Peace king, you may be the brother who can explain this to me.
So I understand the Ripple Consensus Ledger which is the public blockchain adds utility to banks on a transactional basis by quickly confirming ledger entries.
In that regards 10 Ripple can confirm one million transactions so the cost per Ripple doesn't need to be high when talking about global payments.
However, what about the bridge currency product for cross border settlements?
If Ripple really allows banks to get rid of nostro accounts in international banks, wouldn't the bank or liquidity partner need to sell the respective amount of Ripple for that currency?
Example say my bank doesn't have any Canadian dollars and I want to send $1000 USD to my buddy in Toronto. His Canadian bank doesn't have US dollars so the liquidity partner which deals in Canadian dollars sells $1340 CAD worth of Ripple and sends that CAD to my buddies account.
Right now that's about 33,333 Ripple, wouldn't it be tighter if one Ripple was $10 so the bank only needs 10? Or does the bridge currency product work another way?