Solana escalated its unexpected outreach to the XRP crowd today with a new post captioned, “Time to flip the switch,” complete with a castle-themed illustration that places SOL on top, Bitcoin and XRP on opposite towers, and medieval characters that look like they were purposely created to provoke a reaction.
The detail that took the whole situation to another level was an account that tagged David Schwartz, Ripple's CTO and one of the original architects of the XRP ledger. Despite the growing uproar surrounding the post, Schwartz has yet to respond.
The timing was no coincidence. The Solana account already had an XRP-focused spark in less than 24 hours when it posted a single number: 589. This number has long held a place within the XRP community, coupled with unconfirmed price myths born from old Simpsons screenshots and endlessly recycled memes.
Time to switch on pic.twitter.com/OfZgGg226l
— Solana (@solana) December 9, 2025
What seemed like a mild mystery drop garnered over 3.2 million views, nearly 10,000 likes, and a huge wall of replies driven almost entirely by XRP accounts.
Bitcoin, Solana, XRP
This second post feels more like a coincidence than a continuation. Despite the community quickly deciding that Solana was trying to draw attention to a week in which the XRP thread dominated the main timeline, one interesting idea raises the idea that this is a preview of a new blockchain solution that will connect Bitcoin, XRP, and Solana.
Whether it was strategic marketing, mild provocation, or a deliberate nudge across the ecosystem, this setup worked. Solana has sparked cryptocurrency's most reactive community for the second day in a row, and now everyone is waiting to see if Schwartz will ignore it, acknowledge it, or flip the switch back.
