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Ledger Data

Each ledger version in the XRP Ledger is made up of three parts:

  • Ledger Header: Metadata about this ledger version itself.
  • Transaction Set: All the transactions that were executed to create this ledger version.
  • State Data: The complete record of objects representing accounts, settings, and balances as of this ledger version. (This is also called the “account state”.)

State Data

Section titled “State Data”

Each ledger version’s state data is a set of ledger objects, sometimes called ledger entries, which collectively represent all settings, balances, and relationships at a given point in time. To store or retrieve an object in the state data, the protocol uses that object’s unique Ledger Object ID.

In the peer protocol, ledger objects have a canonical binary format. In xahaud APIs, ledger objects are represented as JSON objects.

A ledger object’s data fields depend on the type of object; the Xahau Ledger supports the following types: