
The DEX
The ledger's built-in exchange: order books, offers and how trades match.
4 lessons16 minDifficulty Checked 2026-11-10The XRP Ledger has had an exchange built into the protocol since 2012. Trades are limit orders called offers. They match in order books, one book per pair, with no operator in the middle.
- Read an order book with book_offers.
- List an account's open offers with account_offers.