The current centralised IP address governance poses threats to connectivity and neutrality, argues Lu Heng’s latest analysis.
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Lu Heng argues his role in IPv4 markets was inevitable, highlighting the structural forces driving decentralised Internet governance.
Understanding IP governance and number resources is vital, Lu Heng’s guide explains reform ideas for accountability and resilience.
Lu Heng argues community-based IP governance fails under scarcity, geopolitics, and declining participation.
As IPv4 supply runs out, IP addresses gain asset value, creating secondary markets and new financial considerations for network operators.
Explore how scarce IPv4 resources evolved into valuable digital capital, shaping strategy, valuation, governance and internet access.
An analysis of why disputes over IP address governance have become a test of stability for the global number registry system.
Lu Heng argues the ICP-2 revision centralises power over Internet number governance, risking voluntary cooperation and systemic fragility.
How IPv4 scarcity and structural constraints shape its economic value and capital debate in the digital age.
IPv4 addresses are scarce and active in secondary markets, prompting debate over claims they could be worth as much as $60 trillion
IPv4 addresses have become scarce digital assets with rising market value due to limited supply, slow IPv6 adoption and secondary trading.
Lu Heng highlights how conflating symbolic legitimacy with enforceable authority fuels resistance to clarity in critical systems.