05 December 2019·Reddit
The 589 Xmas Riddle
The bear as a teacher in front of a whiteboard reading 589, surrounded by a knight, an arm pulling a lever, Christmas stockings, a wall calendar, and a Latin-inscribed fireplace.
Decoded Symbols
Community readings — BG123 never confirmed any of them.
The number itself — read by the community as XRP's price destination.
“Flip the switch” — Ripple's payment rails going fully live.
Wall calendar
A timeline clue; many read it as an end-of-year target.
Brad / Ripple again, recurring across the riddles.
The 589 Connection
This is the origin of the number. The community read 589 as XRP's target — and years later the $589 token took its name directly from it.
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