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Makes me think I should figure out how to sell my /24 ARIN block I registered years ago. I wonder what it is worth...

by graton 5y ago

School-Cotton 5y ago
Seems to be around $10k-15k, according to https://auctions.ipv4.global/prior-sales https://auctions.ipv4.global/prior-sales .
- Maxburn 5y ago
  Dang, that's more than I was thinking.
moduspol 5y ago
I'd only do that if you think it's likely to decrease in value. Do you think it'll be more or less valuable in 5-10 years?
- judge2020 5y ago
  I imagine some critical mass will be reached where cloud providers start charging exuberant fees for IPv4 addresses and many businesses go IPv6 only (which wouldn't even be a big hit for mobile users[0]), and this news will be widespread enough to encourage ISPs to actually roll it out at a faster pace. Now, whether that's in 10 years or 20 is to-be-seen, but I agree with you and I doubt the rollout of IPv6 hits the point where people stop wanting IPv4 addresses all-together within 30 years. 0: most all cellular/5g networks already provide IPv6 since even CGNAT is expensive compared to assigning a /128 per-device. iPhone 13 (or ios 15 with iPhone 12) also has a 'data mode' switch, which will use 5G if it's faster than the local wifi - this likely opens up the device using cellular to allow access to IPv6-only sites when their WiFi doesn't support it.
walrus01 5y ago
about $45 an IP right now if you're eligible to transfer out, but if you only have one /24, I'd hold onto it.
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mrkurt 5y ago
We wrote about this! https://fly.io/blog/32-bit-real-estate/ https://fly.io/blog/32-bit-real-estate/ I'd hold them for 3+ years really. It seems very unlikely that IPs are going to lose value within 5 years. We're betting on 10+ years before the bottom falls out (you can see some of our math at the bottom).
- miki123211 5y ago
  I was wondering when I will see speculation on IP address blocks, and here we are. IP addresses truly were the first NFTs.

Makes me think I should figure out how to sell my /24 ARIN block I registered years ago. I wonder what it is worth...

by graton 5y ago

Makes me think I should figure out how to sell my /24 ARIN block I registered years ago. I wonder what it is worth...

Seems to be around $10k-15k, according to https://auctions.ipv4.global/prior-sales https://auctions.ipv4.global/prior-sales .

Maxburn 5y ago
Dang, that's more than I was thinking.

moduspol 5y ago

I'd only do that if you think it's likely to decrease in value. Do you think it'll be more or less valuable in 5-10 years?

judge2020 5y ago
I imagine some critical mass will be reached where cloud providers start charging exuberant fees for IPv4 addresses and many businesses go IPv6 only (which wouldn't even be a big hit for mobile users[0]), and this news will be widespread enough to encourage ISPs to actually roll it out at a faster pace. Now, whether that's in 10 years or 20 is to-be-seen, but I agree with you and I doubt the rollout of IPv6 hits the point where people stop wanting IPv4 addresses all-together within 30 years. 0: most all cellular/5g networks already provide IPv6 since even CGNAT is expensive compared to assigning a /128 per-device. iPhone 13 (or ios 15 with iPhone 12) also has a 'data mode' switch, which will use 5G if it's faster than the local wifi - this likely opens up the device using cellular to allow access to IPv6-only sites when their WiFi doesn't support it.

walrus01 5y ago

about $45 an IP right now if you're eligible to transfer out, but if you only have one /24, I'd hold onto it.

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mrkurt 5y ago

We wrote about this! https://fly.io/blog/32-bit-real-estate/ https://fly.io/blog/32-bit-real-estate/ I'd hold them for 3+ years really. It seems very unlikely that IPs are going to lose value within 5 years. We're betting on 10+ years before the bottom falls out (you can see some of our math at the bottom).

miki123211 5y ago
I was wondering when I will see speculation on IP address blocks, and here we are. IP addresses truly were the first NFTs.