair that can be used to sign transactions for this account instead of the master key.| -|`Sequence`| |✔️ |N/A|`number`|`UInt32`|The [sequence number](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/data-types/basic-data-types/#account-sequence) of the next valid transaction for this account.| -|`TicketCount`| | |N/A|`number`|`UInt32`|How many Tickets this account owns in the ledger.| -|`TickSize`| | |N/A|`number`|`UInt8`|[How many significant digits to use for exchange rates of Offers involving currencies issued by this address.](https://xrpl.org/resources/known-amendments/#ticksize)| -|`TransferRate`| | |N/A|`number`|`UInt32`|A [transfer fee](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/tokens/transfer-fees/) to charge other users for sending currency issued by this account to each other.| -|`WalletLocator`| | |N/A|`string`|`Hash256`|An arbitrary 256-bit value that users can set.| -|`WalletSize`| | |N/A|`number`|`UInt32`|Unused.| +| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | +| ---------------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | --------- | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | +| `Account` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string` | `AccountID` | The identifying (classic) address of this account. | +| `AccountTxnID` | | | N/A | `string` | `Hash256` | The identifying hash of the transaction most recently sent by this account. | +| `AMMID` | ✔️ | | N/A | `string` | `Hash256` | The ledger entry ID of the corresponding AMM ledger entry, if this is an AMM pseudo-account. | +| `Balance` | | | N/A | `string` | `Amount` | The account's current XRP balance. | +| `BurnedNFTokens` | | | `0` | `number` | `UInt32` | How many total of this account's issued NFTs have been burned. | +| `Domain` | | | N/A | `string` | `Blob` | A domain associated with this account. | +| `EmailHash` | | | N/A | `string` | `Hash128` | The md5 hash of an email address. | +| `FirstNFTokenSequence` | ✔️ | | N/A | `number` | `UInt32` | The account's Sequence Number at the time it minted its first non-fungible-token. | +| `LedgerEntryType` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string` | `UInt16` | The value `0x0061`, mapped to the string `AccountRoot`, indicates that this is an `AccountRoot `object. | +| `MessageKey` | | | N/A | `string` | `Blob` | A public key that may be used to send encrypted messages to this account. | +| `MintedNFTokens` | | | `0` | `number` | `UInt32` | How many total non-fungible tokens have been minted by/on behalf of this account. | +| `NFTokenMinter` | | | N/A | `string` | `AccountID` | Another account that can mint NFTs on behalf of this account. | +| `OwnerCount` | | ✔️ | N/A | `number` | `UInt32` | The number of objects this account owns in the ledger, which contributes to its owner reserve. | +| `PreviousTxnID` | | ✔️ | N/A | `string` | `Hash256` | The identifying hash of the transaction that most recently modified this object. | +| `PreviousTxnLgrSeq` | | ✔️ | N/A | `number` | `UInt32` | The ledger index that contains the transaction that most recently modified this object. | +| `RegularKey` | | | N/A | `string` | `AccountID` | The address of a key pair that can be used to sign transactions for this account instead of the master key. | +| `Sequence` | | ✔️ | N/A | `number` | `UInt32` | The [sequence number](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/data-types/basic-data-types/#account-sequence) of the next valid transaction for this account. | +| `TicketCount` | | | N/A | `number` | `UInt32` | How many Tickets this account owns in the ledger. | +| `TickSize` | | | N/A | `number` | `UInt8` | [How many significant digits to use for exchange rates of Offers involving currencies issued by this address.](https://xrpl.org/resources/known-amendments/#ticksize) | +| `TransferRate` | | | N/A | `number` | `UInt32` | A [transfer fee](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/tokens/transfer-fees/) to charge other users for sending currency issued by this account to each other. | +| `WalletLocator` | | | N/A | `string` | `Hash256` | An arbitrary 256-bit value that users can set. | +| `WalletSize` | | | N/A | `number` | `UInt32` | Unused. | + We propose these additional fields: @@ -207,21 +212,23 @@ The `SponsorAccount` field is already added in the ledger common fields (see sec This field is included if the account was created with a sponsor paying its account reserve. If this sponsored account is deleted, the destination of the `AccountDelete` transaction must equal `SponsorAccount`, so that the sponsor can recoup their fees. -*Note: The `Destination` field of `AccountDelete` will still work as-is if the account is not sponsored, where it can be set to any account.* +_Note: The `Destination` field of `AccountDelete` will still work as-is if the account is not sponsored, where it can be set to any account._ ### 5.2. Account Reserve Calculation The existing reserve calculation is: -$$ acctReserve + objReserve * acct.OwnerCount $$ +$$ acctReserve + objReserve \* acct.OwnerCount $$ The total account reserve should now be calculated as: -$$ \displaylines{ +$$ +\displaylines{ (acct.SponsorAccount \text{ ? } 0 : acctReserve) + \\ objReserve * (acct.OwnerCount + acct.SponsoringOwnerCount - acct.SponsoredOwnerCount) + \\ acctReserve * acct.SponsoringAccountCount -} $$ +} +$$ ## 6. Transactions: Common Fields @@ -233,9 +240,9 @@ As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/co We propose these modifications: -| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | -|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|---------------| -|`Sponsor`| |`object`|`STObject`| This field contains all the information for the sponsorship happening in the transaction. It is included if the transaction is fee- and/or reserve-sponsored. +| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | +| ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | +| `Sponsor` | | `object` | `STObject` | This field contains all the information for the sponsorship happening in the transaction. It is included if the transaction is fee- and/or reserve-sponsored. | #### 6.1.1. `Sponsor` @@ -243,13 +250,13 @@ The `Sponsor` inner object contains all of the information for the sponsorship h The fields contained in this object are: -| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | -|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------| -|`SponsorAccount`|✔️|`string`|`AccountID`| The sponsoring account.| -|`Flags`| ✔️|`number`|`UInt16`| Flags on the sponsorship, indicating what type of sponsorship this is (fee vs. reserve).| -|`SigningPubKey`| |`string`|`STBlob`|The `SigningPubKey` for `SponsorAccount`, if single-signing.| -|`Signature`| |`string`|`STBlob`| A signature of the transaction from the sponsor, to indicate their approval of this transaction, if single-signing. All signing fields must be included in the signature, including `Sponsor.SponsorAccount` and `Sponsor.Flags`.| -|`Signers`| |`array`|`STArray`|An array of signatures of the transaction from the sponsor's signers to indicate their approval of this transaction, if the sponsor is multi-signing. All signing fields must be included, including `Sponsor.SponsorAccount` and `Sponsor.Flags`.| +| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | +| ---------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | +| `SponsorAccount` | ✔️ | `string` | `AccountID` | The sponsoring account. | +| `Flags` | ✔️ | `number` | `UInt16` | Flags on the sponsorship, indicating what type of sponsorship this is (fee vs. reserve). | +| `SigningPubKey` | | `string` | `STBlob` | The `SigningPubKey` for `SponsorAccount`, if single-signing. | +| `Signature` | | `string` | `STBlob` | A signature of the transaction from the sponsor, to indicate their approval of this transaction, if single-signing. All signing fields must be included in the signature, including `Sponsor.SponsorAccount` and `Sponsor.Flags`. | +| `Signers` | | `array` | `STArray` | An array of signatures of the transaction from the sponsor's signers to indicate their approval of this transaction, if the sponsor is multi-signing. All signing fields must be included, including `Sponsor.SponsorAccount` and `Sponsor.Flags`. | ##### 6.1.1.1. `Account` @@ -263,9 +270,9 @@ The `Flags` field allows the user to specify which sponsorship type(s) they wish There are two flag values that are supported: -| Flag Name | Flag Value | Description | -| ----------------- | :----------: | :------------------------------------------: | -| `tfSponsorFee` | `0x00000001` | Sponsoring (paying for) the fee of the transaction. | +| Flag Name | Flag Value | Description | +| ------------------ | :----------: | :----------------------------------------------------------------: | +| `tfSponsorFee` | `0x00000001` | Sponsoring (paying for) the fee of the transaction. | | `tfSponsorReserve` | `0x00000002` | Sponsoring the reserve for any objects created in the transaction. | This field **will** be a signing field (it will be included in transaction signatures). @@ -289,32 +296,39 @@ Either `SigningPubKey`+`Signature` or `Signers` must be included in the transact ### 6.3. Failure Conditions #### 6.3.1. General Failures -* `Sponsor.Signature` is invalid. -* `Sponsor.Signers` is invalid (the signer list isn't on the account, quorum isn't reached, or signature(s) are invalid). -* The `SponsorAccount` doesn't exist on the ledger. -* An invalid sponsorship flag is used. -* `Sponsor.SigningPubKey`, `Sponsor.Signature`, and `Sponsor.Signers` are all included (or other incorrect combinations of signing fields). + +- `Sponsor.Signature` is invalid. +- `Sponsor.Signers` is invalid (the signer list isn't on the account, quorum isn't reached, or signature(s) are invalid). +- The `SponsorAccount` doesn't exist on the ledger. +- An invalid sponsorship flag is used. +- `Sponsor.SigningPubKey`, `Sponsor.Signature`, and `Sponsor.Signers` are all included (or other incorrect combinations of signing fields). #### 6.3.2. Fee Sponsorship Failures -* The sponsor does not have enough XRP to cover the sponsored transaction fee (`telINSUF_FEE_P`) + +- The sponsor does not have enough XRP to cover the sponsored transaction fee (`telINSUF_FEE_P`) If a `Sponsorship` object exists: -* The `lsfRequireSignatureForFee` flag is enabled and there is no sponsor signature included. -* There is not enough XRP in the `FeeAmount` to pay for the transaction. + +- The `lsfRequireSignatureForFee` flag is enabled and there is no sponsor signature included. +- There is not enough XRP in the `FeeAmount` to pay for the transaction. If a `Sponsorship` object does not exist: -* There is no sponsor signature included. + +- There is no sponsor signature included. #### 6.3.3. Reserve Sponsorship Failures -* The sponsor does not have enough XRP to cover the reserve (`tecINSUFFICIENT_RESERVE`) -* The transaction does not support reserve sponsorship (see section 6.3.4) + +- The sponsor does not have enough XRP to cover the reserve (`tecINSUFFICIENT_RESERVE`) +- The transaction does not support reserve sponsorship (see section 6.3.4) If a `Sponsorship` object exists: -* The `lsfRequireSignatureForReserve` flag is enabled and there is no sponsor signature included. -* There is not enough remaining count in the `ReserveCount` to pay for the transaction. + +- The `lsfRequireSignatureForReserve` flag is enabled and there is no sponsor signature included. +- There is not enough remaining count in the `ReserveCount` to pay for the transaction. If a `Sponsorship` object does not exist: -* There is no sponsor signature included. + +- There is no sponsor signature included. #### 6.3.4. Transactions that cannot be sponsored @@ -322,21 +336,23 @@ All transactions (other than pseudo-transactions) may use the `tfSponsorFee` fla However, some transactions will not support the `tfSponsorReserve` flag. -* [`Batch` transactions](https://github.com/XRPLF/XRPL-Standards/tree/master/XLS-0056-batch) - * `Batch` does not create any objects on its own, and therefore its use in the outer transaction would be confusing, as users may think that that means that all inner transactions are sponsored. The inner transactions should use `tfSponsorReserve` instead. -* All pseudo-transactions (currently `EnableAmendment`, `SetFee`, and `UNLModify`) - * The reserves for those objects are covered by the network, not by any one account. +- [`Batch` transactions](https://github.com/XRPLF/XRPL-Standards/tree/master/XLS-0056-batch) + - `Batch` does not create any objects on its own, and therefore its use in the outer transaction would be confusing, as users may think that that means that all inner transactions are sponsored. The inner transactions should use `tfSponsorReserve` instead. +- All pseudo-transactions (currently `EnableAmendment`, `SetFee`, and `UNLModify`) + - The reserves for those objects are covered by the network, not by any one account. Also, many transactions, such as `AccountSet`, will have no change in output when using the `tfSponsorReserve` flag, if they do not create any new objects or accounts. ### 6.4. State Changes #### 6.4.1. Fee Sponsorship State Changes + If a `Sponsorship` object exists, the `tx.Fee` value is decremented from the `Sponsorship.FeeAmount`. If a `Sponsorship` object does not exist, the `tx.Fee` value is decremented from the sponsor's `AccountRoot.Balance`. #### 6.4.2. Reserve Sponsorship State Changes + Any account/object that is created as a part of the transaction will have a `Sponsor` field. The sponsor's `SponsoringOwnerCount` field will be incremented by the number of objects that are sponsored as a part of the transaction, and the `SponsoringAccountCount` field will be incremented by the number of new accounts that are sponsored as a part of the transaction. @@ -351,38 +367,39 @@ This transaction creates and updates the `Sponsorship` object. ### 7.1. Fields -| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | -|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-------------| -|`SponsorAccount`|✔️ |`string`|`AccountID`|The sponsor associated with this relationship. This account also pays for the reserve of this object.| -|`Sponsee`|✔️ |`string`|`AccountID`|The sponsee associated with this relationship.| -|`FeeAmount`| |`string`|`Amount`| The (remaining) amount of XRP that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for fees.| -|`ReserveCount`| |`number`|`UInt32`| The (remaining) amount of reserves that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use.| +| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | +| ---------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | +| `SponsorAccount` | ✔️ | `string` | `AccountID` | The sponsor associated with this relationship. This account also pays for the reserve of this object. | +| `Sponsee` | ✔️ | `string` | `AccountID` | The sponsee associated with this relationship. | +| `FeeAmount` | | `string` | `Amount` | The (remaining) amount of XRP that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for fees. | +| `ReserveCount` | | `number` | `UInt32` | The (remaining) amount of reserves that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use. | ### 7.2. Flags -| Flag Name | Flag Value | Description | -| --------- | ---------- | ----------- | -| `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForFee` | `0x00010000` | Adds the restriction that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. | -| `tfSponsorshipClearRequireSignForFee` | `0x00020000` | Removes the restriction that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. | -| `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForReserve` | `0x00040000` | Adds the restriction every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. | -| `tfSponsorshipClearRequireSignForReserve` | `0x00080000` | Removes the restriction every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. | -| `tfDeleteObject` | `0x00100000` | Removes the ledger object. | +| Flag Name | Flag Value | Description | +| ----------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | +| `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForFee` | `0x00010000` | Adds the restriction that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. | +| `tfSponsorshipClearRequireSignForFee` | `0x00020000` | Removes the restriction that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. | +| `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForReserve` | `0x00040000` | Adds the restriction every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. | +| `tfSponsorshipClearRequireSignForReserve` | `0x00080000` | Removes the restriction every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. | +| `tfDeleteObject` | `0x00100000` | Removes the ledger object. | ### 7.2. Failure Conditions -* `tx.Account` is not equal to either `tx.SponsorAccount` or `tx.Sponsee` -* If `tfDeleteObject` is provided: - * `FeeAmount` is specified - * `ReserveCount` is specified - * `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForFee` is enabled - * `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForReserve` is enabled + +- `tx.Account` is not equal to either `tx.SponsorAccount` or `tx.Sponsee` +- If `tfDeleteObject` is provided: + - `FeeAmount` is specified + - `ReserveCount` is specified + - `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForFee` is enabled + - `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForReserve` is enabled ### 7.3. State Changes -* If the object already exists, `Sponsorship.Amount += tx.FeeAmount` and `Sponsorship.ReserveCount += tx.ReserveCount`. -* If the object doesn't exist, it will be created. -* If the `tfDeleteObject` flag is used, it will delete the object. All funds remaining in the object will be sent back to the `SponsorAccount`. - * Both sponsor and sponsee can delete the object. - * Existing sponsored objects/accounts will need to go through the `SponsorshipTransfer` process. +- If the object already exists, `Sponsorship.Amount += tx.FeeAmount` and `Sponsorship.ReserveCount += tx.ReserveCount`. +- If the object doesn't exist, it will be created. +- If the `tfDeleteObject` flag is used, it will delete the object. All funds remaining in the object will be sent back to the `SponsorAccount`. + - Both sponsor and sponsee can delete the object. + - Existing sponsored objects/accounts will need to go through the `SponsorshipTransfer` process. ## 8. Transaction: `SponsorshipTransfer` @@ -390,12 +407,12 @@ This transaction transfers a sponsor relationship for a particular ledger object ### 8.1. Fields -| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | -|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-------------| -|`TransactionType`| ✔️|`string`|`UInt16`| -|`Account`|✔️|`string`|`AccountID`| -|`ObjectID`| |`string`|`UInt256`| -|`Sponsor`| |`object`|`STObject`| +| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description | +| ----------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ----------- | +| `TransactionType` | ✔️ | `string` | `UInt16` | +| `Account` | ✔️ | `string` | `AccountID` | +| `ObjectID` | | `string` | `UInt256` | +| `Sponsor` | | `object` | `STObject` | #### 8.1.1. `ObjectID` @@ -427,17 +444,17 @@ The sponsor will likely only rarely want to do this (such as if they are transfe ### 8.4. Failure Conditions -* If transferring the sponsorship, the new sponsor does not have enough reserve for this object/account. -* If dissolving the sponsorship, the owner does not have enough reserve for this object/account. -* The new sponsor does not exist. -* The `tx.Account` neither the sponsor nor the owner of `ObjectID`. +- If transferring the sponsorship, the new sponsor does not have enough reserve for this object/account. +- If dissolving the sponsorship, the owner does not have enough reserve for this object/account. +- The new sponsor does not exist. +- The `tx.Account` neither the sponsor nor the owner of `ObjectID`. ### 8.5. State Changes -* The `Sponsor` field on the object is changed or deleted. -* The old sponsor has its `SponsoringOwnerCount`/`SponsoringAccountCount` decremented by one. -* The new sponsor (if applicable) has its `SponsoringOwnerCount`/`SponsoringAccountCount` incremented by one. -* If there is no new sponsor, then the owner's `SponsoredOwnerCount` will be decremented by one. +- The `Sponsor` field on the object is changed or deleted. +- The old sponsor has its `SponsoringOwnerCount`/`SponsoringAccountCount` decremented by one. +- The new sponsor (if applicable) has its `SponsoringOwnerCount`/`SponsoringAccountCount` incremented by one. +- If there is no new sponsor, then the owner's `SponsoredOwnerCount` will be decremented by one. ## 9. Transaction: `AccountDelete` @@ -450,7 +467,8 @@ As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/ty Existing failure conditions still apply. If the `AccountRoot` associated with the `tx.Account` has a `SponsorAccount` field: -* The `Destination` is not equal to `AccountRoot.SponsorAccount`. + +- The `Destination` is not equal to `AccountRoot.SponsorAccount`. If the `AccountRoot` associated with the `tx.Account` has a `SponsoringOwnerCount` or `SponsoringAccountCount` field, the transaction will fail with `tecHAS_OBLIGATIONS`. @@ -476,21 +494,21 @@ This delegatable granular permission allows an account to sponsor reserves on be The [`account_objects` RPC method](https://xrpl.org/account_objects.html) already exists on the XRPL. As a reference, here are the fields that `account_objects` currently accepts: -| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Description | -|------------|-----------|-----------|-------------| -|`account`|✔️|`string`|Get ledger entries associated with this account.| -|`deletion_blockers_only`| |`boolean`|If `true`, only return ledger entries that would block this account from being deleted. The default is `false`. | -|`ledger_hash`| |`string`|The unique hash of the ledger version to use.| -|`ledger_index`| |`number` or `string`|The ledger index of the ledger to use, or a shortcut string to choose a ledger automatically.| -|`limit`| |`number`|The maximum number of ledger entries to include in the results. Must be within the inclusive range `10` to `400` on non-admin connections. The default is `200`.| -|`marker`| |`any`|Value from a previous paginated response. Resume retrieving data where that response left off.| -|`type`| |`string`|Filter results to a specific type of ledger entry. This field accepts canonical names of ledger entry types (case insensitive) or short names. Ledger entry types that can't appear in an owner directory are not allowed. If omitted, return ledger entries of all types.| +| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Description | +| ------------------------ | --------- | -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | +| `account` | ✔️ | `string` | Get ledger entries associated with this account. | +| `deletion_blockers_only` | | `boolean` | If `true`, only return ledger entries that would block this account from being deleted. The default is `false`. | +| `ledger_hash` | | `string` | The unique hash of the ledger version to use. | +| `ledger_index` | | `number` or `string` | The ledger index of the ledger to use, or a shortcut string to choose a ledger automatically. | +| `limit` | | `number` | The maximum number of ledger entries to include in the results. Must be within the inclusive range `10` to `400` on non-admin connections. The default is `200`. | +| `marker` | | `any` | Value from a previous paginated response. Resume retrieving data where that response left off. | +| `type` | | `string` | Filter results to a specific type of ledger entry. This field accepts canonical names of ledger entry types (case insensitive) or short names. Ledger entry types that can't appear in an owner directory are not allowed. If omitted, return ledger entries of all types. | We propose this additional field: -| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Description | -|------------|-----------|-----------|-------------| -|`sponsored`| |`boolean`|If `true`, only return ledger entries that are sponsored. If `false`, only return ledger entries that are not sponsored. If omitted, return all objects. | +| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Description | +| ----------- | --------- | --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | +| `sponsored` | | `boolean` | If `true`, only return ledger entries that are sponsored. If `false`, only return ledger entries that are not sponsored. If omitted, return all objects. | ### 12.2. Response Fields @@ -502,30 +520,30 @@ The `account_sponsoring` RPC method is used to fetch a list of objects that an a ### 13.1. Request Fields -| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Description | -|------------|-----------|-----------|-------------| -|`account`|✔️|`string`|The sponsor in question.| -|`deletion_blockers_only`| |`boolean`|If `true`, the response only includes objects that would block this account from being deleted. The default is `false`.| -|`ledger_hash`| |`string`|A hash representing the ledger version to use.| -|`ledger_index`| |`number` or `string`|The ledger index of the ledger to use, or a shortcut string to choose a ledger automatically.| -|`limit`| |`number`|The maximum number of objects to include in the results.| -|`marker`| |`any`|Value from a previous paginated response. Resume retrieving data where that response left off.| -|`type`| |`string`|Filter results by a ledger entry type. Some examples are `offer` and `escrow`.| +| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Description | +| ------------------------ | --------- | -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | +| `account` | ✔️ | `string` | The sponsor in question. | +| `deletion_blockers_only` | | `boolean` | If `true`, the response only includes objects that would block this account from being deleted. The default is `false`. | +| `ledger_hash` | | `string` | A hash representing the ledger version to use. | +| `ledger_index` | | `number` or `string` | The ledger index of the ledger to use, or a shortcut string to choose a ledger automatically. | +| `limit` | | `number` | The maximum number of objects to include in the results. | +| `marker` | | `any` | Value from a previous paginated response. Resume retrieving data where that response left off. | +| `type` | | `string` | Filter results by a ledger entry type. Some examples are `offer` and `escrow`. | ### 13.2. Response Fields The response fields are nearly identical to `account_objects`. -| Field Name | Always Present? | JSON Type | Description | -|------------|-----------|-----------|-------------| -|`account`|✔️|`string`|The account this request corresponds to.| -|`sponsored_objects`|✔️|`array`|Array of ledger entries in this account's owner directory. This includes entries that are owned by this account and entries that are linked to this account but owned by someone else, such as escrows where this account is the destination. Each member is a ledger entry in its raw ledger format. This may contain fewer entries than the maximum specified in the `limit` field.| -|`ledger_hash`| |`string`|The identifying hash of the ledger that was used to generate this response.| -|`ledger_index`| |`number`|The ledger index of the ledger that was used to generate this response.| -|`ledger_current_index`| |`number`|The ledger index of the open ledger that was used to generate this response.| -|`limit`| |`number`|The limit that was used in this request, if any.| -|`marker`| |`any`|Server-defined value indicating the response is paginated. Pass this to the next call to resume where this call left off. Omitted when there are no additional pages after this one.| -|`validated`| |`boolean`|If `true`, the information in this response comes from a validated ledger version. Otherwise, the information is subject to change.| +| Field Name | Always Present? | JSON Type | Description | +| ---------------------- | --------------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | +| `account` | ✔️ | `string` | The account this request corresponds to. | +| `sponsored_objects` | ✔️ | `array` | Array of ledger entries in this account's owner directory. This includes entries that are owned by this account and entries that are linked to this account but owned by someone else, such as escrows where this account is the destination. Each member is a ledger entry in its raw ledger format. This may contain fewer entries than the maximum specified in the `limit` field. | +| `ledger_hash` | | `string` | The identifying hash of the ledger that was used to generate this response. | +| `ledger_index` | | `number` | The ledger index of the ledger that was used to generate this response. | +| `ledger_current_index` | | `number` | The ledger index of the open ledger that was used to generate this response. | +| `limit` | | `number` | The limit that was used in this request, if any. | +| `marker` | | `any` | Server-defined value indicating the response is paginated. Pass this to the next call to resume where this call left off. Omitted when there are no additional pages after this one. | +| `validated` | | `boolean` | If `true`, the information in this response comes from a validated ledger version. Otherwise, the information is subject to change. | ## 14. Security @@ -535,7 +553,7 @@ Both the sponsee _and_ the sponsor must agree to enter into a sponsor relationsh A sponsor will never be stuck sponsoring an sponsee's account or object it doesn't want to support anymore, because it can submit a `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction at any point. -The sponsor's signature must *always* include the `Account` and `Sequence` fields, to prevent signature replay attacks (where the sponsor's signature can be reused to sponsor an object or account that they did not want to sponsor). +The sponsor's signature must _always_ include the `Account` and `Sequence` fields, to prevent signature replay attacks (where the sponsor's signature can be reused to sponsor an object or account that they did not want to sponsor). When sponsoring transaction fees, the sponsor must approve of the `Fee` value of the transaction, since that is the amount that they will be paying. @@ -543,7 +561,7 @@ When sponsoring reserves, the sponsor's signature must include any aspects of th A sponsee cannot take advantage of the generosity of their sponsor, since the sponsor must sign every transaction it wants to sponsor the ledger objects for. A sponsee also must not be able to change the sponsorship type that the sponsor is willing to engage in, as this could lock up to 500 of the sponsor's XRP (in the case of 250 tickets being created in one `TicketCreate` transaction). -An axiom that is out of scope: the sponsee *will not* have any control over a sponsorship transfer. This is akin to a loanee having no control over a bank selling their mortgage to some other company, or a lender selling debt to a debt collection agency. +An axiom that is out of scope: the sponsee _will not_ have any control over a sponsorship transfer. This is akin to a loanee having no control over a bank selling their mortgage to some other company, or a lender selling debt to a debt collection agency. ### 14.2. Signatures @@ -556,12 +574,14 @@ A sponsor's `Signature` cannot be replayed or attached to a different transactio An [invariant](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/consensus-protocol/invariant-checking/) is a statement, usually an equation, that must always be true for every valid ledger state on the XRPL. Invariant checks serve as a last line of defense against bugs; the `tecINVARIANT_FAILED` error is thrown if an invariant is violated (which ideally should never happen). ### 15.1. Tracking Owner Counts + A transaction that creates a ledger object either increments an account's `OwnerCount` by 1 or increments two separate accounts' `SponsoringOwnerCount` and `SponsoredOwnerCount` by 1. The opposite happens when a ledger object is deleted. The equivalent also should happen with `SponsoringAccountCount`. ### 15.2. Balancing `SponsoredOwnerCount` and `SponsoringOwnerCount` -$$ \sum_{accounts} Account.SponsoredOwnerCount = \sum_{accounts} Account.SponsoringOwnerCount $$ + +$$ \sum*{accounts} Account.SponsoredOwnerCount = \sum*{accounts} Account.SponsoringOwnerCount $$ In other words, the sum of all accounts' `SponsoredOwnerCount`s must be equal to the sum of all accounts' `SponsoringOwnerCount`s. This ensures that every sponsored object is logged as being sponsored and also has a sponsor. @@ -591,6 +611,7 @@ The unsigned transaction must be autofilled before it is passed to the sponsor t } } ``` + #### 16.1.2. The Signed Transaction @@ -615,6 +636,7 @@ The unsigned transaction must be autofilled before it is passed to the sponsor t TxnSignature: "3045022100F2AAF90D8F9BB6C94C0C95BA31E320FC601C7BAFFF536CC07076A2833CB4C7FF02203F3C76EB34ABAD61A71CEBD42307169CDA65D9B3CA0EEE871210BEAB824E524B" } ``` + ### 16.2. Account Sponsorship @@ -639,6 +661,7 @@ The only way an account can be created is via a `Payment` transaction. So the sp } } ``` + #### 16.2.2. The Signed Transaction @@ -663,6 +686,7 @@ The only way an account can be created is via a `Payment` transaction. So the sp TxnSignature: "30440220245217F931FDA0C5E68B935ABB4920211D5B6182878583124DE4663B19F00BEC022070BE036264760551CF40E9DAFC8B84036FA70E7EE7257BB7E39AEB7354B2EB86" } ``` + ### 16.3. Object Sponsorship @@ -684,6 +708,7 @@ The only way an account can be created is via a `Payment` transaction. So the sp } } ``` + #### 16.3.2. The Signed Transaction @@ -707,6 +732,7 @@ The only way an account can be created is via a `Payment` transaction. So the sp TxnSignature: "3044022047CB72DA297B067C0E69045B7828AD660F8198A6FA03982E31CB6D27F0946DDE022055844EB63E3BFF7D9ABFB26645AA4D2502E143F4ABEE2DE57EB87A1E5426E010" } ``` + ## 17. Rationale @@ -715,24 +741,24 @@ The primary motivation for this design is to enable companies, token issuers, an ## n+1. Remaining TODOs/Open Questions -* Do I need a new type of directory nodes to keep track of sponsored objects? - * Clio could perhaps solve this problem -* How will this work for objects like trustlines, where multiple accounts might be holding reserves for it? - * Maybe a second `Sponsor` field or something? -* How do we handle account creation? The actual account owner's signing keys aren't involved in that at all... Maybe just a new flag on the payment saying you'll pay the reserve for the account? -* Should it be `ReserveCount` or `ReserveAmount`? - * If `ReserveCount`, it can be decremented to keep track of how much is left. - * Pro: easier to reason about how much you're giving someone. - * Con: sponsors have to update the number if reserves increase and your cost-benefit analysis changes. - * If `ReserveAmount`, you'd need a separate "`OwnerCount`" field to keep track of how many objects the thing owns. And probably a flag for whether the account itself is sponsored. - * Pro: people are used to thinking in terms of XRP. - * Con: rippled math might get more complicated. You have to keep track of potential reserve sponsorships in two places (`Sponsorship` and `AccountRoot`) -* Should fee sponsorship allow for the existing fee paradigm that allows users to dip below the reserve? -* Should there be a "max XRP per transaction" field in `Sponsorship`? -* If a transaction doesn't take a fee (first `SetRegularKey`) or doesn't increase reserve (e.g. `AccountDelete`), and is sponsored, should that transaction fail or succeed. -* Should the `Sponsorship` hold the XRP or pull from the `SponsorAccount`'s account? -* Should we allow sponsorship of creating another account? e.g. Account A is sponsored by Sponsor, A creates B, does Sponsor also sponsor B or does this fail if A doesn't have the funds to create B? -* Should `account_sponsoring` be Clio-only? +- Do I need a new type of directory nodes to keep track of sponsored objects? + - Clio could perhaps solve this problem +- How will this work for objects like trustlines, where multiple accounts might be holding reserves for it? + - Maybe a second `Sponsor` field or something? +- How do we handle account creation? The actual account owner's signing keys aren't involved in that at all... Maybe just a new flag on the payment saying you'll pay the reserve for the account? +- Should it be `ReserveCount` or `ReserveAmount`? + - If `ReserveCount`, it can be decremented to keep track of how much is left. + - Pro: easier to reason about how much you're giving someone. + - Con: sponsors have to update the number if reserves increase and your cost-benefit analysis changes. + - If `ReserveAmount`, you'd need a separate "`OwnerCount`" field to keep track of how many objects the thing owns. And probably a flag for whether the account itself is sponsored. + - Pro: people are used to thinking in terms of XRP. + - Con: rippled math might get more complicated. You have to keep track of potential reserve sponsorships in two places (`Sponsorship` and `AccountRoot`) +- Should fee sponsorship allow for the existing fee paradigm that allows users to dip below the reserve? +- Should there be a "max XRP per transaction" field in `Sponsorship`? +- If a transaction doesn't take a fee (first `SetRegularKey`) or doesn't increase reserve (e.g. `AccountDelete`), and is sponsored, should that transaction fail or succeed. +- Should the `Sponsorship` hold the XRP or pull from the `SponsorAccount`'s account? +- Should we allow sponsorship of creating another account? e.g. Account A is sponsored by Sponsor, A creates B, does Sponsor also sponsor B or does this fail if A doesn't have the funds to create B? +- Should `account_sponsoring` be Clio-only? # Appendix @@ -796,9 +822,9 @@ See Appendix B for the alternate designs that were considered and why this one w ### A.14: How is this account sponsorship model different from/better than [XLS-23d, Lite Accounts](https://github.com/XRPLF/XRPL-Standards/tree/master/XLS-0023-lite-accounts)? -* Sponsored accounts do not have any restrictions, and can hold objects. -* Sponsored accounts require the same reserve as a normal account (this was one of the objections to the Lite Account proposal). -* Lite accounts can be deleted by their sponsor. +- Sponsored accounts do not have any restrictions, and can hold objects. +- Sponsored accounts require the same reserve as a normal account (this was one of the objections to the Lite Account proposal). +- Lite accounts can be deleted by their sponsor. ### A.15: How will this work for objects like trustlines, where multiple accounts might be holding reserves for it? @@ -824,7 +850,7 @@ The current design also supports having different sponsors for different objects There would be a wrapper transaction (tentatively named `Relay`), similar to `Batch` in [XLS-56d](https://github.com/XRPLF/XRPL-Standards/discussions/162), that the sponsor would sign. It would contain a sub-transaction from the sponsee. -It would look something like this: +It would look something like this: |FieldName | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | |:---------|:-----------|:---------------|:------------| |`TransactionType`|✔️|`string`|`UInt16`| @@ -841,3 +867,4 @@ In addition, the signing process becomes complicated (as discovered in the proce The rough idea of this design was to have a new set of transactions (e.g. `SponsorCreate`/`SponsorAccept`/`SponsorCancel`/`SponsorFinish`) where a sponsor could take on the reserve for an existing object. This design was never seriously considered, as it felt too complicated and introduced several new transactions. It also doesn't support adding a sponsor to the object at object creation time, which is a much smoother UX and never requires the owner/sponsee to hold enough XRP for the reserve. + From cce26bd26040e5a7cc5624383520d3184bbca6de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mayukha Vadari Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:32:37 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 06/22] XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md updated from https://stackedit.io/ From e3619353e4d46dcc0f3148ef1a622e520a5a0123 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mayukha Vadari Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:33:35 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 07/22] XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md updated from https://stackedit.io/ --- XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md index b3f7ac28..0397baf4 100644 --- a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md +++ b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md @@ -867,4 +867,3 @@ In addition, the signing process becomes complicated (as discovered in the proce The rough idea of this design was to have a new set of transactions (e.g. `SponsorCreate`/`SponsorAccept`/`SponsorCancel`/`SponsorFinish`) where a sponsor could take on the reserve for an existing object. This design was never seriously considered, as it felt too complicated and introduced several new transactions. It also doesn't support adding a sponsor to the object at object creation time, which is a much smoother UX and never requires the owner/sponsee to hold enough XRP for the reserve. - From f21eb5fcdda7a0bc1753f8a761462f80cc2c06fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mayukha Vadari Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:45:19 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 08/22] XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md updated from https://stackedit.io/ --- .../README.md | 217 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 109 insertions(+), 108 deletions(-) diff --git a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md index 0397baf4..22e5ab49 100644 --- a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md +++ b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ + 
   xls: 68
   title: Sponsored Fees and Reserves
@@ -94,14 +95,14 @@ There are two ways in which he could do this:
 
 As a reference, here are the fields that all ledger objects currently have:
 
-| Field Name        | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
-| ----------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | --------- | ------------- | ----------- |
-| `LedgerEntryType` | ✔️        | ✔️        | N/A           | `string`  | `UInt16`      |
-| `Flags`           | ✔️        | ✔️        | N/A           | `number`  | `UInt16`      |
+| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
+| ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ---------- | ------------- | ----------- |
+| `LedgerEntryType` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `UInt16`  |
+| `Flags` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `number`  | `UInt16`  |
 
 We propose this additional field:
 | Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
-|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|-------------|
+|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|------------|---------------|-------------|
 |`SponsorAccount`| | |N/A|`string`|`AccountID`| The sponsor that is paying the reserve for this ledger object. |
 
 ## 4. Ledger Entry: `Sponsorship`
@@ -120,23 +121,23 @@ The key of the `Sponsorship` object is the result of [`SHA512-Half`](https://xrp
 
 ### 4.2. Fields
 
-| Field Name       | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description                                                                                                                           |
-| ---------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `SponsorAccount` | ✔️        | ✔️        | N/A           | `string`  | `AccountID`   | The sponsor associated with this relationship. This account also pays for the reserve of this object.                                 |
-| `Sponsee`        | ✔️        | ✔️        | N/A           | `string`  | `AccountID`   | The sponsee associated with this relationship.                                                                                        |
-| `SponsorNode`    | ✔️        | ✔️        | N/A           | `string`  | `UInt64`      | A hint indicating which page of the sponsor's owner directory links to this object, in case the directory consists of multiple pages. |
-| `SponseeNode`    | ✔️        | ✔️        | N/A           | `string`  | `UInt64`      | A hint indicating which page of the sponsee's owner directory links to this object, in case the directory consists of multiple pages. |
-| `FeeAmount`      |           |           | `0`           | `string`  | `Amount`      | The (remaining) amount of XRP that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for fees.                                          |
-| `ReserveCount`   |           |           | `0`           | `string`  | `UInt32`      | The (remaining) number of `OwnerCount` that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for reserves.                             |
+| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
+| ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------ |
+| `SponsorAccount` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `AccountID` | The sponsor associated with this relationship. This account also pays for the reserve of this object. |
+| `Sponsee` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `AccountID` | The sponsee associated with this relationship. |
+| `SponsorNode`  | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `UInt64`  | A hint indicating which page of the sponsor's owner directory links to this object, in case the directory consists of multiple pages. |
+| `SponseeNode`  | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `UInt64`  | A hint indicating which page of the sponsee's owner directory links to this object, in case the directory consists of multiple pages. |
+| `FeeAmount`  | | | `0` | `string`  | `Amount`  | The (remaining) amount of XRP that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for fees.  |
+| `ReserveCount` | | | `0` | `string`  | `UInt32`  | The (remaining) number of `OwnerCount` that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for reserves.  |
 
 ### 4.3. Flags
 
 There are two flags on this object:
 
-| Flag Name                             |  Flag Value  | Modifiable? |                                                 Description                                                 |
-| ------------------------------------- | :----------: | :---------: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |
-| `lsfSponsorshipRequireSignForFee`     | `0x00010000` |     Yes     | If set, indicates that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. |
-| `lsfSponsorshipRequireSignForReserve` | `0x00020000` |     Yes     | If set, indicates that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. |
+| Flag Name |  Flag Value  | Modifiable? | Description |
+| --------- | ------------ | ----------- | ----------- |
+| `lsfSponsorshipRequireSignForFee` | `0x00010000` | Yes | If set, indicates that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. |
+| `lsfSponsorshipRequireSignForReserve` | `0x00020000` | Yes | If set, indicates that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. |
 
 ### 4.4. Ownership
 
@@ -171,30 +172,30 @@ As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/ledger-data/led
 
 
 
-| Field Name             | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description                                                                                                                                                           |
-| ---------------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | --------- | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `Account`              | ✔️        | ✔️        | N/A           | `string`  | `AccountID`   | The identifying (classic) address of this account.                                                                                                                    |
-| `AccountTxnID`         |           |           | N/A           | `string`  | `Hash256`     | The identifying hash of the transaction most recently sent by this account.                                                                                           |
-| `AMMID`                | ✔️        |           | N/A           | `string`  | `Hash256`     | The ledger entry ID of the corresponding AMM ledger entry, if this is an AMM pseudo-account.                                                                          |
-| `Balance`              |           |           | N/A           | `string`  | `Amount`      | The account's current XRP balance.                                                                                                                                    |
-| `BurnedNFTokens`       |           |           | `0`           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | How many total of this account's issued NFTs have been burned.                                                                                                        |
-| `Domain`               |           |           | N/A           | `string`  | `Blob`        | A domain associated with this account.                                                                                                                                |
-| `EmailHash`            |           |           | N/A           | `string`  | `Hash128`     | The md5 hash of an email address.                                                                                                                                     |
-| `FirstNFTokenSequence` | ✔️        |           | N/A           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | The account's Sequence Number at the time it minted its first non-fungible-token.                                                                                     |
-| `LedgerEntryType`      | ✔️        | ✔️        | N/A           | `string`  | `UInt16`      | The value `0x0061`, mapped to the string `AccountRoot`, indicates that this is an `AccountRoot `object.                                                               |
-| `MessageKey`           |           |           | N/A           | `string`  | `Blob`        | A public key that may be used to send encrypted messages to this account.                                                                                             |
-| `MintedNFTokens`       |           |           | `0`           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | How many total non-fungible tokens have been minted by/on behalf of this account.                                                                                     |
-| `NFTokenMinter`        |           |           | N/A           | `string`  | `AccountID`   | Another account that can mint NFTs on behalf of this account.                                                                                                         |
-| `OwnerCount`           |           | ✔️        | N/A           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | The number of objects this account owns in the ledger, which contributes to its owner reserve.                                                                        |
-| `PreviousTxnID`        |           | ✔️        | N/A           | `string`  | `Hash256`     | The identifying hash of the transaction that most recently modified this object.                                                                                      |
-| `PreviousTxnLgrSeq`    |           | ✔️        | N/A           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | The ledger index that contains the transaction that most recently modified this object.                                                                               |
-| `RegularKey`           |           |           | N/A           | `string`  | `AccountID`   | The address of a key pair that can be used to sign transactions for this account instead of the master key.                                                           |
-| `Sequence`             |           | ✔️        | N/A           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | The [sequence number](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/data-types/basic-data-types/#account-sequence) of the next valid transaction for this account.        |
-| `TicketCount`          |           |           | N/A           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | How many Tickets this account owns in the ledger.                                                                                                                     |
-| `TickSize`             |           |           | N/A           | `number`  | `UInt8`       | [How many significant digits to use for exchange rates of Offers involving currencies issued by this address.](https://xrpl.org/resources/known-amendments/#ticksize) |
-| `TransferRate`         |           |           | N/A           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | A [transfer fee](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/tokens/transfer-fees/) to charge other users for sending currency issued by this account to each other.               |
-| `WalletLocator`        |           |           | N/A           | `string`  | `Hash256`     | An arbitrary 256-bit value that users can set.                                                                                                                        |
-| `WalletSize`           |           |           | N/A           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | Unused.                                                                                                                                                               |
+| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
+| ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------ |
+| `Account` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `AccountID` | The identifying (classic) address of this account.  |
+| `AccountTxnID` | | | N/A | `string`  | `Hash256` | The identifying hash of the transaction most recently sent by this account. |
+| `AMMID` | ✔️ | | N/A | `string`  | `Hash256` | The ledger entry ID of the corresponding AMM ledger entry, if this is an AMM pseudo-account. |
+| `Balance` | | | N/A | `string`  | `Amount`  | The account's current XRP balance. |
+| `BurnedNFTokens` | | | `0` | `number`  | `UInt32`  | How many total of this account's issued NFTs have been burned.  |
+| `Domain`  | | | N/A | `string`  | `Blob` | A domain associated with this account. |
+| `EmailHash`  | | | N/A | `string`  | `Hash128` | The md5 hash of an email address.  |
+| `FirstNFTokenSequence` | ✔️ | | N/A | `number`  | `UInt32`  | The account's Sequence Number at the time it minted its first non-fungible-token.  |
+| `LedgerEntryType`  | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `UInt16`  | The value `0x0061`, mapped to the string `AccountRoot`, indicates that this is an `AccountRoot `object. |
+| `MessageKey` | | | N/A | `string`  | `Blob` | A public key that may be used to send encrypted messages to this account. |
+| `MintedNFTokens` | | | `0` | `number`  | `UInt32`  | How many total non-fungible tokens have been minted by/on behalf of this account.  |
+| `NFTokenMinter` | | | N/A | `string`  | `AccountID` | Another account that can mint NFTs on behalf of this account. |
+| `OwnerCount` | | ✔️ | N/A | `number`  | `UInt32`  | The number of objects this account owns in the ledger, which contributes to its owner reserve. |
+| `PreviousTxnID` | | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `Hash256` | The identifying hash of the transaction that most recently modified this object. |
+| `PreviousTxnLgrSeq`  | | ✔️ | N/A | `number`  | `UInt32`  | The ledger index that contains the transaction that most recently modified this object.  |
+| `RegularKey` | | | N/A | `string`  | `AccountID` | The address of a key pair that can be used to sign transactions for this account instead of the master key. |
+| `Sequence` | | ✔️ | N/A | `number`  | `UInt32`  | The [sequence number](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/data-types/basic-data-types/#account-sequence) of the next valid transaction for this account. |
+| `TicketCount`  | | | N/A | `number`  | `UInt32`  | How many Tickets this account owns in the ledger. |
+| `TickSize` | | | N/A | `number`  | `UInt8` | [How many significant digits to use for exchange rates of Offers involving currencies issued by this address.](https://xrpl.org/resources/known-amendments/#ticksize) |
+| `TransferRate` | | | N/A | `number`  | `UInt32`  | A [transfer fee](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/tokens/transfer-fees/) to charge other users for sending currency issued by this account to each other.  |
+| `WalletLocator` | | | N/A | `string`  | `Hash256` | An arbitrary 256-bit value that users can set. |
+| `WalletSize` | | | N/A | `number`  | `UInt32`  | Unused. |
 
 
 
@@ -240,9 +241,9 @@ As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/co
 
 We propose these modifications:
 
-| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description                                                                                                                                                   |
-| ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `Sponsor`  |           | `object`  | `STObject`    | This field contains all the information for the sponsorship happening in the transaction. It is included if the transaction is fee- and/or reserve-sponsored. |
+| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
+| ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------ |
+| `Sponsor`  | | `object`  | `STObject`  | This field contains all the information for the sponsorship happening in the transaction. It is included if the transaction is fee- and/or reserve-sponsored. |
 
 #### 6.1.1. `Sponsor`
 
@@ -250,13 +251,13 @@ The `Sponsor` inner object contains all of the information for the sponsorship h
 
 The fields contained in this object are:
 
-| Field Name       | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type |
-| ---------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `SponsorAccount` | ✔️        | `string`  | `AccountID`   | The sponsoring account.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
-| `Flags`          | ✔️        | `number`  | `UInt16`      | Flags on the sponsorship, indicating what type of sponsorship this is (fee vs. reserve).                                                                                                                                                           |
-| `SigningPubKey`  |           | `string`  | `STBlob`      | The `SigningPubKey` for `SponsorAccount`, if single-signing.                                                                                                                                                                                       |
-| `Signature`      |           | `string`  | `STBlob`      | A signature of the transaction from the sponsor, to indicate their approval of this transaction, if single-signing. All signing fields must be included in the signature, including `Sponsor.SponsorAccount` and `Sponsor.Flags`.                  |
-| `Signers`        |           | `array`   | `STArray`     | An array of signatures of the transaction from the sponsor's signers to indicate their approval of this transaction, if the sponsor is multi-signing. All signing fields must be included, including `Sponsor.SponsorAccount` and `Sponsor.Flags`. |
+| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
+| ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------ |
+| `SponsorAccount` | ✔️ | `string`  | `AccountID` | The sponsoring account. |
+| `Flags`  | ✔️ | `number`  | `UInt16`  | Flags on the sponsorship, indicating what type of sponsorship this is (fee vs. reserve). |
+| `SigningPubKey`  | | `string`  | `STBlob`  | The `SigningPubKey` for `SponsorAccount`, if single-signing.  |
+| `Signature`  | | `string`  | `STBlob`  | A signature of the transaction from the sponsor, to indicate their approval of this transaction, if single-signing. All signing fields must be included in the signature, including `Sponsor.SponsorAccount` and `Sponsor.Flags`. |
+| `Signers` | | `array` | `STArray` | An array of signatures of the transaction from the sponsor's signers to indicate their approval of this transaction, if the sponsor is multi-signing. All signing fields must be included, including `Sponsor.SponsorAccount` and `Sponsor.Flags`. |
 
 ##### 6.1.1.1. `Account`
 
@@ -270,9 +271,9 @@ The `Flags` field allows the user to specify which sponsorship type(s) they wish
 
 There are two flag values that are supported:
 
-| Flag Name          |  Flag Value  |                            Description                             |
-| ------------------ | :----------: | :----------------------------------------------------------------: |
-| `tfSponsorFee`     | `0x00000001` |        Sponsoring (paying for) the fee of the transaction.         |
+| Flag Name  |  Flag Value  | Description  |
+| ---------- | ------------ | ------------ |
+| `tfSponsorFee` | `0x00000001` | Sponsoring (paying for) the fee of the transaction. |
 | `tfSponsorReserve` | `0x00000002` | Sponsoring the reserve for any objects created in the transaction. |
 
 This field **will** be a signing field (it will be included in transaction signatures).
@@ -367,22 +368,22 @@ This transaction creates and updates the `Sponsorship` object.
 
 ### 7.1. Fields
 
-| Field Name       | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description                                                                                           |
-| ---------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `SponsorAccount` | ✔️        | `string`  | `AccountID`   | The sponsor associated with this relationship. This account also pays for the reserve of this object. |
-| `Sponsee`        | ✔️        | `string`  | `AccountID`   | The sponsee associated with this relationship.                                                        |
-| `FeeAmount`      |           | `string`  | `Amount`      | The (remaining) amount of XRP that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for fees.          |
-| `ReserveCount`   |           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | The (remaining) amount of reserves that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use.              |
+| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
+| ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------ |
+| `SponsorAccount` | ✔️ | `string`  | `AccountID` | The sponsor associated with this relationship. This account also pays for the reserve of this object. |
+| `Sponsee` | ✔️ | `string`  | `AccountID` | The sponsee associated with this relationship. |
+| `FeeAmount`  | | `string`  | `Amount`  | The (remaining) amount of XRP that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for fees.  |
+| `ReserveCount` | | `number`  | `UInt32`  | The (remaining) amount of reserves that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use. |
 
 ### 7.2. Flags
 
-| Flag Name                                 | Flag Value   | Description                                                                                                       |
-| ----------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForFee`       | `0x00010000` | Adds the restriction that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor.    |
-| `tfSponsorshipClearRequireSignForFee`     | `0x00020000` | Removes the restriction that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. |
-| `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForReserve`   | `0x00040000` | Adds the restriction every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor.         |
-| `tfSponsorshipClearRequireSignForReserve` | `0x00080000` | Removes the restriction every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor.      |
-| `tfDeleteObject`                          | `0x00100000` | Removes the ledger object.                                                                                        |
+| Flag Name | Flag Value | Description |
+| --------- | ---------- | ----------- |
+| `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForFee` | `0x00010000` | Adds the restriction that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor.  |
+| `tfSponsorshipClearRequireSignForFee` | `0x00020000` | Removes the restriction that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. |
+| `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForReserve` | `0x00040000` | Adds the restriction every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. |
+| `tfSponsorshipClearRequireSignForReserve` | `0x00080000` | Removes the restriction every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor.  |
+| `tfDeleteObject` | `0x00100000` | Removes the ledger object. |
 
 ### 7.2. Failure Conditions
 
@@ -407,12 +408,12 @@ This transaction transfers a sponsor relationship for a particular ledger object
 
 ### 8.1. Fields
 
-| Field Name        | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
-| ----------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ----------- |
-| `TransactionType` | ✔️        | `string`  | `UInt16`      |
-| `Account`         | ✔️        | `string`  | `AccountID`   |
-| `ObjectID`        |           | `string`  | `UInt256`     |
-| `Sponsor`         |           | `object`  | `STObject`    |
+| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
+| ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------ |
+| `TransactionType` | ✔️ | `string`  | `UInt16`  |
+| `Account` | ✔️ | `string`  | `AccountID` |
+| `ObjectID` | | `string`  | `UInt256` |
+| `Sponsor` | | `object`  | `STObject`  |
 
 #### 8.1.1. `ObjectID`
 
@@ -494,21 +495,21 @@ This delegatable granular permission allows an account to sponsor reserves on be
 
 The [`account_objects` RPC method](https://xrpl.org/account_objects.html) already exists on the XRPL. As a reference, here are the fields that `account_objects` currently accepts:
 
-| Field Name               | Required? | JSON Type            | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
-| ------------------------ | --------- | -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `account`                | ✔️        | `string`             | Get ledger entries associated with this account.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
-| `deletion_blockers_only` |           | `boolean`            | If `true`, only return ledger entries that would block this account from being deleted. The default is `false`.                                                                                                                                                            |
-| `ledger_hash`            |           | `string`             | The unique hash of the ledger version to use.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
-| `ledger_index`           |           | `number` or `string` | The ledger index of the ledger to use, or a shortcut string to choose a ledger automatically.                                                                                                                                                                              |
-| `limit`                  |           | `number`             | The maximum number of ledger entries to include in the results. Must be within the inclusive range `10` to `400` on non-admin connections. The default is `200`.                                                                                                           |
-| `marker`                 |           | `any`                | Value from a previous paginated response. Resume retrieving data where that response left off.                                                                                                                                                                             |
-| `type`                   |           | `string`             | Filter results to a specific type of ledger entry. This field accepts canonical names of ledger entry types (case insensitive) or short names. Ledger entry types that can't appear in an owner directory are not allowed. If omitted, return ledger entries of all types. |
+| Field Name  | Required? | JSON Type  | Description |
+| ----------- | --------- | ---------- | ----------- |
+| `account` | ✔️ | `string` | Get ledger entries associated with this account. |
+| `deletion_blockers_only` | | `boolean`  | If `true`, only return ledger entries that would block this account from being deleted. The default is `false`.  |
+| `ledger_hash`  | | `string` | The unique hash of the ledger version to use. |
+| `ledger_index` | | `number` or `string` | The ledger index of the ledger to use, or a shortcut string to choose a ledger automatically.  |
+| `limit` | | `number` | The maximum number of ledger entries to include in the results. Must be within the inclusive range `10` to `400` on non-admin connections. The default is `200`. |
+| `marker`  | | `any` | Value from a previous paginated response. Resume retrieving data where that response left off. |
+| `type`  | | `string` | Filter results to a specific type of ledger entry. This field accepts canonical names of ledger entry types (case insensitive) or short names. Ledger entry types that can't appear in an owner directory are not allowed. If omitted, return ledger entries of all types. |
 
 We propose this additional field:
 
-| Field Name  | Required? | JSON Type | Description                                                                                                                                              |
-| ----------- | --------- | --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `sponsored` |           | `boolean` | If `true`, only return ledger entries that are sponsored. If `false`, only return ledger entries that are not sponsored. If omitted, return all objects. |
+| Field Name  | Required? | JSON Type | Description |
+| ----------- | --------- | --------- | ----------- |
+| `sponsored` | | `boolean` | If `true`, only return ledger entries that are sponsored. If `false`, only return ledger entries that are not sponsored. If omitted, return all objects. |
 
 ### 12.2. Response Fields
 
@@ -520,38 +521,38 @@ The `account_sponsoring` RPC method is used to fetch a list of objects that an a
 
 ### 13.1. Request Fields
 
-| Field Name               | Required? | JSON Type            | Description                                                                                                             |
-| ------------------------ | --------- | -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `account`                | ✔️        | `string`             | The sponsor in question.                                                                                                |
-| `deletion_blockers_only` |           | `boolean`            | If `true`, the response only includes objects that would block this account from being deleted. The default is `false`. |
-| `ledger_hash`            |           | `string`             | A hash representing the ledger version to use.                                                                          |
-| `ledger_index`           |           | `number` or `string` | The ledger index of the ledger to use, or a shortcut string to choose a ledger automatically.                           |
-| `limit`                  |           | `number`             | The maximum number of objects to include in the results.                                                                |
-| `marker`                 |           | `any`                | Value from a previous paginated response. Resume retrieving data where that response left off.                          |
-| `type`                   |           | `string`             | Filter results by a ledger entry type. Some examples are `offer` and `escrow`.                                          |
+| Field Name  | Required? | JSON Type  | Description  |
+| ----------- | --------- | ---------- | ------------ |
+| `account` | ✔️ | `string` | The sponsor in question.  |
+| `deletion_blockers_only` | | `boolean`  | If `true`, the response only includes objects that would block this account from being deleted. The default is `false`. |
+| `ledger_hash`  | | `string` | A hash representing the ledger version to use. |
+| `ledger_index` | | `number` or `string` | The ledger index of the ledger to use, or a shortcut string to choose a ledger automatically. |
+| `limit` | | `number` | The maximum number of objects to include in the results. |
+| `marker`  | | `any` | Value from a previous paginated response. Resume retrieving data where that response left off. |
+| `type`  | | `string` | Filter results by a ledger entry type. Some examples are `offer` and `escrow`.  |
 
 ### 13.2. Response Fields
 
 The response fields are nearly identical to `account_objects`.
 
-| Field Name             | Always Present? | JSON Type | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
-| ---------------------- | --------------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `account`              | ✔️              | `string`  | The account this request corresponds to.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
-| `sponsored_objects`    | ✔️              | `array`   | Array of ledger entries in this account's owner directory. This includes entries that are owned by this account and entries that are linked to this account but owned by someone else, such as escrows where this account is the destination. Each member is a ledger entry in its raw ledger format. This may contain fewer entries than the maximum specified in the `limit` field. |
-| `ledger_hash`          |                 | `string`  | The identifying hash of the ledger that was used to generate this response.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
-| `ledger_index`         |                 | `number`  | The ledger index of the ledger that was used to generate this response.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
-| `ledger_current_index` |                 | `number`  | The ledger index of the open ledger that was used to generate this response.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
-| `limit`                |                 | `number`  | The limit that was used in this request, if any.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
-| `marker`               |                 | `any`     | Server-defined value indicating the response is paginated. Pass this to the next call to resume where this call left off. Omitted when there are no additional pages after this one.                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
-| `validated`            |                 | `boolean` | If `true`, the information in this response comes from a validated ledger version. Otherwise, the information is subject to change.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
+| Field Name | Always Present? | JSON Type | Description |
+| ---------- | --------------- | --------- | ----------- |
+| `account` | ✔️ | `string`  | The account this request corresponds to. |
+| `sponsored_objects`  | ✔️ | `array` | Array of ledger entries in this account's owner directory. This includes entries that are owned by this account and entries that are linked to this account but owned by someone else, such as escrows where this account is the destination. Each member is a ledger entry in its raw ledger format. This may contain fewer entries than the maximum specified in the `limit` field. |
+| `ledger_hash`  |  | `string`  | The identifying hash of the ledger that was used to generate this response.  |
+| `ledger_index` |  | `number`  | The ledger index of the ledger that was used to generate this response.  |
+| `ledger_current_index` |  | `number`  | The ledger index of the open ledger that was used to generate this response. |
+| `limit` |  | `number`  | The limit that was used in this request, if any. |
+| `marker`  |  | `any` | Server-defined value indicating the response is paginated. Pass this to the next call to resume where this call left off. Omitted when there are no additional pages after this one. |
+| `validated`  |  | `boolean` | If `true`, the information in this response comes from a validated ledger version. Otherwise, the information is subject to change.  |
 
 ## 14. Security
 
 ### 14.1. Security Axioms
 
-Both the sponsee _and_ the sponsor must agree to enter into a sponsor relationship. The sponsee must be okay with the sponsor handling the reserve, and the sponsor must be willing to take on that reserve. A signature from both parties ensures that this is the case.
+Both the sponsee _and_ the sponsor must agree to enter into a sponsor relationship. The sponsee must actively consent to the sponsor handling the reserve, and the sponsor must be willing to take on that reserve. A signature from both parties ensures that this is the case.
 
-A sponsor will never be stuck sponsoring an sponsee's account or object it doesn't want to support anymore, because it can submit a `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction at any point.
+A sponsor will never be stuck sponsoring an sponsee's account or object it no longer wants to support, because it can submit a `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction at any point.
 
 The sponsor's signature must _always_ include the `Account` and `Sequence` fields, to prevent signature replay attacks (where the sponsor's signature can be reused to sponsor an object or account that they did not want to sponsor).
 
@@ -561,7 +562,7 @@ When sponsoring reserves, the sponsor's signature must include any aspects of th
 
 A sponsee cannot take advantage of the generosity of their sponsor, since the sponsor must sign every transaction it wants to sponsor the ledger objects for. A sponsee also must not be able to change the sponsorship type that the sponsor is willing to engage in, as this could lock up to 500 of the sponsor's XRP (in the case of 250 tickets being created in one `TicketCreate` transaction).
 
-An axiom that is out of scope: the sponsee _will not_ have any control over a sponsorship transfer. This is akin to a loanee having no control over a bank selling their mortgage to some other company, or a lender selling debt to a debt collection agency.
+An axiom that is out of scope: the sponsee may not have any control over a sponsorship transfer (the sponsor may transfer a sponsorship without the sponsee's consent). This is akin to a loanee having no control over a bank selling their mortgage to some other company, or a lender selling debt to a debt collection agency.
 
 ### 14.2. Signatures
 
@@ -852,7 +853,7 @@ There would be a wrapper transaction (tentatively named `Relay`), similar to `Ba
 
 It would look something like this:
 |FieldName | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type |
-|:---------|:-----------|:---------------|:------------|
+|----------|------------|----------|---------------|
 |`TransactionType`|✔️|`string`|`UInt16`|
 |`Account`|✔️|`string`|`STAccount`|
 |`Fee`|✔️|`string`|`STAmount`|

From c6eff4bc80fe7bcc8eaf17ebbf1d2e4a35c61434 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mayukha Vadari 
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:50:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 09/22] XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md updated
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---
 .../README.md                                 | 25 ++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
index 22e5ab49..400ad5d9 100644
--- a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
+++ b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
@@ -317,6 +317,8 @@ If a `Sponsorship` object does not exist:
 
 - There is no sponsor signature included.
 
+Note: if a transaction doesn't charge a fee (such as an account's first `SetRegularKey` transaction), the transaction will still succeed.
+
 #### 6.3.3. Reserve Sponsorship Failures
 
 - The sponsor does not have enough XRP to cover the reserve (`tecINSUFFICIENT_RESERVE`)
@@ -331,6 +333,8 @@ If a `Sponsorship` object does not exist:
 
 - There is no sponsor signature included.
 
+Note: if a transaction doesn't charge a reserve (such as `AccountSet`), the transaction will still succeed.
+
 #### 6.3.4. Transactions that cannot be sponsored
 
 All transactions (other than pseudo-transactions) may use the `tfSponsorFee` flag, since they all have a fee.
@@ -339,8 +343,8 @@ However, some transactions will not support the `tfSponsorReserve` flag.
 
 - [`Batch` transactions](https://github.com/XRPLF/XRPL-Standards/tree/master/XLS-0056-batch)
   - `Batch` does not create any objects on its own, and therefore its use in the outer transaction would be confusing, as users may think that that means that all inner transactions are sponsored. The inner transactions should use `tfSponsorReserve` instead.
-- All pseudo-transactions (currently `EnableAmendment`, `SetFee`, and `UNLModify`)
-  - The reserves for those objects are covered by the network, not by any one account.
+- All [pseudo-transactions](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/pseudo-transaction-types/pseudo-transaction-types) (currently `EnableAmendment`, `SetFee`, and `UNLModify`)
+  - The fees and reserves for those objects are covered by the network, not by any one account.
 
 Also, many transactions, such as `AccountSet`, will have no change in output when using the `tfSponsorReserve` flag, if they do not create any new objects or accounts.
 
@@ -742,24 +746,15 @@ The primary motivation for this design is to enable companies, token issuers, an
 
 ## n+1. Remaining TODOs/Open Questions
 
-- Do I need a new type of directory nodes to keep track of sponsored objects?
-  - Clio could perhaps solve this problem
 - How will this work for objects like trustlines, where multiple accounts might be holding reserves for it?
   - Maybe a second `Sponsor` field or something?
 - How do we handle account creation? The actual account owner's signing keys aren't involved in that at all... Maybe just a new flag on the payment saying you'll pay the reserve for the account?
-- Should it be `ReserveCount` or `ReserveAmount`?
-  - If `ReserveCount`, it can be decremented to keep track of how much is left.
-    - Pro: easier to reason about how much you're giving someone.
-    - Con: sponsors have to update the number if reserves increase and your cost-benefit analysis changes.
-  - If `ReserveAmount`, you'd need a separate "`OwnerCount`" field to keep track of how many objects the thing owns. And probably a flag for whether the account itself is sponsored.
-    - Pro: people are used to thinking in terms of XRP.
-    - Con: rippled math might get more complicated. You have to keep track of potential reserve sponsorships in two places (`Sponsorship` and `AccountRoot`)
 - Should fee sponsorship allow for the existing fee paradigm that allows users to dip below the reserve?
-- Should there be a "max XRP per transaction" field in `Sponsorship`?
-- If a transaction doesn't take a fee (first `SetRegularKey`) or doesn't increase reserve (e.g. `AccountDelete`), and is sponsored, should that transaction fail or succeed.
-- Should the `Sponsorship` hold the XRP or pull from the `SponsorAccount`'s account?
-- Should we allow sponsorship of creating another account? e.g. Account A is sponsored by Sponsor, A creates B, does Sponsor also sponsor B or does this fail if A doesn't have the funds to create B?
+- Should there be a "max XRP per transaction" field in `Sponsorship`? Yes, TODO
+- Should the `Sponsorship` hold the XRP or pull from the `SponsorAccount`'s account? Pull from the `SponsorAccount`'s account, TODO
+- Should we allow sponsorship of creating another account? e.g. Account A is sponsored by Sponsor, A creates B, does Sponsor also sponsor B or does this fail if A doesn't have the funds to create B? No
 - Should `account_sponsoring` be Clio-only?
+- Should a sponsored account be prevented from sponsoring other accounts? By default the answer is no, so unless there's a reason to do so, we should leave it as is.
 
 # Appendix
 

From 9857ff642ede620ad403db182e4dcc7307dfa7f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mayukha Vadari 
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:11:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 10/22] XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md updated
 from https://stackedit.io/

---
 .../README.md                                 | 92 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
index 400ad5d9..cd2fedb2 100644
--- a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
+++ b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ The key of the `Sponsorship` object is the result of [`SHA512-Half`](https://xrp
 
 | Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
 | ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------ |
-| `SponsorAccount` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `AccountID` | The sponsor associated with this relationship. This account also pays for the reserve of this object. |
+| `Owner` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `AccountID` | The sponsor associated with this relationship. This account also pays for the reserve of this object. |
 | `Sponsee` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `AccountID` | The sponsee associated with this relationship. |
-| `SponsorNode`  | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `UInt64`  | A hint indicating which page of the sponsor's owner directory links to this object, in case the directory consists of multiple pages. |
+| `OwnerNode`  | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `UInt64`  | A hint indicating which page of the sponsor's owner directory links to this object, in case the directory consists of multiple pages. |
 | `SponseeNode`  | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `UInt64`  | A hint indicating which page of the sponsee's owner directory links to this object, in case the directory consists of multiple pages. |
 | `FeeAmount`  | | | `0` | `string`  | `Amount`  | The (remaining) amount of XRP that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for fees.  |
 | `ReserveCount` | | | `0` | `string`  | `UInt32`  | The (remaining) number of `OwnerCount` that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for reserves.  |
@@ -461,13 +461,37 @@ The sponsor will likely only rarely want to do this (such as if they are transfe
 - The new sponsor (if applicable) has its `SponsoringOwnerCount`/`SponsoringAccountCount` incremented by one.
 - If there is no new sponsor, then the owner's `SponsoredOwnerCount` will be decremented by one.
 
-## 9. Transaction: `AccountDelete`
+## 9. Transaction: `Payment`
+
+A Payment transaction represents a transfer of value from one account to another. (Depending on the path taken, this can involve additional exchanges of value, which occur atomically.) This transaction type can be used for several  [types of payments](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/types/payment#types-of-payments).
+
+Payments are also the only way to  [create accounts](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/types/payment#creating-accounts).
+
+As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/types/payment) are the fields that `Payment` currently has. This amendment proposes no changes to the fields, only to the flags and behavior.
+
+### 9.1. Flags
+
+As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/types/payment#payment-flags) are the flags that `Payment` currently has:
+
+| Flag Name | Flag Value | Description |
+|-----------|------------|-------------|
+| `tfNoRippleDirect` | `0x00010000` | Do not use the default path; only use paths included in the `Paths` field. This is intended to force the transaction to take arbitrage opportunities. Most clients do not need this. |
+| `tfPartialPayment` | `0x00020000` | If the specified `Amount` cannot be sent without spending more than `SendMax`, reduce the received amount instead of failing outright. See [Partial Payments](#partial-payments) for more details. |
+| `tfLimitQuality`   | `0x00040000` | Only take paths where all the conversions have an input:output ratio that is equal or better than the ratio of `Amount`:`SendMax`. See [Limit Quality](#limit-quality) for details. |
+
+This spec proposes the following additions:
+
+| Flag Name | Flag Value | Description |
+|-----------|------------|-------------|
+| `tfSponsorCreatedAccount` | `0x00080000` | This flag is only valid if the `Payment` is used to create an account. If it is enabled, the created account will be sponsored by the `tx.Account`. |
+
+## 10. Transaction: `AccountDelete`
 
 This transaction deletes an account.
 
 As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/types/accountdelete) are the fields that `AccountDelete` currently has. This amendment proposes no changes to the fields, only to the behavior.
 
-### 9.1. Failure Conditions
+### 10.1. Failure Conditions
 
 Existing failure conditions still apply.
 
@@ -477,7 +501,7 @@ If the `AccountRoot` associated with the `tx.Account` has a `SponsorAccount` fie
 
 If the `AccountRoot` associated with the `tx.Account` has a `SponsoringOwnerCount` or `SponsoringAccountCount` field, the transaction will fail with `tecHAS_OBLIGATIONS`.
 
-### 9.2. State Changes
+### 10.2. State Changes
 
 Existing state changes still apply, including rules around deletion blockers.
 
@@ -485,17 +509,17 @@ If the `AccountRoot` associated with the `tx.Account` has a `SponsorAccount` fie
 
 If the `AccountRoot` associated with the `tx.Account` has a `SponsoredOwnerCount` field, the `SponsorAccount`'s `SponsoringOwnerCount` is decremented by the `tx.Account`'s `SponsoredOwnerCount`.
 
-## 10. Permission: `SponsorFee`
+## 11. Permission: `SponsorFee`
 
 This delegatable granular permission allows an account to sponsor fees on behalf of another account.
 
-## 11. Permission: `SponsorReserve`
+## 12. Permission: `SponsorReserve`
 
 This delegatable granular permission allows an account to sponsor reserves on behalf of another account.
 
-## 12. RPC: `account_objects`
+## 13. RPC: `account_objects`
 
-### 12.1. Request Fields
+### 13.1. Request Fields
 
 The [`account_objects` RPC method](https://xrpl.org/account_objects.html) already exists on the XRPL. As a reference, here are the fields that `account_objects` currently accepts:
 
@@ -515,15 +539,15 @@ We propose this additional field:
 | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ----------- |
 | `sponsored` | | `boolean` | If `true`, only return ledger entries that are sponsored. If `false`, only return ledger entries that are not sponsored. If omitted, return all objects. |
 
-### 12.2. Response Fields
+### 13.2. Response Fields
 
 The response fields remain the same.
 
-## 13. RPC: `account_sponsoring`
+## 14. RPC: `account_sponsoring`
 
 The `account_sponsoring` RPC method is used to fetch a list of objects that an account is sponsoring; namely, a list of objects where the `SponsorAccount` is the given account. It has a very similar API to the [`account_objects` method](https://xrpl.org/account_objects.html).
 
-### 13.1. Request Fields
+### 14.1. Request Fields
 
 | Field Name  | Required? | JSON Type  | Description  |
 | ----------- | --------- | ---------- | ------------ |
@@ -535,7 +559,7 @@ The `account_sponsoring` RPC method is used to fetch a list of objects that an a
 | `marker`  | | `any` | Value from a previous paginated response. Resume retrieving data where that response left off. |
 | `type`  | | `string` | Filter results by a ledger entry type. Some examples are `offer` and `escrow`.  |
 
-### 13.2. Response Fields
+### 14.2. Response Fields
 
 The response fields are nearly identical to `account_objects`.
 
@@ -550,9 +574,9 @@ The response fields are nearly identical to `account_objects`.
 | `marker`  |  | `any` | Server-defined value indicating the response is paginated. Pass this to the next call to resume where this call left off. Omitted when there are no additional pages after this one. |
 | `validated`  |  | `boolean` | If `true`, the information in this response comes from a validated ledger version. Otherwise, the information is subject to change.  |
 
-## 14. Security
+## 15. Security
 
-### 14.1. Security Axioms
+### 15.1. Security Axioms
 
 Both the sponsee _and_ the sponsor must agree to enter into a sponsor relationship. The sponsee must actively consent to the sponsor handling the reserve, and the sponsor must be willing to take on that reserve. A signature from both parties ensures that this is the case.
 
@@ -568,37 +592,37 @@ A sponsee cannot take advantage of the generosity of their sponsor, since the sp
 
 An axiom that is out of scope: the sponsee may not have any control over a sponsorship transfer (the sponsor may transfer a sponsorship without the sponsee's consent). This is akin to a loanee having no control over a bank selling their mortgage to some other company, or a lender selling debt to a debt collection agency.
 
-### 14.2. Signatures
+### 15.2. Signatures
 
 Since a fee sponsorship must approve of the `Fee` field, and a reserve sponsorship must approve of a broad set of transaction fields, the sponsor must always sign the whole transaction. This also avoids needing to have different sponsorship processes for different sponsorship types. This includes the non-signature parts of the `Sponsor` object (`Sponsor.Account` and `Sponsor.Flags`). The same is true for the sponsee's transaction signature; the sponsee must approve of the sponsor and sponsorship type.
 
 A sponsor's `Signature` cannot be replayed or attached to a different transaction, since the whole transaction (including the `Account` and `Sequence` values) must be signed.
 
-## 15. Invariants
+## 16. Invariants
 
 An [invariant](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/consensus-protocol/invariant-checking/) is a statement, usually an equation, that must always be true for every valid ledger state on the XRPL. Invariant checks serve as a last line of defense against bugs; the `tecINVARIANT_FAILED` error is thrown if an invariant is violated (which ideally should never happen).
 
-### 15.1. Tracking Owner Counts
+### 16.1. Tracking Owner Counts
 
 A transaction that creates a ledger object either increments an account's `OwnerCount` by 1 or increments two separate accounts' `SponsoringOwnerCount` and `SponsoredOwnerCount` by 1. The opposite happens when a ledger object is deleted.
 
 The equivalent also should happen with `SponsoringAccountCount`.
 
-### 15.2. Balancing `SponsoredOwnerCount` and `SponsoringOwnerCount`
+### 16.2. Balancing `SponsoredOwnerCount` and `SponsoringOwnerCount`
 
 $$ \sum*{accounts} Account.SponsoredOwnerCount = \sum*{accounts} Account.SponsoringOwnerCount $$
 
 In other words, the sum of all accounts' `SponsoredOwnerCount`s must be equal to the sum of all accounts' `SponsoringOwnerCount`s. This ensures that every sponsored object is logged as being sponsored and also has a sponsor.
 
-## 16. Example Flows
+## 17. Example Flows
 
 Each example will show what the transaction will look like before **and** after both the sponsor and sponsee sign the transaction.
 
 The unsigned transaction must be autofilled before it is passed to the sponsor to sign. Tooling can be updated to handle combining the sponsor and sponsee signatures, similar to helper functions that already exist for multisigning.
 
-### 16.1. Fee Sponsorship
+### 17.1. Fee Sponsorship
 
-#### 16.1.1. The Unsigned Transaction
+#### 17.1.1. The Unsigned Transaction
 
 

 
@@ -619,7 +643,7 @@ The unsigned transaction must be autofilled before it is passed to the sponsor t
 
 

 
-#### 16.1.2. The Signed Transaction
+#### 17.1.2. The Signed Transaction
 
 

 
@@ -644,11 +668,11 @@ The unsigned transaction must be autofilled before it is passed to the sponsor t
 
 

 
-### 16.2. Account Sponsorship
+### 17.2. Account Sponsorship
 
 The only way an account can be created is via a `Payment` transaction. So the sponsor relationship must be initiated on the `Payment` transaction.
 
-#### 16.2.1. The Unsigned Transaction
+#### 17.2.1. The Unsigned Transaction
 
 

 
@@ -669,7 +693,7 @@ The only way an account can be created is via a `Payment` transaction. So the sp
 
 

 
-#### 16.2.2. The Signed Transaction
+#### 17.2.2. The Signed Transaction
 
 

 
@@ -694,9 +718,9 @@ The only way an account can be created is via a `Payment` transaction. So the sp
 
 

 
-### 16.3. Object Sponsorship
+### 17.3. Object Sponsorship
 
-#### 16.3.1. The Unsigned Transaction
+#### 17.3.1. The Unsigned Transaction
 
 

 
@@ -716,7 +740,7 @@ The only way an account can be created is via a `Payment` transaction. So the sp
 
 

 
-#### 16.3.2. The Signed Transaction
+#### 17.3.2. The Signed Transaction
 
 

 
@@ -740,7 +764,7 @@ The only way an account can be created is via a `Payment` transaction. So the sp
 
 

 
-## 17. Rationale
+## 18. Rationale
 
 The primary motivation for this design is to enable companies, token issuers, and other entities to reduce onboarding friction for end users by covering transaction fees and reserve requirements on their behalf. Today, users must self-fund both, or companies must essentially donate XRP to users with no controls over how they use it, before interacting with the XRPL. This creates a barrier to entry for use cases such as token distribution, NFT minting, or enterprise onboarding. Sponsorship provides a mechanism for entities with established XRP balances to subsidize these costs while maintaining strong on-chain accountability.
 
@@ -750,12 +774,16 @@ The primary motivation for this design is to enable companies, token issuers, an
   - Maybe a second `Sponsor` field or something?
 - How do we handle account creation? The actual account owner's signing keys aren't involved in that at all... Maybe just a new flag on the payment saying you'll pay the reserve for the account?
 - Should fee sponsorship allow for the existing fee paradigm that allows users to dip below the reserve?
-- Should there be a "max XRP per transaction" field in `Sponsorship`? Yes, TODO
-- Should the `Sponsorship` hold the XRP or pull from the `SponsorAccount`'s account? Pull from the `SponsorAccount`'s account, TODO
 - Should we allow sponsorship of creating another account? e.g. Account A is sponsored by Sponsor, A creates B, does Sponsor also sponsor B or does this fail if A doesn't have the funds to create B? No
 - Should `account_sponsoring` be Clio-only?
 - Should a sponsored account be prevented from sponsoring other accounts? By default the answer is no, so unless there's a reason to do so, we should leave it as is.
 
+### Answered and TODO
+
+- Should there be a "max XRP per transaction" field in `Sponsorship`? Yes, TODO
+- Should the `Sponsorship` hold the XRP or pull from the `SponsorAccount`'s account? Pull from the `SponsorAccount`'s account, TODO
+- 
+
 # Appendix
 
 ## Appendix A: FAQ

From 7d9b5c5e4395156d285315981572247da4529ed9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mayukha Vadari 
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:20:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 11/22] XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md updated
 from https://stackedit.io/

---
 .../README.md                                 | 32 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
index cd2fedb2..7b5fe85f 100644
--- a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
+++ b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
@@ -374,8 +374,10 @@ This transaction creates and updates the `Sponsorship` object.
 
 | Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
 | ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------ |
-| `SponsorAccount` | ✔️ | `string`  | `AccountID` | The sponsor associated with this relationship. This account also pays for the reserve of this object. |
-| `Sponsee` | ✔️ | `string`  | `AccountID` | The sponsee associated with this relationship. |
+|`TransactionType`|✔️|`string`|`UInt16`|The transaction type (`SponsorshipSet`).|
+|`Account`|✔️|`string`|`AccountID`|The account sending the transaction. This may be either the sponsor or the sponsee. |
+| `SponsorAccount` | | `string`  | `AccountID` | The sponsor associated with this relationship. This account also pays for the reserve of this object. If this field is included, the `Account` is assumed to be the `Sponsee`. |
+| `Sponsee` | | `string`  | `AccountID` | The sponsee associated with this relationship. If this field is included, the `Account`, is assumed to be the `SponsorAccount`. |
 | `FeeAmount`  | | `string`  | `Amount`  | The (remaining) amount of XRP that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for fees.  |
 | `ReserveCount` | | `number`  | `UInt32`  | The (remaining) amount of reserves that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use. |
 
@@ -392,7 +394,9 @@ This transaction creates and updates the `Sponsorship` object.
 ### 7.2. Failure Conditions
 
 - `tx.Account` is not equal to either `tx.SponsorAccount` or `tx.Sponsee`
-- If `tfDeleteObject` is provided:
+- Both `SponsorAccount` and `Sponsee` are specified
+- `SponsorAccount` is specified (which means that the `Sponsee` is submitting the transaction) and `tfDeleteObject` is not enabled
+- If `tfDeleteObject` is enabled:
   - `FeeAmount` is specified
   - `ReserveCount` is specified
   - `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForFee` is enabled
@@ -414,10 +418,10 @@ This transaction transfers a sponsor relationship for a particular ledger object
 
 | Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
 | ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------ |
-| `TransactionType` | ✔️ | `string`  | `UInt16`  |
-| `Account` | ✔️ | `string`  | `AccountID` |
-| `ObjectID` | | `string`  | `UInt256` |
-| `Sponsor` | | `object`  | `STObject`  |
+| `TransactionType` | ✔️ | `string`  | `UInt16`  | The transaction type (`SponsorshipTransfer`). |
+| `Account` | ✔️ | `string`  | `AccountID` | The account sending the transaction. This may be either the current sponsor or the current sponsee. |
+| `ObjectID` | | `string`  | `UInt256` | The 
+| `Sponsor` | | `object`  | `STObject`  | 
 
 #### 8.1.1. `ObjectID`
 
@@ -427,7 +431,7 @@ If it is not included, then it refers to the account sending the transaction.
 
 #### 8.1.2. `Sponsor`
 
-The `Sponsor` field is already added in the ledger common fields (see section [5.1.1](#511-sponsor)), but it has some additional rules associated with it on the `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction.
+The `Sponsor` field is already added in the transaction common fields (see section [6.1.1](#611-sponsor)), but it has some additional rules associated with it on the `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction.
 
 In this case, if `Sponsor` is included with the `tfSponsorReserve` flag, then the reserve sponsorship for the provided object will be transferred to the `Sponsor.Account` instead of passing back to the ledger object's owner.
 
@@ -447,14 +451,20 @@ Two accounts are allowed to submit a `SponsorshipTransfer` relationship to migra
 
 The sponsor will likely only rarely want to do this (such as if they are transferring accounts), but the sponsee may want to migrate if they change providers.
 
-### 8.4. Failure Conditions
+### 8.4. Transaction Fee
+
+The transaction fee for this transaction will be the base fee (currently 10 drops).
+
+### 8.5. Failure Conditions
+
+All failure conditions mentioned in section [6.3](#63-failure-conditions) still apply here.
 
 - If transferring the sponsorship, the new sponsor does not have enough reserve for this object/account.
 - If dissolving the sponsorship, the owner does not have enough reserve for this object/account.
 - The new sponsor does not exist.
-- The `tx.Account` neither the sponsor nor the owner of `ObjectID`.
+- The `tx.Account` neither the sponsor nor the owner (sponsee) of `ObjectID`.
 
-### 8.5. State Changes
+### 8.6. State Changes
 
 - The `Sponsor` field on the object is changed or deleted.
 - The old sponsor has its `SponsoringOwnerCount`/`SponsoringAccountCount` decremented by one.

From 9219cb47132c00e3610711e9d9b0d90a91f18ecb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mayukha Vadari 
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:41:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 12/22] XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md updated
 from https://stackedit.io/

---
 .../README.md                                 | 30 +++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
index 7b5fe85f..bc423199 100644
--- a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
+++ b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
@@ -125,10 +125,11 @@ The key of the `Sponsorship` object is the result of [`SHA512-Half`](https://xrp
 | ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------ |
 | `Owner` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `AccountID` | The sponsor associated with this relationship. This account also pays for the reserve of this object. |
 | `Sponsee` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `AccountID` | The sponsee associated with this relationship. |
+| `FeeAmount`  | | | `0` | `string`  | `Amount`  | The (remaining) amount of XRP that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for fees.  |
+| `MaxFee` | | | N/A | `string` | `Amount` | The maximum fee per transaction that will be sponsored. This is to prevent abuse/excessive draining of the sponsored fee pool. |
+| `ReserveCount` | | | `0` | `string`  | `UInt32`  | The (remaining) number of `OwnerCount` that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for reserves. |
 | `OwnerNode`  | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `UInt64`  | A hint indicating which page of the sponsor's owner directory links to this object, in case the directory consists of multiple pages. |
 | `SponseeNode`  | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `UInt64`  | A hint indicating which page of the sponsee's owner directory links to this object, in case the directory consists of multiple pages. |
-| `FeeAmount`  | | | `0` | `string`  | `Amount`  | The (remaining) amount of XRP that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for fees.  |
-| `ReserveCount` | | | `0` | `string`  | `UInt32`  | The (remaining) number of `OwnerCount` that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for reserves.  |
 
 ### 4.3. Flags
 
@@ -306,12 +307,13 @@ Either `SigningPubKey`+`Signature` or `Signers` must be included in the transact
 
 #### 6.3.2. Fee Sponsorship Failures
 
-- The sponsor does not have enough XRP to cover the sponsored transaction fee (`telINSUF_FEE_P`)
+- The sponsor's account does not have enough XRP to cover the sponsored transaction fee (`telINSUF_FEE_P`)
 
 If a `Sponsorship` object exists:
 
 - The `lsfRequireSignatureForFee` flag is enabled and there is no sponsor signature included.
 - There is not enough XRP in the `FeeAmount` to pay for the transaction.
+- The fee in `tx.Fee` is greater than `Sponsorship.MaxFee`
 
 If a `Sponsorship` object does not exist:
 
@@ -374,11 +376,12 @@ This transaction creates and updates the `Sponsorship` object.
 
 | Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
 | ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------ |
-|`TransactionType`|✔️|`string`|`UInt16`|The transaction type (`SponsorshipSet`).|
-|`Account`|✔️|`string`|`AccountID`|The account sending the transaction. This may be either the sponsor or the sponsee. |
+| `TransactionType` |✔️|`string`|`UInt16`|The transaction type (`SponsorshipSet`).|
+| `Account` |✔️|`string`|`AccountID`|The account sending the transaction. This may be either the sponsor or the sponsee. |
 | `SponsorAccount` | | `string`  | `AccountID` | The sponsor associated with this relationship. This account also pays for the reserve of this object. If this field is included, the `Account` is assumed to be the `Sponsee`. |
 | `Sponsee` | | `string`  | `AccountID` | The sponsee associated with this relationship. If this field is included, the `Account`, is assumed to be the `SponsorAccount`. |
-| `FeeAmount`  | | `string`  | `Amount`  | The (remaining) amount of XRP that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for fees.  |
+| `FeeAmount`  | | `string`  | `Amount`  | The (remaining) amount of XRP that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for fees. |
+| `MaxFee` | | `string` | `Amount` | The maximum fee per transaction that will be sponsored. This is to prevent abuse/excessive draining of the sponsored fee pool. |
 | `ReserveCount` | | `number`  | `UInt32`  | The (remaining) amount of reserves that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use. |
 
 ### 7.2. Flags
@@ -396,19 +399,24 @@ This transaction creates and updates the `Sponsorship` object.
 - `tx.Account` is not equal to either `tx.SponsorAccount` or `tx.Sponsee`
 - Both `SponsorAccount` and `Sponsee` are specified
 - `SponsorAccount` is specified (which means that the `Sponsee` is submitting the transaction) and `tfDeleteObject` is not enabled
+- `MaxFee` is less than the base fee or is not denominated in XRP
+- `FeeAmount` is less than the base fee or is not denominated in XRP
 - If `tfDeleteObject` is enabled:
   - `FeeAmount` is specified
+  - `MaxFee` is specified
   - `ReserveCount` is specified
   - `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForFee` is enabled
   - `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForReserve` is enabled
 
 ### 7.3. State Changes
 
-- If the object already exists, `Sponsorship.Amount += tx.FeeAmount` and `Sponsorship.ReserveCount += tx.ReserveCount`.
-- If the object doesn't exist, it will be created.
+- If the object already exists:
+  - `Sponsorship.Amount = tx.FeeAmount`
+  - `Sponsorship.MaxFee` = `tx.MaxFee`
+  - `Sponsorship.ReserveCount = tx.ReserveCount`
+- If the object doesn't exist, it will be created with the provided fields.
 - If the `tfDeleteObject` flag is used, it will delete the object. All funds remaining in the object will be sent back to the `SponsorAccount`.
-  - Both sponsor and sponsee can delete the object.
-  - Existing sponsored objects/accounts will need to go through the `SponsorshipTransfer` process.
+  - _Note: this does not affect already-sponsored entries and accounts. Existing sponsored objects/accounts will need to go through the `SponsorshipTransfer` process._
 
 ## 8. Transaction: `SponsorshipTransfer`
 
@@ -790,9 +798,7 @@ The primary motivation for this design is to enable companies, token issuers, an
 
 ### Answered and TODO
 
-- Should there be a "max XRP per transaction" field in `Sponsorship`? Yes, TODO
 - Should the `Sponsorship` hold the XRP or pull from the `SponsorAccount`'s account? Pull from the `SponsorAccount`'s account, TODO
-- 
 
 # Appendix
 

From d73d64345f0d94088c8d7cf68f205206e26353f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mayukha Vadari 
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:42:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 13/22] XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md updated
 from https://stackedit.io/

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 XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
index bc423199..4d79d9be 100644
--- a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
+++ b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
@@ -285,16 +285,16 @@ Either `Signature` or `Signers` must be included in the final transaction.
 
 There will be no additional transaction fee required for the use of the `Signature` field.
 
-If the `Signers` field is necessary, then the total fee of the transaction will be increased, due to the extra signatures that need to be processed. This is similar to the additional fees for [multisigning](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/accounts/multi-signing/). The minimum fee will be $(\\#signatures+1)*base\textunderscore fee$.
-
-The total fee calculation for signatures will now be $( 1+\\# tx.Signers + \\# tx.Sponsor.Signers) * base\textunderscore fee$.
-
 `Signature` and `Signers` **will not** be signing fields (they will not be included in transaction signatures, though they will still be included in the stored transaction).
 
 Either `SigningPubKey`+`Signature` or `Signers` must be included in the transaction. There is one exception to this: if `lsfRequireSignatureForFee`/`lsfRequireSignatureForReserve` are not enabled for the type(s) of sponsorship in the transaction.
 
 ### 6.2. Transaction Fee
 
+If the `Sponsor.Signers` field is necessary, then the total fee of the transaction will be increased, due to the extra signatures that need to be processed. This is similar to the additional fees for [multisigning](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/accounts/multi-signing/). The minimum fee will be $(\\# signatures+1)*base\textunderscore fee$.
+
+The total fee calculation for signatures will now be $( 1+\\# tx.Signers + \\# tx.Sponsor.Signers) * base\textunderscore fee$.
+
 ### 6.3. Failure Conditions
 
 #### 6.3.1. General Failures

From b3b42860af907a494600e913318c944b061fe9f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mayukha Vadari 
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:46:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 14/22] XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md updated
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 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
index 4d79d9be..26468ba0 100644
--- a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
+++ b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ Either `SigningPubKey`+`Signature` or `Signers` must be included in the transact
 
 If the `Sponsor.Signers` field is necessary, then the total fee of the transaction will be increased, due to the extra signatures that need to be processed. This is similar to the additional fees for [multisigning](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/accounts/multi-signing/). The minimum fee will be $(\\# signatures+1)*base\textunderscore fee$.
 
-The total fee calculation for signatures will now be $( 1+\\# tx.Signers + \\# tx.Sponsor.Signers) * base\textunderscore fee$.
+The total fee calculation for signatures will now be $( 1+\\# tx.Signers + \\# tx.Sponsor.Signers) * base\textunderscore fee$ (plus transaction-specific fees).
 
 ### 6.3. Failure Conditions
 
@@ -796,10 +796,6 @@ The primary motivation for this design is to enable companies, token issuers, an
 - Should `account_sponsoring` be Clio-only?
 - Should a sponsored account be prevented from sponsoring other accounts? By default the answer is no, so unless there's a reason to do so, we should leave it as is.
 
-### Answered and TODO
-
-- Should the `Sponsorship` hold the XRP or pull from the `SponsorAccount`'s account? Pull from the `SponsorAccount`'s account, TODO
-
 # Appendix
 
 ## Appendix A: FAQ

From f808617c1fcce676ca264ec52709decaece06653 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mayukha Vadari 
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:54:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 15/22] XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md updated
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diff --git a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
index 26468ba0..ba5c9dec 100644
--- a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
+++ b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 
   xls: 68
   title: Sponsored Fees and Reserves
@@ -792,7 +791,6 @@ The primary motivation for this design is to enable companies, token issuers, an
   - Maybe a second `Sponsor` field or something?
 - How do we handle account creation? The actual account owner's signing keys aren't involved in that at all... Maybe just a new flag on the payment saying you'll pay the reserve for the account?
 - Should fee sponsorship allow for the existing fee paradigm that allows users to dip below the reserve?
-- Should we allow sponsorship of creating another account? e.g. Account A is sponsored by Sponsor, A creates B, does Sponsor also sponsor B or does this fail if A doesn't have the funds to create B? No
 - Should `account_sponsoring` be Clio-only?
 - Should a sponsored account be prevented from sponsoring other accounts? By default the answer is no, so unless there's a reason to do so, we should leave it as is.
 

From 71799210486149e797f3d8f18d64fda6024bcf60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mayukha Vadari 
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:49:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 16/22] XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md updated
 from https://stackedit.io/

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 1 file changed, 112 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)

diff --git a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
index ba5c9dec..755cee3a 100644
--- a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
+++ b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ The key of the `Sponsorship` object is the result of [`SHA512-Half`](https://xrp
 | `ReserveCount` | | | `0` | `string`  | `UInt32`  | The (remaining) number of `OwnerCount` that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for reserves. |
 | `OwnerNode`  | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `UInt64`  | A hint indicating which page of the sponsor's owner directory links to this object, in case the directory consists of multiple pages. |
 | `SponseeNode`  | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `UInt64`  | A hint indicating which page of the sponsee's owner directory links to this object, in case the directory consists of multiple pages. |
+|`PreviousTxnID`||✔️|N/A|`string`|`Hash256`|The identifying hash of the transaction that most recently modified this entry.|
+|`PreviousTxnLgrSeq`||✔️|N/A|`number`|`UInt32`|The ledger index that contains the transaction that most recently modified this object.|
 
 ### 4.3. Flags
 
@@ -151,6 +153,8 @@ This object charges 1 reserve.
 
 This object will be deleted any time the `FeeAmount` and `ReserveCount` are both `0`. This can be done directly via `SponsorshipSet`, or can occur in the regular flow of transactions, if the sponsorship runs out.
 
+This object is a [deletion blocker](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/accounts/deleting-accounts/#requirements).
+
 ### 4.7. Invariant Checks
 
 - `FeeAmount` >= 0 || `ReserveCount` >= 0
@@ -163,6 +167,8 @@ The `snake_case` form of the ledger object name is `sponsorship`.
 
 ## 5. Ledger Entry: `AccountRoot`
 
+An `AccountRoot` ledger entry type describes a single [account](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/accounts), its settings, and XRP balance.
+
 ### 5.1. Fields
 
 

@@ -199,7 +205,7 @@ As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/ledger-data/led
 
 

 
-We propose these additional fields:
+This spec proposes these additional fields:
 | Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
 |------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|-------------|
 |`SponsorAccount`| | |N/A|`string`|`AccountID`| The sponsor that is paying the account reserve for this account. |
@@ -231,10 +237,57 @@ acctReserve * acct.SponsoringAccountCount
 }
 $$
 
-## 6. Transactions: Common Fields
+## 6. Ledger Entry: `RippleState`
+
+A `RippleState` ledger entry represents a [trust line](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/tokens/fungible-tokens) between two accounts. Each account can change its own limit and other settings, but the balance is a single shared value. A trust line that is entirely in its default state is considered the same as a trust line that does not exist and is automatically deleted. You can create or modify a trust line with a [TrustSet transaction](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/types/trustset).
 
 ### 6.1. Fields
 
+

+
+
+As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/ledger-data/ledger-entry-types/ripplestate#ripplestate-fields) are the fields that the `RippleState` ledger object currently has.
+
+
+
+| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
+|----------------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-------------------|--------------|-------------|
+| `Balance` | No | Yes | N/A | `object` | `Amount` | The balance of the trust line, from the perspective of the low account. A negative balance indicates that the high account holds tokens issued by the low account. The issuer in this is always set to the neutral value [ACCOUNT_ONE](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/accounts/addresses#special-addresses). |
+| `Flags` | No | Yes | N/A | `number` | `UInt32` | A bit-map of boolean options enabled for this entry. |
+| `HighLimit` | No | Yes | N/A | `object` | `Amount` | The limit that the high account has set on the trust line. The `issuer` is the address of the high account that set this limit. |
+| `HighNode` | Yes | Yes | N/A | `string` | `UInt64` | (Omitted in some historical ledgers) A hint indicating which page of the high account's owner directory links to this entry, in case the directory consists of multiple pages. |
+| `HighQualityIn` | No | No | N/A | `number` | `UInt32` | The inbound quality set by the high account, as an integer in the implied ratio `HighQualityIn`:1,000,000,000. As a special case, the value 0 is equivalent to 1 billion, or face value. |
+| `HighQualityOut` | No | No | N/A | `number` | `UInt32` | The outbound quality set by the high account, as an integer in the implied ratio `HighQualityOut`:1,000,000,000. As a special case, the value 0 is equivalent to 1 billion, or face value. |
+| `LedgerEntryType` | Yes | Yes | `RippleState` | `string` | `UInt16` | The value `0x0072`, mapped to the string `RippleState`, indicates that this is a RippleState entry. |
+| `LockCount` | No | No | N/A | `object` | `Amount` | The total number of lock balances on a `RippleState` ledger object. |
+| `LockedBalance` | No | No | N/A | `object` or `string` | `Amount` | The total number of locked tokens on a `RippleState` ledger object. |
+| `LowLimit` | No | Yes | N/A | `object` | `Amount` | The limit that the low account has set on the trust line. The `issuer` is the address of the low account that set this limit. |
+| `LowNode` | No | Yes | N/A | `string` | `UInt64` | (Omitted in some historical ledgers) A hint indicating which page of the low account's owner directory links to this entry, in case the directory consists of multiple pages. |
+| `LowQualityIn` | No | No | N/A | `number` | `UInt32` | The inbound quality set by the low account, as an integer in the implied ratio `LowQualityIn`:1,000,000,000. As a special case, the value 0 is equivalent to 1 billion, or face value. |
+| `LowQualityOut` | No | No | N/A | `number` | `UInt32` | The outbound quality set by the low account, as an integer in the implied ratio `LowQualityOut`:1,000,000,000. As a special case, the value 0 is equivalent to 1 billion, or face value. |
+| `PreviousTxnID` | No | Yes | N/A | `string` | `UInt256` | The identifying hash of the transaction that most recently modified this entry. |
+| `PreviousTxnLgrSeq` | No | Yes | N/A | `number` | `UInt32` | The ledger index that contains the transaction that most recently modified this entry. |
+
+

+
+This spec proposes these additional fields:
+| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
+|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|-------------|
+|`HighSponsorAccount`| | |N/A|`string`|`AccountID`| The sponsor that is paying the reserve on behalf of the "high" account on the trustline. |
+|`LowSponsorAccount`| | |N/A|`string`|`AccountID`| The sponsor that is paying the reserve on behalf of the "low" account on the trustline. |
+
+These additional fields are necessary for a trustline since the reserve for this object may be held by two accounts (in the case of a bidirectional trustline).
+
+### 6.2. Invariants
+
+Existing invariants remain.
+
+The common field `SponsorAccount` must not be on any `RippleState` objects (they must use `HighSponsorAccount` and `LowSponsorAccount` instead).
+
+## 7. Transactions: Common Fields
+
+### 7.1. Fields
+
 As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/common-fields/) are the fields that all transactions currently have.
 
 
@@ -245,7 +298,7 @@ We propose these modifications:
 | ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------ |
 | `Sponsor`  | | `object`  | `STObject`  | This field contains all the information for the sponsorship happening in the transaction. It is included if the transaction is fee- and/or reserve-sponsored. |
 
-#### 6.1.1. `Sponsor`
+#### 7.1.1. `Sponsor`
 
 The `Sponsor` inner object contains all of the information for the sponsorship happening in the transaction.
 
@@ -259,13 +312,13 @@ The fields contained in this object are:
 | `Signature`  | | `string`  | `STBlob`  | A signature of the transaction from the sponsor, to indicate their approval of this transaction, if single-signing. All signing fields must be included in the signature, including `Sponsor.SponsorAccount` and `Sponsor.Flags`. |
 | `Signers` | | `array` | `STArray` | An array of signatures of the transaction from the sponsor's signers to indicate their approval of this transaction, if the sponsor is multi-signing. All signing fields must be included, including `Sponsor.SponsorAccount` and `Sponsor.Flags`. |
 
-##### 6.1.1.1. `Account`
+##### 7.1.1.1. `Account`
 
 The `Sponsor.Account` field represents the sponsor.
 
 This field **will** be a signing field (it will be included in transaction signatures).
 
-##### 6.1.1.2. `Flags`
+##### 7.1.1.2. `Flags`
 
 The `Flags` field allows the user to specify which sponsorship type(s) they wish to participate in. At least one flag **must** be specified if the `Sponsor` field is included in a transaction.
 
@@ -278,7 +331,7 @@ There are two flag values that are supported:
 
 This field **will** be a signing field (it will be included in transaction signatures).
 
-##### 6.1.1.3. `SigningPubKey`, `Signature` and `Signers`
+##### 7.1.1.3. `SigningPubKey`, `Signature` and `Signers`
 
 Either `Signature` or `Signers` must be included in the final transaction.
 
@@ -288,15 +341,15 @@ There will be no additional transaction fee required for the use of the `Signatu
 
 Either `SigningPubKey`+`Signature` or `Signers` must be included in the transaction. There is one exception to this: if `lsfRequireSignatureForFee`/`lsfRequireSignatureForReserve` are not enabled for the type(s) of sponsorship in the transaction.
 
-### 6.2. Transaction Fee
+### 7.2. Transaction Fee
 
 If the `Sponsor.Signers` field is necessary, then the total fee of the transaction will be increased, due to the extra signatures that need to be processed. This is similar to the additional fees for [multisigning](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/accounts/multi-signing/). The minimum fee will be $(\\# signatures+1)*base\textunderscore fee$.
 
 The total fee calculation for signatures will now be $( 1+\\# tx.Signers + \\# tx.Sponsor.Signers) * base\textunderscore fee$ (plus transaction-specific fees).
 
-### 6.3. Failure Conditions
+### 7.3. Failure Conditions
 
-#### 6.3.1. General Failures
+#### 7.3.1. General Failures
 
 - `Sponsor.Signature` is invalid.
 - `Sponsor.Signers` is invalid (the signer list isn't on the account, quorum isn't reached, or signature(s) are invalid).
@@ -304,7 +357,7 @@ The total fee calculation for signatures will now be $( 1+\\# tx.Signers + \\# t
 - An invalid sponsorship flag is used.
 - `Sponsor.SigningPubKey`, `Sponsor.Signature`, and `Sponsor.Signers` are all included (or other incorrect combinations of signing fields).
 
-#### 6.3.2. Fee Sponsorship Failures
+#### 7.3.2. Fee Sponsorship Failures
 
 - The sponsor's account does not have enough XRP to cover the sponsored transaction fee (`telINSUF_FEE_P`)
 
@@ -320,7 +373,7 @@ If a `Sponsorship` object does not exist:
 
 Note: if a transaction doesn't charge a fee (such as an account's first `SetRegularKey` transaction), the transaction will still succeed.
 
-#### 6.3.3. Reserve Sponsorship Failures
+#### 7.3.3. Reserve Sponsorship Failures
 
 - The sponsor does not have enough XRP to cover the reserve (`tecINSUFFICIENT_RESERVE`)
 - The transaction does not support reserve sponsorship (see section 6.3.4)
@@ -336,7 +389,7 @@ If a `Sponsorship` object does not exist:
 
 Note: if a transaction doesn't charge a reserve (such as `AccountSet`), the transaction will still succeed.
 
-#### 6.3.4. Transactions that cannot be sponsored
+#### 7.3.4. Transactions that cannot be sponsored
 
 All transactions (other than pseudo-transactions) may use the `tfSponsorFee` flag, since they all have a fee.
 
@@ -349,15 +402,15 @@ However, some transactions will not support the `tfSponsorReserve` flag.
 
 Also, many transactions, such as `AccountSet`, will have no change in output when using the `tfSponsorReserve` flag, if they do not create any new objects or accounts.
 
-### 6.4. State Changes
+### 7.4. State Changes
 
-#### 6.4.1. Fee Sponsorship State Changes
+#### 7.4.1. Fee Sponsorship State Changes
 
 If a `Sponsorship` object exists, the `tx.Fee` value is decremented from the `Sponsorship.FeeAmount`.
 
 If a `Sponsorship` object does not exist, the `tx.Fee` value is decremented from the sponsor's `AccountRoot.Balance`.
 
-#### 6.4.2. Reserve Sponsorship State Changes
+#### 7.4.2. Reserve Sponsorship State Changes
 
 Any account/object that is created as a part of the transaction will have a `Sponsor` field.
 
@@ -367,11 +420,11 @@ The sponsee's `SponsoredOwnerCount` field will be incremented by the number of o
 
 The `SponsoredOwnerCount`, `SponsoringOwnerCount`, and `SponsoringAccountCount` fields will be decremented when those objects/accounts are deleted.
 
-## 7. Transaction: `SponsorshipSet`
+## 8. Transaction: `SponsorshipSet`
 
 This transaction creates and updates the `Sponsorship` object.
 
-### 7.1. Fields
+### 8.1. Fields
 
 | Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
 | ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------ |
@@ -383,7 +436,7 @@ This transaction creates and updates the `Sponsorship` object.
 | `MaxFee` | | `string` | `Amount` | The maximum fee per transaction that will be sponsored. This is to prevent abuse/excessive draining of the sponsored fee pool. |
 | `ReserveCount` | | `number`  | `UInt32`  | The (remaining) amount of reserves that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use. |
 
-### 7.2. Flags
+### 8.2. Flags
 
 | Flag Name | Flag Value | Description |
 | --------- | ---------- | ----------- |
@@ -393,7 +446,7 @@ This transaction creates and updates the `Sponsorship` object.
 | `tfSponsorshipClearRequireSignForReserve` | `0x00080000` | Removes the restriction every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor.  |
 | `tfDeleteObject` | `0x00100000` | Removes the ledger object. |
 
-### 7.2. Failure Conditions
+### 8.2. Failure Conditions
 
 - `tx.Account` is not equal to either `tx.SponsorAccount` or `tx.Sponsee`
 - Both `SponsorAccount` and `Sponsee` are specified
@@ -407,7 +460,7 @@ This transaction creates and updates the `Sponsorship` object.
   - `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForFee` is enabled
   - `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForReserve` is enabled
 
-### 7.3. State Changes
+### 8.3. State Changes
 
 - If the object already exists:
   - `Sponsorship.Amount = tx.FeeAmount`
@@ -417,11 +470,11 @@ This transaction creates and updates the `Sponsorship` object.
 - If the `tfDeleteObject` flag is used, it will delete the object. All funds remaining in the object will be sent back to the `SponsorAccount`.
   - _Note: this does not affect already-sponsored entries and accounts. Existing sponsored objects/accounts will need to go through the `SponsorshipTransfer` process._
 
-## 8. Transaction: `SponsorshipTransfer`
+## 9. Transaction: `SponsorshipTransfer`
 
 This transaction transfers a sponsor relationship for a particular ledger object's object reserve. The sponsor relationship can either be passed on to a new sponsor, or dissolved entirely (with the sponsee taking on the reserve). Either the sponsor or sponsee may submit this transaction at any point in time.
 
-### 8.1. Fields
+### 9.1. Fields
 
 | Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
 | ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------ |
@@ -430,13 +483,13 @@ This transaction transfers a sponsor relationship for a particular ledger object
 | `ObjectID` | | `string`  | `UInt256` | The 
 | `Sponsor` | | `object`  | `STObject`  | 
 
-#### 8.1.1. `ObjectID`
+#### 9.1.1. `ObjectID`
 
 This field should be included if this transaction is dealing with sponsored object, rather than on a sponsored account. This field indicates which object the relationship is changing for.
 
 If it is not included, then it refers to the account sending the transaction.
 
-#### 8.1.2. `Sponsor`
+#### 9.1.2. `Sponsor`
 
 The `Sponsor` field is already added in the transaction common fields (see section [6.1.1](#611-sponsor)), but it has some additional rules associated with it on the `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction.
 
@@ -444,13 +497,13 @@ In this case, if `Sponsor` is included with the `tfSponsorReserve` flag, then th
 
 If there is no `Sponsor` field, or if the `tfSponsorReserve` flag is not included, then the burden of the reserve will be passed back to the ledger object's owner (the former sponsee).
 
-### 8.2. Ending the Sponsorship for a Sponsored Ledger Object
+### 9.2. Ending the Sponsorship for a Sponsored Ledger Object
 
 A sponsored ledger object will have the `Sponsor` field attached to it. Ending the sponsor relationship for a sponsored ledger object requires the `ObjectID` parameter, to specify which ledger object.
 
 Two accounts are allowed to submit a `SponsorshipTransfer` relationship to end the sponsor relationship for a sponsored ledger object: either the sponsor for that object or the owner of that object (the sponsee).
 
-### 8.3. Migrating a Sponsorship to a New Account
+### 9.3. Migrating a Sponsorship to a New Account
 
 A sponsorship can be migrated to a new account by including the `Sponsor` field with the `tfSponsorReserve` flag. This can be done for either a sponsored account or a sponsored ledger object.
 
@@ -458,11 +511,11 @@ Two accounts are allowed to submit a `SponsorshipTransfer` relationship to migra
 
 The sponsor will likely only rarely want to do this (such as if they are transferring accounts), but the sponsee may want to migrate if they change providers.
 
-### 8.4. Transaction Fee
+### 9.4. Transaction Fee
 
 The transaction fee for this transaction will be the base fee (currently 10 drops).
 
-### 8.5. Failure Conditions
+### 9.5. Failure Conditions
 
 All failure conditions mentioned in section [6.3](#63-failure-conditions) still apply here.
 
@@ -471,14 +524,14 @@ All failure conditions mentioned in section [6.3](#63-failure-conditions) still
 - The new sponsor does not exist.
 - The `tx.Account` neither the sponsor nor the owner (sponsee) of `ObjectID`.
 
-### 8.6. State Changes
+### 9.6. State Changes
 
 - The `Sponsor` field on the object is changed or deleted.
 - The old sponsor has its `SponsoringOwnerCount`/`SponsoringAccountCount` decremented by one.
 - The new sponsor (if applicable) has its `SponsoringOwnerCount`/`SponsoringAccountCount` incremented by one.
 - If there is no new sponsor, then the owner's `SponsoredOwnerCount` will be decremented by one.
 
-## 9. Transaction: `Payment`
+## 10. Transaction: `Payment`
 
 A Payment transaction represents a transfer of value from one account to another. (Depending on the path taken, this can involve additional exchanges of value, which occur atomically.) This transaction type can be used for several  [types of payments](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/types/payment#types-of-payments).
 
@@ -486,7 +539,7 @@ Payments are also the only way to  [create accounts](https://xrpl.org/docs/refer
 
 As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/types/payment) are the fields that `Payment` currently has. This amendment proposes no changes to the fields, only to the flags and behavior.
 
-### 9.1. Flags
+### 10.1. Flags
 
 As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/types/payment#payment-flags) are the flags that `Payment` currently has:
 
@@ -502,13 +555,13 @@ This spec proposes the following additions:
 |-----------|------------|-------------|
 | `tfSponsorCreatedAccount` | `0x00080000` | This flag is only valid if the `Payment` is used to create an account. If it is enabled, the created account will be sponsored by the `tx.Account`. |
 
-## 10. Transaction: `AccountDelete`
+## 11. Transaction: `AccountDelete`
 
 This transaction deletes an account.
 
 As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/types/accountdelete) are the fields that `AccountDelete` currently has. This amendment proposes no changes to the fields, only to the behavior.
 
-### 10.1. Failure Conditions
+### 11.1. Failure Conditions
 
 Existing failure conditions still apply.
 
@@ -518,7 +571,7 @@ If the `AccountRoot` associated with the `tx.Account` has a `SponsorAccount` fie
 
 If the `AccountRoot` associated with the `tx.Account` has a `SponsoringOwnerCount` or `SponsoringAccountCount` field, the transaction will fail with `tecHAS_OBLIGATIONS`.
 
-### 10.2. State Changes
+### 11.2. State Changes
 
 Existing state changes still apply, including rules around deletion blockers.
 
@@ -526,17 +579,17 @@ If the `AccountRoot` associated with the `tx.Account` has a `SponsorAccount` fie
 
 If the `AccountRoot` associated with the `tx.Account` has a `SponsoredOwnerCount` field, the `SponsorAccount`'s `SponsoringOwnerCount` is decremented by the `tx.Account`'s `SponsoredOwnerCount`.
 
-## 11. Permission: `SponsorFee`
+## 12. Permission: `SponsorFee`
 
 This delegatable granular permission allows an account to sponsor fees on behalf of another account.
 
-## 12. Permission: `SponsorReserve`
+## 13. Permission: `SponsorReserve`
 
 This delegatable granular permission allows an account to sponsor reserves on behalf of another account.
 
-## 13. RPC: `account_objects`
+## 14. RPC: `account_objects`
 
-### 13.1. Request Fields
+### 14.1. Request Fields
 
 The [`account_objects` RPC method](https://xrpl.org/account_objects.html) already exists on the XRPL. As a reference, here are the fields that `account_objects` currently accepts:
 
@@ -556,15 +609,15 @@ We propose this additional field:
 | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ----------- |
 | `sponsored` | | `boolean` | If `true`, only return ledger entries that are sponsored. If `false`, only return ledger entries that are not sponsored. If omitted, return all objects. |
 
-### 13.2. Response Fields
+### 14.2. Response Fields
 
 The response fields remain the same.
 
-## 14. RPC: `account_sponsoring`
+## 15. RPC: `account_sponsoring`
 
 The `account_sponsoring` RPC method is used to fetch a list of objects that an account is sponsoring; namely, a list of objects where the `SponsorAccount` is the given account. It has a very similar API to the [`account_objects` method](https://xrpl.org/account_objects.html).
 
-### 14.1. Request Fields
+### 15.1. Request Fields
 
 | Field Name  | Required? | JSON Type  | Description  |
 | ----------- | --------- | ---------- | ------------ |
@@ -576,7 +629,7 @@ The `account_sponsoring` RPC method is used to fetch a list of objects that an a
 | `marker`  | | `any` | Value from a previous paginated response. Resume retrieving data where that response left off. |
 | `type`  | | `string` | Filter results by a ledger entry type. Some examples are `offer` and `escrow`.  |
 
-### 14.2. Response Fields
+### 15.2. Response Fields
 
 The response fields are nearly identical to `account_objects`.
 
@@ -591,9 +644,9 @@ The response fields are nearly identical to `account_objects`.
 | `marker`  |  | `any` | Server-defined value indicating the response is paginated. Pass this to the next call to resume where this call left off. Omitted when there are no additional pages after this one. |
 | `validated`  |  | `boolean` | If `true`, the information in this response comes from a validated ledger version. Otherwise, the information is subject to change.  |
 
-## 15. Security
+## 16. Security
 
-### 15.1. Security Axioms
+### 16.1. Security Axioms
 
 Both the sponsee _and_ the sponsor must agree to enter into a sponsor relationship. The sponsee must actively consent to the sponsor handling the reserve, and the sponsor must be willing to take on that reserve. A signature from both parties ensures that this is the case.
 
@@ -609,37 +662,37 @@ A sponsee cannot take advantage of the generosity of their sponsor, since the sp
 
 An axiom that is out of scope: the sponsee may not have any control over a sponsorship transfer (the sponsor may transfer a sponsorship without the sponsee's consent). This is akin to a loanee having no control over a bank selling their mortgage to some other company, or a lender selling debt to a debt collection agency.
 
-### 15.2. Signatures
+### 16.2. Signatures
 
 Since a fee sponsorship must approve of the `Fee` field, and a reserve sponsorship must approve of a broad set of transaction fields, the sponsor must always sign the whole transaction. This also avoids needing to have different sponsorship processes for different sponsorship types. This includes the non-signature parts of the `Sponsor` object (`Sponsor.Account` and `Sponsor.Flags`). The same is true for the sponsee's transaction signature; the sponsee must approve of the sponsor and sponsorship type.
 
 A sponsor's `Signature` cannot be replayed or attached to a different transaction, since the whole transaction (including the `Account` and `Sequence` values) must be signed.
 
-## 16. Invariants
+## 17. Invariants
 
 An [invariant](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/consensus-protocol/invariant-checking/) is a statement, usually an equation, that must always be true for every valid ledger state on the XRPL. Invariant checks serve as a last line of defense against bugs; the `tecINVARIANT_FAILED` error is thrown if an invariant is violated (which ideally should never happen).
 
-### 16.1. Tracking Owner Counts
+### 17.1. Tracking Owner Counts
 
 A transaction that creates a ledger object either increments an account's `OwnerCount` by 1 or increments two separate accounts' `SponsoringOwnerCount` and `SponsoredOwnerCount` by 1. The opposite happens when a ledger object is deleted.
 
 The equivalent also should happen with `SponsoringAccountCount`.
 
-### 16.2. Balancing `SponsoredOwnerCount` and `SponsoringOwnerCount`
+### 17.2. Balancing `SponsoredOwnerCount` and `SponsoringOwnerCount`
 
 $$ \sum*{accounts} Account.SponsoredOwnerCount = \sum*{accounts} Account.SponsoringOwnerCount $$
 
 In other words, the sum of all accounts' `SponsoredOwnerCount`s must be equal to the sum of all accounts' `SponsoringOwnerCount`s. This ensures that every sponsored object is logged as being sponsored and also has a sponsor.
 
-## 17. Example Flows
+## 18. Example Flows
 
 Each example will show what the transaction will look like before **and** after both the sponsor and sponsee sign the transaction.
 
 The unsigned transaction must be autofilled before it is passed to the sponsor to sign. Tooling can be updated to handle combining the sponsor and sponsee signatures, similar to helper functions that already exist for multisigning.
 
-### 17.1. Fee Sponsorship
+### 18.1. Fee Sponsorship
 
-#### 17.1.1. The Unsigned Transaction
+#### 18.1.1. The Unsigned Transaction
 
 

 
@@ -660,7 +713,7 @@ The unsigned transaction must be autofilled before it is passed to the sponsor t
 
 

 
-#### 17.1.2. The Signed Transaction
+#### 18.1.2. The Signed Transaction
 
 

 
@@ -685,11 +738,11 @@ The unsigned transaction must be autofilled before it is passed to the sponsor t
 
 

 
-### 17.2. Account Sponsorship
+### 18.2. Account Sponsorship
 
 The only way an account can be created is via a `Payment` transaction. So the sponsor relationship must be initiated on the `Payment` transaction.
 
-#### 17.2.1. The Unsigned Transaction
+#### 18.2.1. The Unsigned Transaction
 
 

 
@@ -710,7 +763,7 @@ The only way an account can be created is via a `Payment` transaction. So the sp
 
 

 
-#### 17.2.2. The Signed Transaction
+#### 18.2.2. The Signed Transaction
 
 

 
@@ -735,9 +788,9 @@ The only way an account can be created is via a `Payment` transaction. So the sp
 
 

 
-### 17.3. Object Sponsorship
+### 18.3. Object Sponsorship
 
-#### 17.3.1. The Unsigned Transaction
+#### 18.3.1. The Unsigned Transaction
 
 

 
@@ -757,7 +810,7 @@ The only way an account can be created is via a `Payment` transaction. So the sp
 
 

 
-#### 17.3.2. The Signed Transaction
+#### 18.3.2. The Signed Transaction
 
 

 
@@ -781,7 +834,7 @@ The only way an account can be created is via a `Payment` transaction. So the sp
 
 

 
-## 18. Rationale
+## 19. Rationale
 
 The primary motivation for this design is to enable companies, token issuers, and other entities to reduce onboarding friction for end users by covering transaction fees and reserve requirements on their behalf. Today, users must self-fund both, or companies must essentially donate XRP to users with no controls over how they use it, before interacting with the XRPL. This creates a barrier to entry for use cases such as token distribution, NFT minting, or enterprise onboarding. Sponsorship provides a mechanism for entities with established XRP balances to subsidize these costs while maintaining strong on-chain accountability.
 
@@ -789,7 +842,6 @@ The primary motivation for this design is to enable companies, token issuers, an
 
 - How will this work for objects like trustlines, where multiple accounts might be holding reserves for it?
   - Maybe a second `Sponsor` field or something?
-- How do we handle account creation? The actual account owner's signing keys aren't involved in that at all... Maybe just a new flag on the payment saying you'll pay the reserve for the account?
 - Should fee sponsorship allow for the existing fee paradigm that allows users to dip below the reserve?
 - Should `account_sponsoring` be Clio-only?
 - Should a sponsored account be prevented from sponsoring other accounts? By default the answer is no, so unless there's a reason to do so, we should leave it as is.

From 68b86c5603c4a96c8d5dfdb249edf0c455c0701f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mayukha Vadari 
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:56:50 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 17/22] XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md updated
 from https://stackedit.io/

---
 XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
index 755cee3a..f68b5000 100644
--- a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
+++ b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ If a `Sponsorship` object exists:
 
 - The `lsfRequireSignatureForFee` flag is enabled and there is no sponsor signature included.
 - There is not enough XRP in the `FeeAmount` to pay for the transaction.
+  - Paying fees via sponsorship will _not_ be able to [go below the reserve requirement](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/accounts/reserves#going-below-the-reserve-requirement).
 - The fee in `tx.Fee` is greater than `Sponsorship.MaxFee`
 
 If a `Sponsorship` object does not exist:

From 1cd447c171c2e25ea80122c1cf82ed087d794ae4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mayukha Vadari 
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 12:31:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 18/22] Sync Public/Sponsor XLS.md from Obsidian vault

---
 .../README.md                                 | 350 +++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 178 insertions(+), 172 deletions(-)

diff --git a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
index f68b5000..7c1b2531 100644
--- a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
+++ b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   description: Allow an account to fund fees and reserves on behalf of another account
   author: Mayukha Vadari (@mvadari)
   created: 2024-05-02
-  updated: 2025-09-08
+  updated: 2025-09-19
   status: Draft
   category: Amendment
   requires: 74
@@ -30,16 +30,18 @@ Sponsors can also pre-fund fees or reserves, if they do not want to deal with th
 
 We propose:
 
+- Modifying the ledger entry common fields
 - Creating the `Sponsorship` ledger entry
 - Modifying the `AccountRoot` ledger entry
+- Modifying the `RippleState` ledger entry
+- Modifying the transaction common fields
 - Creating the `SponsorshipSet` transaction type
 - Creating the `SponsorshipTransfer` transaction type
+- Modifying the `Payment` transaction type (only flags)
 - Modifying the `AccountDelete` transaction type (behavior only, not fields)
 - Adding two additional granular permissions (`SponsorFee`, `SponsorReserve`)
 
-The common fields for all ledger objects and all transactions will also be modified.
-
-In addition, there will be a modification to the `account_objects` RPC method, and a new RPC method called `account_sponsoring`.
+In addition, there will be a modification to the `account_objects` RPC method, and a new Clio RPC method called `account_sponsoring`.
 
 This feature will require an amendment, tentatively titled `Sponsor`.
 
@@ -94,15 +96,16 @@ There are two ways in which he could do this:
 
 As a reference, here are the fields that all ledger objects currently have:
 
-| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
-| ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ---------- | ------------- | ----------- |
-| `LedgerEntryType` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `UInt16`  |
-| `Flags` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `number`  | `UInt16`  |
+| Field Name        | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description                             |
+| ----------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | --------- | ------------- | --------------------------------------- |
+| `LedgerEntryType` | ✔️        | ✔️        | N/A           | `string`  | `UInt16`      | The type of ledger entry.               |
+| `Flags`           | ✔️        | ✔️        | N/A           | `number`  | `UInt16`      | Set of bit-flags for this ledger entry. |
 
 We propose this additional field:
-| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
-|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|------------|---------------|-------------|
-|`SponsorAccount`| | |N/A|`string`|`AccountID`| The sponsor that is paying the reserve for this ledger object. |
+
+| Field Name       | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description                                                    |
+| ---------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | --------- | ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `SponsorAccount` |           |           | N/A           | `string`  | `AccountID`   | The sponsor that is paying the reserve for this ledger object. |
 
 ## 4. Ledger Entry: `Sponsorship`
 
@@ -120,26 +123,26 @@ The key of the `Sponsorship` object is the result of [`SHA512-Half`](https://xrp
 
 ### 4.2. Fields
 
-| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
-| ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------ |
-| `Owner` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `AccountID` | The sponsor associated with this relationship. This account also pays for the reserve of this object. |
-| `Sponsee` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `AccountID` | The sponsee associated with this relationship. |
-| `FeeAmount`  | | | `0` | `string`  | `Amount`  | The (remaining) amount of XRP that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for fees.  |
-| `MaxFee` | | | N/A | `string` | `Amount` | The maximum fee per transaction that will be sponsored. This is to prevent abuse/excessive draining of the sponsored fee pool. |
-| `ReserveCount` | | | `0` | `string`  | `UInt32`  | The (remaining) number of `OwnerCount` that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for reserves. |
-| `OwnerNode`  | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `UInt64`  | A hint indicating which page of the sponsor's owner directory links to this object, in case the directory consists of multiple pages. |
-| `SponseeNode`  | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `UInt64`  | A hint indicating which page of the sponsee's owner directory links to this object, in case the directory consists of multiple pages. |
-|`PreviousTxnID`||✔️|N/A|`string`|`Hash256`|The identifying hash of the transaction that most recently modified this entry.|
-|`PreviousTxnLgrSeq`||✔️|N/A|`number`|`UInt32`|The ledger index that contains the transaction that most recently modified this object.|
+| Field Name          | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description                                                                                                                           |
+| ------------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `Owner`             | ✔️        | ✔️        | N/A           | `string`  | `AccountID`   | The sponsor associated with this relationship. This account also pays for the reserve of this object.                                 |
+| `Sponsee`           | ✔️        | ✔️        | N/A           | `string`  | `AccountID`   | The sponsee associated with this relationship.                                                                                        |
+| `FeeAmount`         |           |           | `0`           | `string`  | `Amount`      | The (remaining) amount of XRP that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for fees.                                          |
+| `MaxFee`            |           |           | N/A           | `string`  | `Amount`      | The maximum fee per transaction that will be sponsored. This is to prevent abuse/excessive draining of the sponsored fee pool.        |
+| `ReserveCount`      |           |           | `0`           | `string`  | `UInt32`      | The (remaining) number of `OwnerCount` that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for reserves.                             |
+| `OwnerNode`         | ✔️        | ✔️        | N/A           | `string`  | `UInt64`      | A hint indicating which page of the sponsor's owner directory links to this object, in case the directory consists of multiple pages. |
+| `SponseeNode`       | ✔️        | ✔️        | N/A           | `string`  | `UInt64`      | A hint indicating which page of the sponsee's owner directory links to this object, in case the directory consists of multiple pages. |
+| `PreviousTxnID`     |           | ✔️        | N/A           | `string`  | `Hash256`     | The identifying hash of the transaction that most recently modified this entry.                                                       |
+| `PreviousTxnLgrSeq` |           | ✔️        | N/A           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | The ledger index that contains the transaction that most recently modified this object.                                               |
 
 ### 4.3. Flags
 
 There are two flags on this object:
 
-| Flag Name |  Flag Value  | Modifiable? | Description |
-| --------- | ------------ | ----------- | ----------- |
-| `lsfSponsorshipRequireSignForFee` | `0x00010000` | Yes | If set, indicates that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. |
-| `lsfSponsorshipRequireSignForReserve` | `0x00020000` | Yes | If set, indicates that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. |
+| Flag Name                             | Flag Value   | Modifiable? | Description                                                                                                 |
+| ------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `lsfSponsorshipRequireSignForFee`     | `0x00010000` | Yes         | If set, indicates that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. |
+| `lsfSponsorshipRequireSignForReserve` | `0x00020000` | Yes         | If set, indicates that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. |
 
 ### 4.4. Ownership
 
@@ -178,40 +181,41 @@ As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/ledger-data/led
 
 
 
-| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
-| ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------ |
-| `Account` | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `AccountID` | The identifying (classic) address of this account.  |
-| `AccountTxnID` | | | N/A | `string`  | `Hash256` | The identifying hash of the transaction most recently sent by this account. |
-| `AMMID` | ✔️ | | N/A | `string`  | `Hash256` | The ledger entry ID of the corresponding AMM ledger entry, if this is an AMM pseudo-account. |
-| `Balance` | | | N/A | `string`  | `Amount`  | The account's current XRP balance. |
-| `BurnedNFTokens` | | | `0` | `number`  | `UInt32`  | How many total of this account's issued NFTs have been burned.  |
-| `Domain`  | | | N/A | `string`  | `Blob` | A domain associated with this account. |
-| `EmailHash`  | | | N/A | `string`  | `Hash128` | The md5 hash of an email address.  |
-| `FirstNFTokenSequence` | ✔️ | | N/A | `number`  | `UInt32`  | The account's Sequence Number at the time it minted its first non-fungible-token.  |
-| `LedgerEntryType`  | ✔️ | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `UInt16`  | The value `0x0061`, mapped to the string `AccountRoot`, indicates that this is an `AccountRoot `object. |
-| `MessageKey` | | | N/A | `string`  | `Blob` | A public key that may be used to send encrypted messages to this account. |
-| `MintedNFTokens` | | | `0` | `number`  | `UInt32`  | How many total non-fungible tokens have been minted by/on behalf of this account.  |
-| `NFTokenMinter` | | | N/A | `string`  | `AccountID` | Another account that can mint NFTs on behalf of this account. |
-| `OwnerCount` | | ✔️ | N/A | `number`  | `UInt32`  | The number of objects this account owns in the ledger, which contributes to its owner reserve. |
-| `PreviousTxnID` | | ✔️ | N/A | `string`  | `Hash256` | The identifying hash of the transaction that most recently modified this object. |
-| `PreviousTxnLgrSeq`  | | ✔️ | N/A | `number`  | `UInt32`  | The ledger index that contains the transaction that most recently modified this object.  |
-| `RegularKey` | | | N/A | `string`  | `AccountID` | The address of a key pair that can be used to sign transactions for this account instead of the master key. |
-| `Sequence` | | ✔️ | N/A | `number`  | `UInt32`  | The [sequence number](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/data-types/basic-data-types/#account-sequence) of the next valid transaction for this account. |
-| `TicketCount`  | | | N/A | `number`  | `UInt32`  | How many Tickets this account owns in the ledger. |
-| `TickSize` | | | N/A | `number`  | `UInt8` | [How many significant digits to use for exchange rates of Offers involving currencies issued by this address.](https://xrpl.org/resources/known-amendments/#ticksize) |
-| `TransferRate` | | | N/A | `number`  | `UInt32`  | A [transfer fee](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/tokens/transfer-fees/) to charge other users for sending currency issued by this account to each other.  |
-| `WalletLocator` | | | N/A | `string`  | `Hash256` | An arbitrary 256-bit value that users can set. |
-| `WalletSize` | | | N/A | `number`  | `UInt32`  | Unused. |
+| Field Name             | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description                                                                                                                                                           |
+| ---------------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | --------- | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `Account`              | ✔️        | ✔️        | N/A           | `string`  | `AccountID`   | The identifying (classic) address of this account.                                                                                                                    |
+| `AccountTxnID`         |           |           | N/A           | `string`  | `Hash256`     | The identifying hash of the transaction most recently sent by this account.                                                                                           |
+| `AMMID`                | ✔️        |           | N/A           | `string`  | `Hash256`     | The ledger entry ID of the corresponding AMM ledger entry, if this is an AMM pseudo-account.                                                                          |
+| `Balance`              |           |           | N/A           | `string`  | `Amount`      | The account's current XRP balance.                                                                                                                                    |
+| `BurnedNFTokens`       |           |           | `0`           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | How many total of this account's issued NFTs have been burned.                                                                                                        |
+| `Domain`               |           |           | N/A           | `string`  | `Blob`        | A domain associated with this account.                                                                                                                                |
+| `EmailHash`            |           |           | N/A           | `string`  | `Hash128`     | The md5 hash of an email address.                                                                                                                                     |
+| `FirstNFTokenSequence` | ✔️        |           | N/A           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | The account's Sequence Number at the time it minted its first non-fungible-token.                                                                                     |
+| `LedgerEntryType`      | ✔️        | ✔️        | N/A           | `string`  | `UInt16`      | The value `0x0061`, mapped to the string `AccountRoot`, indicates that this is an `AccountRoot `object.                                                               |
+| `MessageKey`           |           |           | N/A           | `string`  | `Blob`        | A public key that may be used to send encrypted messages to this account.                                                                                             |
+| `MintedNFTokens`       |           |           | `0`           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | How many total non-fungible tokens have been minted by/on behalf of this account.                                                                                     |
+| `NFTokenMinter`        |           |           | N/A           | `string`  | `AccountID`   | Another account that can mint NFTs on behalf of this account.                                                                                                         |
+| `OwnerCount`           |           | ✔️        | N/A           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | The number of objects this account owns in the ledger, which contributes to its owner reserve.                                                                        |
+| `PreviousTxnID`        |           | ✔️        | N/A           | `string`  | `Hash256`     | The identifying hash of the transaction that most recently modified this object.                                                                                      |
+| `PreviousTxnLgrSeq`    |           | ✔️        | N/A           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | The ledger index that contains the transaction that most recently modified this object.                                                                               |
+| `RegularKey`           |           |           | N/A           | `string`  | `AccountID`   | The address of a key pair that can be used to sign transactions for this account instead of the master key.                                                           |
+| `Sequence`             |           | ✔️        | N/A           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | The [sequence number](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/data-types/basic-data-types/#account-sequence) of the next valid transaction for this account.        |
+| `TicketCount`          |           |           | N/A           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | How many Tickets this account owns in the ledger.                                                                                                                     |
+| `TickSize`             |           |           | N/A           | `number`  | `UInt8`       | [How many significant digits to use for exchange rates of Offers involving currencies issued by this address.](https://xrpl.org/resources/known-amendments/#ticksize) |
+| `TransferRate`         |           |           | N/A           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | A [transfer fee](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/tokens/transfer-fees/) to charge other users for sending currency issued by this account to each other.               |
+| `WalletLocator`        |           |           | N/A           | `string`  | `Hash256`     | An arbitrary 256-bit value that users can set.                                                                                                                        |
+| `WalletSize`           |           |           | N/A           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | Unused.                                                                                                                                                               |
 
 
 
 This spec proposes these additional fields:
-| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
-|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|-------------|
-|`SponsorAccount`| | |N/A|`string`|`AccountID`| The sponsor that is paying the account reserve for this account. |
-|`SponsoredOwnerCount`| | |`0`|`number`|`UInt32`|The number of objects the account owns that are being sponsored by a sponsor.
-|`SponsoringOwnerCount`| | |`0`|`number`|`UInt32`|The number of objects the account is sponsoring the reserve for.|
-|`SponsoringAccountCount`| | |`0`|`number`|`UInt32`|The number of accounts that the account is sponsoring the reserve for.|
+
+| Field Name               | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description                                                                   |
+| ------------------------ | --------- | --------- | ------------- | --------- | ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `SponsorAccount`         |           |           | N/A           | `string`  | `AccountID`   | The sponsor that is paying the account reserve for this account.              |
+| `SponsoredOwnerCount`    |           |           | `0`           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | The number of objects the account owns that are being sponsored by a sponsor. |
+| `SponsoringOwnerCount`   |           |           | `0`           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | The number of objects the account is sponsoring the reserve for.              |
+| `SponsoringAccountCount` |           |           | `0`           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | The number of accounts that the account is sponsoring the reserve for.        |
 
 #### 5.1.1. `SponsorAccount`
 
@@ -231,8 +235,8 @@ The total account reserve should now be calculated as:
 
 $$
 \displaylines{
-(acct.SponsorAccount \text{ ? } 0 : acctReserve) + \\
-objReserve * (acct.OwnerCount + acct.SponsoringOwnerCount - acct.SponsoredOwnerCount) + \\
+(acct.SponsorAccount 	ext{ ? } 0 : acctReserve) + \
+objReserve * (acct.OwnerCount + acct.SponsoringOwnerCount - acct.SponsoredOwnerCount) + \
 acctReserve * acct.SponsoringAccountCount
 }
 $$
@@ -250,31 +254,32 @@ As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/ledger-data/led
 
 
 
-| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
-|----------------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-------------------|--------------|-------------|
-| `Balance` | No | Yes | N/A | `object` | `Amount` | The balance of the trust line, from the perspective of the low account. A negative balance indicates that the high account holds tokens issued by the low account. The issuer in this is always set to the neutral value [ACCOUNT_ONE](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/accounts/addresses#special-addresses). |
-| `Flags` | No | Yes | N/A | `number` | `UInt32` | A bit-map of boolean options enabled for this entry. |
-| `HighLimit` | No | Yes | N/A | `object` | `Amount` | The limit that the high account has set on the trust line. The `issuer` is the address of the high account that set this limit. |
-| `HighNode` | Yes | Yes | N/A | `string` | `UInt64` | (Omitted in some historical ledgers) A hint indicating which page of the high account's owner directory links to this entry, in case the directory consists of multiple pages. |
-| `HighQualityIn` | No | No | N/A | `number` | `UInt32` | The inbound quality set by the high account, as an integer in the implied ratio `HighQualityIn`:1,000,000,000. As a special case, the value 0 is equivalent to 1 billion, or face value. |
-| `HighQualityOut` | No | No | N/A | `number` | `UInt32` | The outbound quality set by the high account, as an integer in the implied ratio `HighQualityOut`:1,000,000,000. As a special case, the value 0 is equivalent to 1 billion, or face value. |
-| `LedgerEntryType` | Yes | Yes | `RippleState` | `string` | `UInt16` | The value `0x0072`, mapped to the string `RippleState`, indicates that this is a RippleState entry. |
-| `LockCount` | No | No | N/A | `object` | `Amount` | The total number of lock balances on a `RippleState` ledger object. |
-| `LockedBalance` | No | No | N/A | `object` or `string` | `Amount` | The total number of locked tokens on a `RippleState` ledger object. |
-| `LowLimit` | No | Yes | N/A | `object` | `Amount` | The limit that the low account has set on the trust line. The `issuer` is the address of the low account that set this limit. |
-| `LowNode` | No | Yes | N/A | `string` | `UInt64` | (Omitted in some historical ledgers) A hint indicating which page of the low account's owner directory links to this entry, in case the directory consists of multiple pages. |
-| `LowQualityIn` | No | No | N/A | `number` | `UInt32` | The inbound quality set by the low account, as an integer in the implied ratio `LowQualityIn`:1,000,000,000. As a special case, the value 0 is equivalent to 1 billion, or face value. |
-| `LowQualityOut` | No | No | N/A | `number` | `UInt32` | The outbound quality set by the low account, as an integer in the implied ratio `LowQualityOut`:1,000,000,000. As a special case, the value 0 is equivalent to 1 billion, or face value. |
-| `PreviousTxnID` | No | Yes | N/A | `string` | `UInt256` | The identifying hash of the transaction that most recently modified this entry. |
-| `PreviousTxnLgrSeq` | No | Yes | N/A | `number` | `UInt32` | The ledger index that contains the transaction that most recently modified this entry. |
+| Field Name          | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type            | Internal Type | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
+| ------------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | -------------------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `Balance`           | No        | Yes       | N/A           | `object`             | `Amount`      | The balance of the trust line, from the perspective of the low account. A negative balance indicates that the high account holds tokens issued by the low account. The issuer in this is always set to the neutral value [ACCOUNT_ONE](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/accounts/addresses#special-addresses). |
+| `Flags`             | No        | Yes       | N/A           | `number`             | `UInt32`      | A bit-map of boolean options enabled for this entry.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
+| `HighLimit`         | No        | Yes       | N/A           | `object`             | `Amount`      | The limit that the high account has set on the trust line. The `issuer` is the address of the high account that set this limit.                                                                                                                                                                              |
+| `HighNode`          | Yes       | Yes       | N/A           | `string`             | `UInt64`      | (Omitted in some historical ledgers) A hint indicating which page of the high account's owner directory links to this entry, in case the directory consists of multiple pages.                                                                                                                               |
+| `HighQualityIn`     | No        | No        | N/A           | `number`             | `UInt32`      | The inbound quality set by the high account, as an integer in the implied ratio `HighQualityIn`:1,000,000,000. As a special case, the value 0 is equivalent to 1 billion, or face value.                                                                                                                     |
+| `HighQualityOut`    | No        | No        | N/A           | `number`             | `UInt32`      | The outbound quality set by the high account, as an integer in the implied ratio `HighQualityOut`:1,000,000,000. As a special case, the value 0 is equivalent to 1 billion, or face value.                                                                                                                   |
+| `LedgerEntryType`   | Yes       | Yes       | `RippleState` | `string`             | `UInt16`      | The value `0x0072`, mapped to the string `RippleState`, indicates that this is a RippleState entry.                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
+| `LockCount`         | No        | No        | N/A           | `object`             | `Amount`      | The total number of lock balances on a `RippleState` ledger object.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
+| `LockedBalance`     | No        | No        | N/A           | `object` or `string` | `Amount`      | The total number of locked tokens on a `RippleState` ledger object.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
+| `LowLimit`          | No        | Yes       | N/A           | `object`             | `Amount`      | The limit that the low account has set on the trust line. The `issuer` is the address of the low account that set this limit.                                                                                                                                                                                |
+| `LowNode`           | No        | Yes       | N/A           | `string`             | `UInt64`      | (Omitted in some historical ledgers) A hint indicating which page of the low account's owner directory links to this entry, in case the directory consists of multiple pages.                                                                                                                                |
+| `LowQualityIn`      | No        | No        | N/A           | `number`             | `UInt32`      | The inbound quality set by the low account, as an integer in the implied ratio `LowQualityIn`:1,000,000,000. As a special case, the value 0 is equivalent to 1 billion, or face value.                                                                                                                       |
+| `LowQualityOut`     | No        | No        | N/A           | `number`             | `UInt32`      | The outbound quality set by the low account, as an integer in the implied ratio `LowQualityOut`:1,000,000,000. As a special case, the value 0 is equivalent to 1 billion, or face value.                                                                                                                     |
+| `PreviousTxnID`     | No        | Yes       | N/A           | `string`             | `UInt256`     | The identifying hash of the transaction that most recently modified this entry.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
+| `PreviousTxnLgrSeq` | No        | Yes       | N/A           | `number`             | `UInt32`      | The ledger index that contains the transaction that most recently modified this entry.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
 
 
 
 This spec proposes these additional fields:
-| Field Name | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
-|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|-------------|
-|`HighSponsorAccount`| | |N/A|`string`|`AccountID`| The sponsor that is paying the reserve on behalf of the "high" account on the trustline. |
-|`LowSponsorAccount`| | |N/A|`string`|`AccountID`| The sponsor that is paying the reserve on behalf of the "low" account on the trustline. |
+
+| Field Name           | Constant? | Required? | Default Value | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description                                                                              |
+| -------------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | --------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `HighSponsorAccount` |           |           | N/A           | `string`  | `AccountID`   | The sponsor that is paying the reserve on behalf of the "high" account on the trustline. |
+| `LowSponsorAccount`  |           |           | N/A           | `string`  | `AccountID`   | The sponsor that is paying the reserve on behalf of the "low" account on the trustline.  |
 
 These additional fields are necessary for a trustline since the reserve for this object may be held by two accounts (in the case of a bidirectional trustline).
 
@@ -294,9 +299,9 @@ As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/co
 
 We propose these modifications:
 
-| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
-| ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------ |
-| `Sponsor`  | | `object`  | `STObject`  | This field contains all the information for the sponsorship happening in the transaction. It is included if the transaction is fee- and/or reserve-sponsored. |
+| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description                                                                                                                                                   |
+| ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `Sponsor`  |           | `object`  | `STObject`    | This field contains all the information for the sponsorship happening in the transaction. It is included if the transaction is fee- and/or reserve-sponsored. |
 
 #### 7.1.1. `Sponsor`
 
@@ -304,13 +309,13 @@ The `Sponsor` inner object contains all of the information for the sponsorship h
 
 The fields contained in this object are:
 
-| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
-| ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------ |
-| `SponsorAccount` | ✔️ | `string`  | `AccountID` | The sponsoring account. |
-| `Flags`  | ✔️ | `number`  | `UInt16`  | Flags on the sponsorship, indicating what type of sponsorship this is (fee vs. reserve). |
-| `SigningPubKey`  | | `string`  | `STBlob`  | The `SigningPubKey` for `SponsorAccount`, if single-signing.  |
-| `Signature`  | | `string`  | `STBlob`  | A signature of the transaction from the sponsor, to indicate their approval of this transaction, if single-signing. All signing fields must be included in the signature, including `Sponsor.SponsorAccount` and `Sponsor.Flags`. |
-| `Signers` | | `array` | `STArray` | An array of signatures of the transaction from the sponsor's signers to indicate their approval of this transaction, if the sponsor is multi-signing. All signing fields must be included, including `Sponsor.SponsorAccount` and `Sponsor.Flags`. |
+| Field Name       | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
+| ---------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `SponsorAccount` | ✔️        | `string`  | `AccountID`   | The sponsoring account.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
+| `Flags`          | ✔️        | `number`  | `UInt16`      | Flags on the sponsorship, indicating what type of sponsorship this is (fee vs. reserve).                                                                                                                                                           |
+| `SigningPubKey`  |           | `string`  | `STBlob`      | The `SigningPubKey` for `SponsorAccount`, if single-signing.                                                                                                                                                                                       |
+| `TxnSignature`   |           | `string`  | `STBlob`      | A signature of the transaction from the sponsor, to indicate their approval of this transaction, if single-signing. All signing fields must be included in the signature, including `Sponsor.SponsorAccount` and `Sponsor.Flags`.                  |
+| `Signers`        |           | `array`   | `STArray`     | An array of signatures of the transaction from the sponsor's signers to indicate their approval of this transaction, if the sponsor is multi-signing. All signing fields must be included, including `Sponsor.SponsorAccount` and `Sponsor.Flags`. |
 
 ##### 7.1.1.1. `Account`
 
@@ -324,38 +329,38 @@ The `Flags` field allows the user to specify which sponsorship type(s) they wish
 
 There are two flag values that are supported:
 
-| Flag Name  |  Flag Value  | Description  |
-| ---------- | ------------ | ------------ |
-| `tfSponsorFee` | `0x00000001` | Sponsoring (paying for) the fee of the transaction. |
+| Flag Name          | Flag Value   | Description                                                        |
+| ------------------ | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `tfSponsorFee`     | `0x00000001` | Sponsoring (paying for) the fee of the transaction.                |
 | `tfSponsorReserve` | `0x00000002` | Sponsoring the reserve for any objects created in the transaction. |
 
 This field **will** be a signing field (it will be included in transaction signatures).
 
-##### 7.1.1.3. `SigningPubKey`, `Signature` and `Signers`
+##### 7.1.1.3. `SigningPubKey`, `TxnSignature` and `Signers`
 
-Either `Signature` or `Signers` must be included in the final transaction.
+Either `TxnSignature` or `Signers` must be included in the final transaction.
 
-There will be no additional transaction fee required for the use of the `Signature` field.
+There will be no additional transaction fee required for the use of the `TxnSignature` field.
 
-`Signature` and `Signers` **will not** be signing fields (they will not be included in transaction signatures, though they will still be included in the stored transaction).
+`TxnSignature` and `Signers` **will not** be signing fields (they will not be included in transaction signatures, though they will still be included in the stored transaction).
 
-Either `SigningPubKey`+`Signature` or `Signers` must be included in the transaction. There is one exception to this: if `lsfRequireSignatureForFee`/`lsfRequireSignatureForReserve` are not enabled for the type(s) of sponsorship in the transaction.
+Either `SigningPubKey`+`TxnSignature` or `Signers` must be included in the transaction. There is one exception to this: if `lsfRequireSignatureForFee`/`lsfRequireSignatureForReserve` are not enabled for the type(s) of sponsorship in the transaction.
 
 ### 7.2. Transaction Fee
 
-If the `Sponsor.Signers` field is necessary, then the total fee of the transaction will be increased, due to the extra signatures that need to be processed. This is similar to the additional fees for [multisigning](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/accounts/multi-signing/). The minimum fee will be $(\\# signatures+1)*base\textunderscore fee$.
+If the `Sponsor.Signers` field is necessary, then the total fee of the transaction will be increased, due to the extra signatures that need to be processed. This is similar to the additional fees for [multisigning](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/accounts/multi-signing/). The minimum fee will be $(\# signatures+1)*base	extunderscore fee$.
 
-The total fee calculation for signatures will now be $( 1+\\# tx.Signers + \\# tx.Sponsor.Signers) * base\textunderscore fee$ (plus transaction-specific fees).
+The total fee calculation for signatures will now be $( 1+\# tx.Signers + \# tx.Sponsor.Signers) * base	extunderscore fee$ (plus transaction-specific fees).
 
 ### 7.3. Failure Conditions
 
 #### 7.3.1. General Failures
 
-- `Sponsor.Signature` is invalid.
+- `Sponsor.TxnSignature` is invalid.
 - `Sponsor.Signers` is invalid (the signer list isn't on the account, quorum isn't reached, or signature(s) are invalid).
 - The `SponsorAccount` doesn't exist on the ledger.
 - An invalid sponsorship flag is used.
-- `Sponsor.SigningPubKey`, `Sponsor.Signature`, and `Sponsor.Signers` are all included (or other incorrect combinations of signing fields).
+- `Sponsor.SigningPubKey`, `Sponsor.TxnSignature`, and `Sponsor.Signers` are all included (or other incorrect combinations of signing fields).
 
 #### 7.3.2. Fee Sponsorship Failures
 
@@ -427,25 +432,25 @@ This transaction creates and updates the `Sponsorship` object.
 
 ### 8.1. Fields
 
-| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
-| ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------ |
-| `TransactionType` |✔️|`string`|`UInt16`|The transaction type (`SponsorshipSet`).|
-| `Account` |✔️|`string`|`AccountID`|The account sending the transaction. This may be either the sponsor or the sponsee. |
-| `SponsorAccount` | | `string`  | `AccountID` | The sponsor associated with this relationship. This account also pays for the reserve of this object. If this field is included, the `Account` is assumed to be the `Sponsee`. |
-| `Sponsee` | | `string`  | `AccountID` | The sponsee associated with this relationship. If this field is included, the `Account`, is assumed to be the `SponsorAccount`. |
-| `FeeAmount`  | | `string`  | `Amount`  | The (remaining) amount of XRP that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for fees. |
-| `MaxFee` | | `string` | `Amount` | The maximum fee per transaction that will be sponsored. This is to prevent abuse/excessive draining of the sponsored fee pool. |
-| `ReserveCount` | | `number`  | `UInt32`  | The (remaining) amount of reserves that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use. |
+| Field Name        | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description                                                                                                                                                                    |
+| ----------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `TransactionType` | ✔️        | `string`  | `UInt16`      | The transaction type (`SponsorshipSet`).                                                                                                                                       |
+| `Account`         | ✔️        | `string`  | `AccountID`   | The account sending the transaction. This may be either the sponsor or the sponsee.                                                                                            |
+| `SponsorAccount`  |           | `string`  | `AccountID`   | The sponsor associated with this relationship. This account also pays for the reserve of this object. If this field is included, the `Account` is assumed to be the `Sponsee`. |
+| `Sponsee`         |           | `string`  | `AccountID`   | The sponsee associated with this relationship. If this field is included, the `Account`, is assumed to be the `SponsorAccount`.                                                |
+| `FeeAmount`       |           | `string`  | `Amount`      | The (remaining) amount of XRP that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use for fees.                                                                                   |
+| `MaxFee`          |           | `string`  | `Amount`      | The maximum fee per transaction that will be sponsored. This is to prevent abuse/excessive draining of the sponsored fee pool.                                                 |
+| `ReserveCount`    |           | `number`  | `UInt32`      | The (remaining) amount of reserves that the sponsor has provided for the sponsee to use.                                                                                       |
 
 ### 8.2. Flags
 
-| Flag Name | Flag Value | Description |
-| --------- | ---------- | ----------- |
-| `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForFee` | `0x00010000` | Adds the restriction that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor.  |
-| `tfSponsorshipClearRequireSignForFee` | `0x00020000` | Removes the restriction that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. |
-| `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForReserve` | `0x00040000` | Adds the restriction every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. |
-| `tfSponsorshipClearRequireSignForReserve` | `0x00080000` | Removes the restriction every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor.  |
-| `tfDeleteObject` | `0x00100000` | Removes the ledger object. |
+| Flag Name                                 | Flag Value   | Description                                                                                                       |
+| ----------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForFee`       | `0x00010000` | Adds the restriction that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor.    |
+| `tfSponsorshipClearRequireSignForFee`     | `0x00020000` | Removes the restriction that every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor. |
+| `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForReserve`   | `0x00040000` | Adds the restriction every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor.         |
+| `tfSponsorshipClearRequireSignForReserve` | `0x00080000` | Removes the restriction every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor.      |
+| `tfDeleteObject`                          | `0x00100000` | Removes the ledger object.                                                                                        |
 
 ### 8.2. Failure Conditions
 
@@ -477,12 +482,12 @@ This transaction transfers a sponsor relationship for a particular ledger object
 
 ### 9.1. Fields
 
-| Field Name | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description |
-| ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------ |
-| `TransactionType` | ✔️ | `string`  | `UInt16`  | The transaction type (`SponsorshipTransfer`). |
-| `Account` | ✔️ | `string`  | `AccountID` | The account sending the transaction. This may be either the current sponsor or the current sponsee. |
-| `ObjectID` | | `string`  | `UInt256` | The 
-| `Sponsor` | | `object`  | `STObject`  | 
+| Field Name        | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description                                                                                         |
+| ----------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `TransactionType` | ✔️        | `string`  | `UInt16`      | The transaction type (`SponsorshipTransfer`).                                                       |
+| `Account`         | ✔️        | `string`  | `AccountID`   | The account sending the transaction. This may be either the current sponsor or the current sponsee. |
+| `ObjectID`        |           | `string`  | `UInt256`     | The                                                                                                 |
+| `Sponsor`         |           | `object`  | `STObject`    |
 
 #### 9.1.1. `ObjectID`
 
@@ -534,9 +539,9 @@ All failure conditions mentioned in section [6.3](#63-failure-conditions) still
 
 ## 10. Transaction: `Payment`
 
-A Payment transaction represents a transfer of value from one account to another. (Depending on the path taken, this can involve additional exchanges of value, which occur atomically.) This transaction type can be used for several  [types of payments](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/types/payment#types-of-payments).
+A Payment transaction represents a transfer of value from one account to another. (Depending on the path taken, this can involve additional exchanges of value, which occur atomically.) This transaction type can be used for several [types of payments](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/types/payment#types-of-payments).
 
-Payments are also the only way to  [create accounts](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/types/payment#creating-accounts).
+Payments are also the only way to [create accounts](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/types/payment#creating-accounts).
 
 As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/types/payment) are the fields that `Payment` currently has. This amendment proposes no changes to the fields, only to the flags and behavior.
 
@@ -544,16 +549,16 @@ As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/ty
 
 As a reference, [here](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/transactions/types/payment#payment-flags) are the flags that `Payment` currently has:
 
-| Flag Name | Flag Value | Description |
-|-----------|------------|-------------|
-| `tfNoRippleDirect` | `0x00010000` | Do not use the default path; only use paths included in the `Paths` field. This is intended to force the transaction to take arbitrage opportunities. Most clients do not need this. |
+| Flag Name          | Flag Value   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                        |
+| ------------------ | ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `tfNoRippleDirect` | `0x00010000` | Do not use the default path; only use paths included in the `Paths` field. This is intended to force the transaction to take arbitrage opportunities. Most clients do not need this.               |
 | `tfPartialPayment` | `0x00020000` | If the specified `Amount` cannot be sent without spending more than `SendMax`, reduce the received amount instead of failing outright. See [Partial Payments](#partial-payments) for more details. |
-| `tfLimitQuality`   | `0x00040000` | Only take paths where all the conversions have an input:output ratio that is equal or better than the ratio of `Amount`:`SendMax`. See [Limit Quality](#limit-quality) for details. |
+| `tfLimitQuality`   | `0x00040000` | Only take paths where all the conversions have an input:output ratio that is equal or better than the ratio of `Amount`:`SendMax`. See [Limit Quality](#limit-quality) for details.                |
 
 This spec proposes the following additions:
 
-| Flag Name | Flag Value | Description |
-|-----------|------------|-------------|
+| Flag Name                 | Flag Value   | Description                                                                                                                                         |
+| ------------------------- | ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `tfSponsorCreatedAccount` | `0x00080000` | This flag is only valid if the `Payment` is used to create an account. If it is enabled, the created account will be sponsored by the `tx.Account`. |
 
 ## 11. Transaction: `AccountDelete`
@@ -594,21 +599,21 @@ This delegatable granular permission allows an account to sponsor reserves on be
 
 The [`account_objects` RPC method](https://xrpl.org/account_objects.html) already exists on the XRPL. As a reference, here are the fields that `account_objects` currently accepts:
 
-| Field Name  | Required? | JSON Type  | Description |
-| ----------- | --------- | ---------- | ----------- |
-| `account` | ✔️ | `string` | Get ledger entries associated with this account. |
-| `deletion_blockers_only` | | `boolean`  | If `true`, only return ledger entries that would block this account from being deleted. The default is `false`.  |
-| `ledger_hash`  | | `string` | The unique hash of the ledger version to use. |
-| `ledger_index` | | `number` or `string` | The ledger index of the ledger to use, or a shortcut string to choose a ledger automatically.  |
-| `limit` | | `number` | The maximum number of ledger entries to include in the results. Must be within the inclusive range `10` to `400` on non-admin connections. The default is `200`. |
-| `marker`  | | `any` | Value from a previous paginated response. Resume retrieving data where that response left off. |
-| `type`  | | `string` | Filter results to a specific type of ledger entry. This field accepts canonical names of ledger entry types (case insensitive) or short names. Ledger entry types that can't appear in an owner directory are not allowed. If omitted, return ledger entries of all types. |
+| Field Name               | Required? | JSON Type            | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
+| ------------------------ | --------- | -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `account`                | ✔️        | `string`             | Get ledger entries associated with this account.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
+| `deletion_blockers_only` |           | `boolean`            | If `true`, only return ledger entries that would block this account from being deleted. The default is `false`.                                                                                                                                                            |
+| `ledger_hash`            |           | `string`             | The unique hash of the ledger version to use.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
+| `ledger_index`           |           | `number` or `string` | The ledger index of the ledger to use, or a shortcut string to choose a ledger automatically.                                                                                                                                                                              |
+| `limit`                  |           | `number`             | The maximum number of ledger entries to include in the results. Must be within the inclusive range `10` to `400` on non-admin connections. The default is `200`.                                                                                                           |
+| `marker`                 |           | `any`                | Value from a previous paginated response. Resume retrieving data where that response left off.                                                                                                                                                                             |
+| `type`                   |           | `string`             | Filter results to a specific type of ledger entry. This field accepts canonical names of ledger entry types (case insensitive) or short names. Ledger entry types that can't appear in an owner directory are not allowed. If omitted, return ledger entries of all types. |
 
 We propose this additional field:
 
-| Field Name  | Required? | JSON Type | Description |
-| ----------- | --------- | --------- | ----------- |
-| `sponsored` | | `boolean` | If `true`, only return ledger entries that are sponsored. If `false`, only return ledger entries that are not sponsored. If omitted, return all objects. |
+| Field Name  | Required? | JSON Type | Description                                                                                                                                              |
+| ----------- | --------- | --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `sponsored` |           | `boolean` | If `true`, only return ledger entries that are sponsored. If `false`, only return ledger entries that are not sponsored. If omitted, return all objects. |
 
 ### 14.2. Response Fields
 
@@ -620,30 +625,30 @@ The `account_sponsoring` RPC method is used to fetch a list of objects that an a
 
 ### 15.1. Request Fields
 
-| Field Name  | Required? | JSON Type  | Description  |
-| ----------- | --------- | ---------- | ------------ |
-| `account` | ✔️ | `string` | The sponsor in question.  |
-| `deletion_blockers_only` | | `boolean`  | If `true`, the response only includes objects that would block this account from being deleted. The default is `false`. |
-| `ledger_hash`  | | `string` | A hash representing the ledger version to use. |
-| `ledger_index` | | `number` or `string` | The ledger index of the ledger to use, or a shortcut string to choose a ledger automatically. |
-| `limit` | | `number` | The maximum number of objects to include in the results. |
-| `marker`  | | `any` | Value from a previous paginated response. Resume retrieving data where that response left off. |
-| `type`  | | `string` | Filter results by a ledger entry type. Some examples are `offer` and `escrow`.  |
+| Field Name               | Required? | JSON Type            | Description                                                                                                             |
+| ------------------------ | --------- | -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `account`                | ✔️        | `string`             | The sponsor in question.                                                                                                |
+| `deletion_blockers_only` |           | `boolean`            | If `true`, the response only includes objects that would block this account from being deleted. The default is `false`. |
+| `ledger_hash`            |           | `string`             | A hash representing the ledger version to use.                                                                          |
+| `ledger_index`           |           | `number` or `string` | The ledger index of the ledger to use, or a shortcut string to choose a ledger automatically.                           |
+| `limit`                  |           | `number`             | The maximum number of objects to include in the results.                                                                |
+| `marker`                 |           | `any`                | Value from a previous paginated response. Resume retrieving data where that response left off.                          |
+| `type`                   |           | `string`             | Filter results by a ledger entry type. Some examples are `offer` and `escrow`.                                          |
 
 ### 15.2. Response Fields
 
 The response fields are nearly identical to `account_objects`.
 
-| Field Name | Always Present? | JSON Type | Description |
-| ---------- | --------------- | --------- | ----------- |
-| `account` | ✔️ | `string`  | The account this request corresponds to. |
-| `sponsored_objects`  | ✔️ | `array` | Array of ledger entries in this account's owner directory. This includes entries that are owned by this account and entries that are linked to this account but owned by someone else, such as escrows where this account is the destination. Each member is a ledger entry in its raw ledger format. This may contain fewer entries than the maximum specified in the `limit` field. |
-| `ledger_hash`  |  | `string`  | The identifying hash of the ledger that was used to generate this response.  |
-| `ledger_index` |  | `number`  | The ledger index of the ledger that was used to generate this response.  |
-| `ledger_current_index` |  | `number`  | The ledger index of the open ledger that was used to generate this response. |
-| `limit` |  | `number`  | The limit that was used in this request, if any. |
-| `marker`  |  | `any` | Server-defined value indicating the response is paginated. Pass this to the next call to resume where this call left off. Omitted when there are no additional pages after this one. |
-| `validated`  |  | `boolean` | If `true`, the information in this response comes from a validated ledger version. Otherwise, the information is subject to change.  |
+| Field Name             | Always Present? | JSON Type | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
+| ---------------------- | --------------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `account`              | ✔️              | `string`  | The account this request corresponds to.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
+| `sponsored_objects`    | ✔️              | `array`   | Array of ledger entries in this account's owner directory. This includes entries that are owned by this account and entries that are linked to this account but owned by someone else, such as escrows where this account is the destination. Each member is a ledger entry in its raw ledger format. This may contain fewer entries than the maximum specified in the `limit` field. |
+| `ledger_hash`          |                 | `string`  | The identifying hash of the ledger that was used to generate this response.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
+| `ledger_index`         |                 | `number`  | The ledger index of the ledger that was used to generate this response.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
+| `ledger_current_index` |                 | `number`  | The ledger index of the open ledger that was used to generate this response.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
+| `limit`                |                 | `number`  | The limit that was used in this request, if any.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
+| `marker`               |                 | `any`     | Server-defined value indicating the response is paginated. Pass this to the next call to resume where this call left off. Omitted when there are no additional pages after this one.                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
+| `validated`            |                 | `boolean` | If `true`, the information in this response comes from a validated ledger version. Otherwise, the information is subject to change.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
 
 ## 16. Security
 
@@ -917,7 +922,7 @@ See Appendix B for the alternate designs that were considered and why this one w
 
 The answer to this question is still being explored. One possible solution is to add a second field, `Sponsor2`, to handle the other reserve.
 
-### A.16: How does this proposal work in conjunction with [XLS-49d](https://github.com/XRPLF/XRPL-Standards/tree/master/XLS-0049-multiple-signer-lists)? What signer list(s) have the power to sponsor fees or reserves?
+### A.16: How does this proposal work in conjunction with [XLS-49](https://github.com/XRPLF/XRPL-Standards/tree/master/XLS-0049-multiple-signer-lists)? What signer list(s) have the power to sponsor fees or reserves?
 
 Currently, only the global signer list is supported. Another `SignerListID` value could be added to support sponsorship. Transaction values can only go up to $2^{16}$, since the `TransactionType` field is a `UInt16`, but the `SignerListID` field goes up to $2^{32}$, so there is room in the design for additional values that do not correlate to a specific transaction type.
 
@@ -935,19 +940,20 @@ The current design also supports having different sponsors for different objects
 
 ### B.2: A Wrapper Transaction
 
-There would be a wrapper transaction (tentatively named `Relay`), similar to `Batch` in [XLS-56d](https://github.com/XRPLF/XRPL-Standards/discussions/162), that the sponsor would sign. It would contain a sub-transaction from the sponsee.
+There would be a wrapper transaction (tentatively named `Relay`), similar to `Batch` in [XLS-56](https://github.com/XRPLF/XRPL-Standards/tree/master/XLS-0056-batch), that the sponsor would sign. It would contain a sub-transaction from the sponsee.
 
 It would look something like this:
-|FieldName | Required? | JSON Type | Internal Type |
-|----------|------------|----------|---------------|
-|`TransactionType`|✔️|`string`|`UInt16`|
-|`Account`|✔️|`string`|`STAccount`|
-|`Fee`|✔️|`string`|`STAmount`|
-|`Transaction`|✔️|`object`|`STTx`|
 
-This was a part of a previous version of the spec (inspired by Stellar's [sandwich transaction design](https://developers.stellar.org/docs/learn/encyclopedia/sponsored-reserves#begin-and-end-sponsorships) for their implementation of sponsored reserves), but the existing design felt cleaner. From an implementation perspective, it's easier to have the fee payer as a part of the existing transaction rather than as a part of a wrapper transaction, since that info needs to somehow get passed down the stack. Also, while the wrapper transaction paradigm will be used in XLS-56d, they should be used sparingly in designs - only when necessary - as their flow is rather complicated in the `rippled` code.
+| Field Name        | Required | JSON Type | Internal Type | Description                                                              |
+| ----------------- | -------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `TransactionType` | Yes      | `string`  | `UInt16`      | The transaction type (`Relay`).                                          |
+| `Account`         | Yes      | `string`  | `STAccount`   | The sponsor of the transaction.                                          |
+| `Transaction`     | Yes      | `object`  | `STTx`        | The sponsee's transaction.                                               |
+| `Fee`             | Yes      | `string`  | `STAmount`    | The fee for the transaction. This should match the fee in `Transaction`. |
+
+This was a part of a previous version of the spec (inspired by Stellar's [sandwich transaction design](https://developers.stellar.org/docs/learn/encyclopedia/sponsored-reserves#begin-and-end-sponsorships) for their implementation of sponsored reserves), but the existing design felt cleaner. From an implementation perspective, it's easier to have the fee payer as a part of the existing transaction rather than as a part of a wrapper transaction, since that info needs to somehow get passed down the stack. Also, while the wrapper transaction paradigm will be used in XLS-56, they should be used sparingly in designs - only when necessary - as their flow is rather complicated in the `rippled` code.
 
-In addition, the signing process becomes complicated (as discovered in the process of developing XLS-56d). You have to somehow prevent the sponsor from submitting the as-is signed transaction to the network, without including it in the wrapper transaction.
+In addition, the signing process becomes complicated (as discovered in the process of developing XLS-56). You have to somehow prevent the sponsor from submitting the as-is signed transaction to the network, without including it in the wrapper transaction.
 
 ### B.3: A Create-Accept-Cancel Flow
 

From 2c0ef87101b7df735ff651fad3767a11fec049bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mayukha Vadari 
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 16:50:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 19/22] Sync Public/Sponsor XLS.md from Obsidian vault

---
 .../README.md                                 | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
index 7c1b2531..d550dbf8 100644
--- a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
+++ b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ This transaction creates and updates the `Sponsorship` object.
 | `tfSponsorshipClearRequireSignForReserve` | `0x00080000` | Removes the restriction every use of this sponsor for sponsoring fees requires a signature from the sponsor.      |
 | `tfDeleteObject`                          | `0x00100000` | Removes the ledger object.                                                                                        |
 
-### 8.2. Failure Conditions
+### 8.3. Failure Conditions
 
 - `tx.Account` is not equal to either `tx.SponsorAccount` or `tx.Sponsee`
 - Both `SponsorAccount` and `Sponsee` are specified
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ This transaction creates and updates the `Sponsorship` object.
   - `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForFee` is enabled
   - `tfSponsorshipSetRequireSignForReserve` is enabled
 
-### 8.3. State Changes
+### 8.4. State Changes
 
 - If the object already exists:
   - `Sponsorship.Amount = tx.FeeAmount`
@@ -585,11 +585,11 @@ If the `AccountRoot` associated with the `tx.Account` has a `SponsorAccount` fie
 
 If the `AccountRoot` associated with the `tx.Account` has a `SponsoredOwnerCount` field, the `SponsorAccount`'s `SponsoringOwnerCount` is decremented by the `tx.Account`'s `SponsoredOwnerCount`.
 
-## 12. Permission: `SponsorFee`
+## 12. Granular Permission: `SponsorFee`
 
 This delegatable granular permission allows an account to sponsor fees on behalf of another account.
 
-## 13. Permission: `SponsorReserve`
+## 13. Granular Permission: `SponsorReserve`
 
 This delegatable granular permission allows an account to sponsor reserves on behalf of another account.
 
@@ -619,6 +619,10 @@ We propose this additional field:
 
 The response fields remain the same.
 
+### 14.3. Failure Conditions
+
+There are no additional failure conditions.
+
 ## 15. RPC: `account_sponsoring`
 
 The `account_sponsoring` RPC method is used to fetch a list of objects that an account is sponsoring; namely, a list of objects where the `SponsorAccount` is the given account. It has a very similar API to the [`account_objects` method](https://xrpl.org/account_objects.html).
@@ -650,6 +654,13 @@ The response fields are nearly identical to `account_objects`.
 | `marker`               |                 | `any`     | Server-defined value indicating the response is paginated. Pass this to the next call to resume where this call left off. Omitted when there are no additional pages after this one.                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
 | `validated`            |                 | `boolean` | If `true`, the information in this response comes from a validated ledger version. Otherwise, the information is subject to change.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
 
+### 15.3. Failure Conditions
+
+- Any of the [universal error types](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/http-websocket-apis/api-conventions/error-formatting#universal-errors).
+- `invalidParams` - One or more fields are specified incorrectly, or one or more required fields are missing.
+- `actNotFound` - The [address](https://xrpl.org/docs/references/protocol/data-types/basic-data-types#addresses) specified in the `account` field of the request does not correspond to an account in the ledger.
+- `lgrNotFound` - The ledger specified by the `ledger_hash` or `ledger_index` does not exist, or it does exist but the server does not have it.
+
 ## 16. Security
 
 ### 16.1. Security Axioms

From ee7f44ed3d96add827afa39a8b2bbbcb20044ffd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mayukha Vadari 
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:54:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 20/22] Sync Public/Sponsor XLS.md from Obsidian vault

---
 XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
index d550dbf8..4761c311 100644
--- a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
+++ b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
@@ -486,8 +486,8 @@ This transaction transfers a sponsor relationship for a particular ledger object
 | ----------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `TransactionType` | ✔️        | `string`  | `UInt16`      | The transaction type (`SponsorshipTransfer`).                                                       |
 | `Account`         | ✔️        | `string`  | `AccountID`   | The account sending the transaction. This may be either the current sponsor or the current sponsee. |
-| `ObjectID`        |           | `string`  | `UInt256`     | The                                                                                                 |
-| `Sponsor`         |           | `object`  | `STObject`    |
+| `ObjectID`        |           | `string`  | `UInt256`     | The ID of the object to transfer sponsorship.                                                       |
+| `Sponsor`         |           | `object`  | `STObject`    | The new sponsor of the object. This field contains the same subfields as above.                     |
 
 #### 9.1.1. `ObjectID`
 
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ All failure conditions mentioned in section [6.3](#63-failure-conditions) still
 
 ### 9.6. State Changes
 
-- The `Sponsor` field on the object is changed or deleted.
+- The `Sponsor` field on the object is deleted if the `tx.Sponsor.Account` is the object's `Owner`, otherwise the `Sponsor` field is updated to the new `tx.Sponsor.Account`.
 - The old sponsor has its `SponsoringOwnerCount`/`SponsoringAccountCount` decremented by one.
 - The new sponsor (if applicable) has its `SponsoringOwnerCount`/`SponsoringAccountCount` incremented by one.
 - If there is no new sponsor, then the owner's `SponsoredOwnerCount` will be decremented by one.

From 815cb57fd00f45474c2ffca52cd6fe071d0761a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mayukha Vadari 
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:57:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 21/22] Sync Public/Sponsor XLS.md from Obsidian vault

---
 XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
index 4761c311..6de1a6b5 100644
--- a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
+++ b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   description: Allow an account to fund fees and reserves on behalf of another account
   author: Mayukha Vadari (@mvadari)
   created: 2024-05-02
-  updated: 2025-09-19
+  updated: 2025-09-24
   status: Draft
   category: Amendment
   requires: 74

From 88ede2e636adcffb8609f2ea0914c7b2bd50a257 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mayukha Vadari 
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 10:29:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 22/22] Sync Public/Sponsor XLS.md from Obsidian vault

---
 XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
index 6de1a6b5..ac5b3923 100644
--- a/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
+++ b/XLS-0068-sponsored-fees-and-reserves/README.md
@@ -348,9 +348,9 @@ Either `SigningPubKey`+`TxnSignature` or `Signers` must be included in the trans
 
 ### 7.2. Transaction Fee
 
-If the `Sponsor.Signers` field is necessary, then the total fee of the transaction will be increased, due to the extra signatures that need to be processed. This is similar to the additional fees for [multisigning](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/accounts/multi-signing/). The minimum fee will be $(\# signatures+1)*base	extunderscore fee$.
+If the `Sponsor.Signers` field is necessary, then the total fee of the transaction will be increased, due to the extra signatures that need to be processed. This is similar to the additional fees for [multisigning](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/accounts/multi-signing/). The minimum fee will be $(|signatures|+1)*base	extunderscore fee$.
 
-The total fee calculation for signatures will now be $( 1+\# tx.Signers + \# tx.Sponsor.Signers) * base	extunderscore fee$ (plus transaction-specific fees).
+The total fee calculation for signatures will now be $( 1+|tx.Signers| + |tx.Sponsor.Signers|) * base\_fee$ (plus transaction-specific fees).
 
 ### 7.3. Failure Conditions