> At the time of writing the market price for an IPv4 address is around 50 USD That's quite an outperforming asset class if true [0]. For a point of compariso

> At the time of writing the market price for an IPv4 address is around 50 USD That's quite an outperforming asset class if true [0]. For a point of comparison, Microsoft paid $11 per address in 2011[1]. To get to $50 is about 15% appreciation/year, plus the added benefit of being able to rent them out by the minute. This article estimates that Amazon has paid about $25 per address in recent years [2]. [0] https://auctions.ipv4.global/ https://auctions.ipv4.global/ [1] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/microsoft-buys-nortels-vintage-web-addresses-2011-04-26 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/microsoft-buys-nortels-vin... [2] https://www.techradar.com/news/amazon-has-hoarded-billions-of-dollars-worth-of-ipv4-but-why https://www.techradar.com/news/amazon-has-hoarded-billions-o...