Routing Shifts: Why Names Beat IP Addresses Now
With only 4,294,967,296 IPv4 addresses, routing now maps names to endpoints. Learn how DNS controls traffic flow beyond basic forwarding.
With only 4,294,967,296 IPv4 addresses, routing now maps names to endpoints. Learn how DNS controls traffic flow beyond basic forwarding.
Ryan Hamel ended the IPv8 debate on May 4, 2026. We analyze why doubling BGP state tables creates unsustainable overhead for modern networks.
IPv8 routing requires 192 cores to handle packet rates. Learn why this control-plane indirection adds latency instead of solving scarcity.
IPv8 collapses seven network layers into one dependency. My review shows how a single auth timeout triggers total failure, not graceful degradation.