user323: I am looking at Ripple API overview, and it looks to take a different approach from Bitcoin as to handling one's private keys. In Bitcoin, one requires to use a wallet and often a password to that wallet to create transactions. In Ripple, it looks like transactions that require one's private key need to have it passed as a parameter in a given JSON call (for example, the sign message). Does this mean that rippled does not store any information about a given user or a company that hosts it and connects to it? I do see a wallet.db file in the database folder, but I'm not sure what it's used for.

user85: The Ripple server does not store accounts or keys. At one time, the Ripple server had accounts and keys in the wallet database. It no longer does.

323: <p>I am looking at Ripple API overview, and it looks to take a different approach from Bitcoin as to handling one's private keys. In Bitcoin, one requires to use a wallet and often a password to that wallet to create transactions. In Ripple, it looks like transactions that require one's private key need to have it passed as a parameter in a given JSON call (for example, <a href="https://ripple.com/wiki/JSON_Messages#sign" rel="nofollow">the <code>sign</code> message</a>). Does this mean that rippled does not store any information about a given user or a company that hosts it and connects to it? I do see a wallet.db file in the database folder, but I'm not sure what it's used for.</p>
 85: <p>The Ripple server does not store accounts or keys. At one time, the Ripple server had accounts and keys in the wallet database. It no longer does.</p>
