Public appearances
Hear the argument
Speeches and conversations with Lu Heng about who controls the Internet, what networks need, and how that can change.
An address lets a network connect. It can also become a point of control. In these recordings, Lu Heng takes that problem into industry meetings, conversations and public debate.
- 20 recordings
- 2024–2025
- Watch in English
Three places to begin
Does buying an address give you control?
Why a payment can leave the operator dependent on a registry’s permission.
What would a real right to leave look like?
Let a network change its registry without losing the addresses it uses.
How could a decentralized Internet work?
Separate the job of coordinating addresses from the power to control networks.
Explore the conversations
Who controls the network?
From the power to revoke an address to the freedom to change registry.
6 recordings
Where does the value come from?
The difference between the value networks create and the price of their resources.
5 recordings
Who gets a voice?
Participation, representation and the institutions that speak for the Internet.
7 recordings
Ideas put to work
Meet Lu Heng and explore one of his practical projects.
2 recordings
Beyond the recordings
Two earlier appearances bring the questions into an industry conference and an Internet governance school.
Capacity Middle East, Dubai
Decentralized IP addresses and the stability of the Internet.
Pakistan School on Internet Governance, Gilgit
Lu Heng and the work of the LARUS Foundation.