SHKeeper Update: XRP Reserve and Deletion Fees Significantly Reduced

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The XRPL blockchain officially activated an important protocol-level update: “Lower Reserves Are in Effect”. This change directly impacts how account reserves and deletion fees are handled on the XRP Ledger.

What’s New:

The SHKeeper update modifies the default values of two critical protocol variables:

  • ACCOUNT_RESERVE — the amount of XRP reserved per account
  • DELETE_ACCOUNT_FEE — the fee required to delete an account

Why This Matters

For SHKeeper users leveraging one-time destination accounts, this change significantly reduces operational costs when consolidating funds.
Previously, closing a disposable account and transferring all XRP to a primary address required a 2 XRP fee. With the updated XRP version, the same operation now costs just 0.2 XRP — a 90% reduction.

What You Should Do

To take advantage of these reduced reserve requirements, make sure your SHKeeper node is running the latest release.
Run the following commands to upgrade:

helm repo update
helm upgrade -f values.yaml shkeeper vsys-host/shkeeper

This ensures compatibility with the updated XRP reserve logic and allows your infrastructure to operate more cost-efficiently moving forward.

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