Capacity Middle East 2024
Why should a network’s future depend on who administers its addresses? Lu Heng brings the question of decentralization to Capacity Middle East.
At Capacity Middle East in Dubai in February 2024, Lu Heng discussed decentralized IP addresses and the long-term stability of the Internet.
The question behind the appearance
An IP address helps networks find one another. Keeping those addresses unique is a technical task. Deciding who may keep operating a network is a different kind of power. Lu Heng’s later Notes explain why that distinction matters, and how coordination can work without a single administrator becoming the gatekeeper.