The value of IPv4 addresses
The value of a working Internet resource depends on more than a purchase price.
Lu Heng · English recording
In this 2024 recording, Lu Heng discusses IPv4 valuation, liquidity and control, and what they mean for Internet service providers and telecom operators.
Follow the argument
His later Note 45 challenges the familiar story that IPv4 scarcity is the Internet’s defining constraint. Read the recording and that Note together to examine the distinction between a price, a registry rule and a network’s ability to keep operating.