On When a Registry Can Destroy Without Cost — and Why the System Then Dies With It
What happens when a registry can destroy a network at a cost of one hundred dollars?
The Notes of Lu Heng
Who decides the future of the Internet?
Who gave the Internet’s recordkeepers the power to govern it? These Notes follow that question from everyday analogies to a different design for the network.
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On Authority, Belief, and the Internet’s Addressing System
What happens to an authority built on belief once the belief fractures?
On the Nature of IP Addresses and the Inevitability of Structural Change
What is an IP address, and why does the ledger’s keeper matter less than the ledger?
On Living in the Lie
What does a greengrocer’s slogan teach about institutions that keep performing belief?
On the Absurdity of the IPv6 “Escape from Scarcity” Narrative
Would anyone move two hours out of the city to save 1% of their rent?
On the Manufactured Narrative of IPv4 Scarcity
Is IPv4 scarce if its price barely registers in the cost of running a server?
On the “Capture” Paradox — and the Verified Challenger They Manufactured
If governance is truly bottom-up, why is a challenger from inside called “capture”?
On The Seven-Year Horizon
What changed between believing in reform from within and expecting a structural migration by 2033?
How a Neutral Bookkeeper Became a Fragile Power
How did a bookkeeper become a fragile power once the ledger turned into capital?
On Power, Legitimacy, and the AFRINIC Lock-In — When Control Targets Your Assets
Where does power actually come from, if not from the vote?
Why IPv6 Was Pushed, and Who It Actually Serves
Whose incentives does an infinite address space serve?
On Scarcity Is Not Hoarding: Why IPv4 Assetization Strengthens, Not Harms, Connectivity
Does treating IPv4 as an asset raise the price of connectivity?