The Ripper ecosystem is expanding. BlackBeard — the developer behind X1 Ripper Pool, the liquid staking protocol that issues rXNT, and X1 Console, the open-source validator management tool used across the X1 operator community — has launched RipperSwap, a multi-hop DEX and launchpad aggregator for the X1 Blockchain.

If the concept sounds familiar, it should: RipperSwap is to X1 what Jupiter is to Solana. Rather than operating its own liquidity pools, it sits on top of the venues that already exist — the XDex AMM and the Degen launchpad's bonding curves — and searches across all of them for the route that returns the most tokens.

Up to 8 Hops, One Atomic Transaction

The core feature is multi-hop routing. RipperSwap indexes 861 pools at launch and can chain up to 8 hops through intermediary tokens in a single atomic transaction — either the whole route executes or none of it does. The hop limit is user-adjustable between 2 and 8, and the router automatically selects whichever candidate route produces the highest output.

Because the aggregator spans both venues, trades can cross them freely in one step: sell a Degen token straight into an XDex buy, do the reverse, or chain one Degen curve directly into another — no separate transactions, no manual bridging between platforms. And since every token can route through XNT as the hub, no direct pool needs to exist for any pair to be tradeable.

What Multi-Hop Routing Is Actually Worth

The value of route search shows up on thin pairs. In one launch-day example, selling 100 DGN for USDC.X through the router's winning path — DGN → AGI → XNT → USDC.X, four hops — returned 0.031778 USDC.X at a price impact of just 0.77%. The route panel showed four candidate paths compared against the direct option, with the multi-hop route beating a direct sell into XNT by roughly 7%.

The contrast with single-pool execution is starker still: pushing the same 100 DGN through one direct pool would have carried a price impact of over 35% and returned around 0.0187 USDC.X — meaning the four-hop route delivered roughly 70% more output on the identical trade. On small caps with shallow direct liquidity, the routing engine isn't a convenience; it's the difference between a fill and a haircut.

Fees: 0.2% Flat, 20% Off in rXNT

RipperSwap charges a fixed protocol fee of 0.2% of trade value. Traders who pay the fee in rXNT — the liquid staking token from Ripper Pool — get a 20% discount, bringing the effective rate to 0.16%. On a representative 10 USDC.X → 16.92 XNT swap, that worked out to about 0.026 rXNT in protocol fees plus roughly 0.004 XNT in network fees, with a price impact of 0.31%.

The rXNT discount ties the new aggregator back into the rest of the Ripper stack: stake XNT in Ripper Pool, hold the liquid rXNT it mints, and spend a sliver of it to trade cheaper on RipperSwap.

A Token Screener That Reads the Chain Directly

RipperSwap also ships with a built-in token screener, and every token page includes an on-chain audit panel that reads authority and extension data directly from the X1 RPC — no third-party indexers involved. The automated checks cover the classic rug-pull surface:

  • Mint authority — flags whether the deployer can still print new supply
  • Freeze authority — flags whether wallets can be frozen
  • Holder concentration — top wallet and top-10 holdings as a share of supply
  • Liquidity depth — pool liquidity denominated in XNT
  • Deployer position and wallet age — whether the creator still holds a meaningful bag, and how old the deploying wallet is
  • Transfer fees — detects Token-2022 transfer-fee extensions

A clean token shows a green "NO FLAGS" verdict; anything suspicious is surfaced before the trade, not after. Full details on the routing engine and audit checks are in the RipperSwap documentation.

Bottom Line

With Ripper Pool handling liquid staking, X1 Console handling validator operations, and now RipperSwap handling trade execution, BlackBeard has quietly assembled one of the broader product stacks in the X1 ecosystem. For traders, the pitch is simple: one interface that checks every route across every venue, settles atomically, prices the pair even when no direct pool exists — and audits the token before you buy it.

Try it at ripperswap.xyz, read the docs, or join the community on Telegram.