IPv4 addresses can be converted to an IPv6 equivalent [0] and that can be used to keep the existing owned v4 blocks intact for protocol translation. What would

IPv4 addresses can be converted to an IPv6 equivalent [0] and that can be used to keep the existing owned v4 blocks intact for protocol translation. What would have been nice is if standards would have forced migration of owned blocks and pressed Tier0 / Tier1 providers to handle "legacy" v4 traffic on ingress into their ASNs. Carriers are the driftpins in the equation here, they have to start the ball rolling and there needs to be an interop transition phase. All the pieces are there, there's just no incentive. [0] 10.10.10.10 == ::ffff:0a0a:0a0a