How comes there's 0 explanation on how $XRP lost its first 32,569 ledgers, making its ledger history incomplete - a critical flaw in its infrastructure. That alone is alarming

You as a user must simply "trust" that the XRP ledger is accurate without the ability to verify its origins. Nothing about that is shady at all right?

"Don't trust, verify"

Thanks to @BitcoinPierre for highlighting this