Setting things up
XRP Ledger accounts
First XRPL interaction



















Tokens, transactions









Ledger features




SetRegularKey





MultiSigning


Deposit Authorization
Intro
asfDepositAuth flag, if enabled, blocks all direct transfers from strangers, including transfers of XRP and tokens.
Video
Topics covered
- Accounts with asfDepositAuth flag enabled can only receive funds in 2 ways: 1. From preauthorized accounts. 2. By sending a transaction to receive the funds. Ex: By Finishing an Escrow.
- Setting asfDepositAuth flag.
- Preauthorizing accounts to receive funds from, using DepositPreauth transaction.
- When you authorize an account, your owner count increases by one. When you unauthorize the previously authorized account your owner count decreases by one.
- Client applications can use public API method deposit_authorized to see if an account is indeed authorized to send a transaction to particular XRPL account.
- You can also use account_objects command to fetch all the accounts which are authorized to send payments to an account with asfDepositAuth flag enabled. And the LedgerEntryType is DepositPreauth.
References
- AccountSet
- Deposit Authorization
- Preauthorization
- DepositPreauth
- deposit_authorized
- account_objects
- DepositPreauth Fields
Final tip: You can read the background information about why DepositAuth is even present in XRP Ledger.
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