How to use the Streaming Payments
Streaming Payments is an educational XRPAuthority utility for demonstrating a time-metered XRP payment that accrues while active and settles only after an explicit action. It changes demonstration state only, so it cannot sign, submit, or settle a real XRP Ledger transaction. The page keeps inputs, result, data mode, and safety boundary together so the output can be checked instead of accepted as an unexplained score or promise.
A local timer applies a simulated XRP-per-second rate, supports start and pause states, and writes a demo transaction only when settlement is confirmed. The required input is a simulated rate and the duration accumulated by the controlled timer. The primary output is an accrued demo amount and, after confirmation, a private settlement record. Defaults are examples for learning; replace them with a documented scenario and preserve the units whenever the result informs later research or planning.
What problem does this tool solve?
Continuous-payment language can hide important rules about rate units, pauses, elapsed time, balance limits, and when a payable obligation becomes final. This tool solves the narrower analytical problem by naming each important input, showing the transformation, and keeping the output next to its assumptions. It does not claim to solve custody, compliance, tax, market execution, security, or business-process questions that sit outside the model.
Why people use it
Streaming models are explored for metered services, media, machine activity, and work sessions where many tiny intervals may be aggregated before settlement. Read the intermediate values before the headline result and change one assumption at a time. Compare a reasonable baseline with at least one adverse case, record the observation date when market or network values are involved, and follow the related research links when a field or risk is unfamiliar.
Step-by-step instructions
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Choose a rate and verify its time unit before starting; a per-second value differs materially from a per-minute or per-hour price.
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Start the stream and observe elapsed time and accrued XRP, then pause it to confirm that accrual stops as expected.
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Resume or reset the scenario as needed and compare the accrued amount with the available demo balance.
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Use the settle control only after reviewing the total, then verify that Authority Ledger records one explicit simulation event.