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IPv4 Blocks - Everything You Need to Know

IPv4 Blocks – Everything You Need to Know

IPv4 blocks are essential to understanding how the web works and why we’re seeing shifts in networking technology
IPv4 Market Recap, Patterns & 2024 Price Predictions2024

IPv4 Market Recap, Patterns & 2024 Price Predictions

Use data and market psychology to compare IPv4 prices from previous years and determine what IPv4 price might be in 2024
How Does BGP & Internet Routing Registry Effect IPv4

How Does BGP & Internet Routing Registry Affect IPv4?

What are BGP Routing Records? Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is a protocol that allows for the fastest and most efficient routing of internet traffic.   The owner of an IPv4 Address subnet asks their upstream internet service provider to route specific IPv4 subnets now smaller than a /24 to route traffic using the best method of delivery.  BGP is responsible for assessing all of the available internet routes that data can travel and then choose the best option, which usually means hopping between Autonomous Systems (AS) numbers that represent the upstream internet providers network.
How to Choose an IPv4 Broker2024

How to Choose an IPv4 Broker

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RIPE Provider Aggregatable (PA) & Provider Independent (PI) IPv4 Addresses serve distinct purposes within the internet addressing landscape.
UpdateIPv4 Address Geolocation

How to Update IPv4 Address Geolocation

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What is IPv4 Geolocation?IPv4 geolocation maps an IPv4 address to a specific geographic location based on the connected device. By geographically mapping the IP address, any user can determine the country, state, city, zip code, latitude/longitude, ISP, area code, and type of service it is being used for.
ARIN IPv4 Transfers October 2021

ARIN IPv4 Transfer Volatility October 2021

While we have had a strong run and increase in IPv4 demand over the previous 3-4 months, October seemed to have slowed down a bit.  The total number of IPv4 transfer requests in ARIN dropped to 143, which is down -16% from 171 requests in September and -12% from the 163 average requests over the course of 2021.
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ARIN IPv4 Transfers Increase September 2021

September IPv4 market trends have been very positive compared to what we saw as the average of the previous 3 months. Signs of life from IPv4 buyers are visible based on the increase of IPv4 transfers requested again from 167 in August to 171 in September.
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ARIN IPv4 Transfer Volatility August 2021

The month of August 2021 seems to have finally showed a positive trend in the IPv4 transfer market. Figures for IPv4 transfers requested, indicating demand, and transfers completed, indicating supply, have returned to the values we saw at the beginning of the year.
China's Plan to Begin Eliminating IPv4 Usage in 2023

China’s Plan to Begin Eliminating IPv4 in 2023

The Cyberspace Administration of China plans to phase out IPv4 usage by implementing large scale IPv6 adoption in three stages ending in 2030. This could potentially impact the global IPv4 market as Chinese companies could sell off existing IPv4 addresses.

ARIN IPv4 Transfer Volatility July 2021

As reported in the previous 2 blog posts, the month of May 2021 was a milestone in terms of ARIN IPv4 transfer requests.  It was the first time that transfer requests dropped below 100 per month since the market was born in 2015.  The volatility continues to have a decreasing trend line with a significantly lower average than the entire 2021 year, and the past 4 years combined.