its like the combustion engine, yes, its going out of style, just not
likely at a pace we will see in our lifetimes.

Just wait til the Seatle type never worked a day but dress like a
lumberjack with a perfectly trimmed beard hipsters find out that IP4 is
"retro". you can host them a geocities flat page on a retro IP4 for crazy
cash, tell them your IP4 is carbon neutral and fully vegan friendly,
theyll go nuts. just dont ever tell them its in a binary address space or
theyll burn your office down.

On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 9:55 AM Matt Hoppes <
mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote:

> I don't see how it can -- even though many say it will.  I just don't
> see how it can.  It's a chicken and egg situation.
>
> Who is he leasing it through?  That sounds like an interesting way to
> make recurring revenue.
>
> On 9/8/20 10:52 AM, Robert wrote:
> > A friend has a /16   Due to issues with ARIN selling it is
> > problematic.   So he leases it out.  I was the one who advised him to
> > hold onto it when he thought of selling it 15 years ago.  So he gives me
> > a commission. ( good friend! ).   The $200/month commission is a nice
> > perk.   I hope ipv4 never goes out of style!
> >
> > On 9/8/20 7:42 AM, Mark Radabaugh wrote:
> >> No, but it’s a consideration for the balance sheet.
> >>
> >> The value is a large reason that the community (ARIN) allows transfer
> >> sales.   The intention is to have the price of IPv4 increase to the
> >> point it gets people to move to IPv6 and sell the IPv4 space.
> >>
> >> Eventually the value of IPv4 addresses will start to go down.
> >>
> >> Speculate on them as you wish.   Sell when you think the market has
> >> reached it’s peak.
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
> >>> On Sep 8, 2020, at 10:37 AM, Matt Hoppes
> >>> <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> So today I looked over my kingdom and realized I'm sitting on $96,000
> >>> worth of IPv4 space.   But, much like the stock market it's only
> >>> worth that if you sell it.
> >>>
> >>> On the other hand, I'm using those IPs to run my business.   At what
> >>> point does it make sense to sell them and just NAT everyone because
> >>> the money you get from the sale is a better business decision than
> >>> just sitting on them?   Maybe keep a /24 or two.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Anyone here ever pondered this while they lay awake in bed?
> >>>
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