Ripple payouts delayed

The availability of Ripple payouts has been delayed. While the code produced by Chuck Bates was exceptional and we successfully completed its integration into our system, we can't get the Ripple client to download its latest blocks. It's stuck in "cannot synchronize with the network" mode. After working on the issue for eight hours, Chris had to give up and go to sleep.

Chris will continue investigating the synchronization issue with Ripple today and Ripple payouts will be available immediately after we can get its blocks downloaded.