RIPE NCC delays: 750 orgs wait 536 days
With 750 organizations waiting up to 536 days, IPv4 scarcity is here. See how RIPE NCC bottlenecks force reliance on the secondary market today.
Nikita Sinitsyn
13 min readIPv4
Nikita Sinitsyn
13 min read
IPv4 waiting lists now hit 503 days
Facing a 503-day wait for IPv4? Our market analysis shows how leasing bypasses the queue while securing clean routing integrity.
Evgeny Sevastyanov
13 min read
RIPE tools stop BGP hijacks in real time now
See how 76% of IPv4 space now uses RPKI to stop hijacks. I break down the new RIPEstat tools you need today.
Vladislava Shadrina
13 min read
IPv4 Waiting List: 773 LIRs Stuck After 472 Days
With 773 LIRs stuck on the RIPE waiting list, free allocation is over. I analyze the shift to market transfers and rising costs.
Alexei Krylov
14 min read
IPv6 governance gaps: Why 50% traffic is unmanaged risk
With 50.10% of global traffic now on IPv6, ignoring unmanaged entry points is a governance failure. Learn to frame this as a board-level liability.
Evgeny Sevastyanov
14 min readIPv8 routing flaws: Why MPLS overhead doubles complexity
Ryan Hamel ended the IPv8 debate on May 4, 2026. We analyze why doubling BGP state tables creates unsustainable overhead for modern networks.
Alexander Timokhin
15 min read
IPv8 and BGPv8: Why Jamie Thain's Plan Fails
Jamie Thain's IPv8 promises 3 billion addresses per ASN, but zero working implementations exist on off-the-shelf hardware today.
Alexei Krylov
12 min read
IPv4 Market Reality: Leasing Beats Migration
Real enterprise IPv6 sits at 12%. With IPv4 leasing at $0.38, the 2045 sunset date makes economic sense for now.
Evgeny Sevastyanov
12 min readIPv8 demands massive CPU power for forwarding
IPv8 routing requires 192 cores to handle packet rates. Learn why this control-plane indirection adds latency instead of solving scarcity.
Nikita Sinitsyn
13 min read
IPv4 Waitlist Stuck? Why 841 LIRs Are Waiting
With 841 LIRs stuck on the RIPE waitlist, free IPv4 allocation is gone. I explain why tactical leasing is your only path forward today.
Vladislava Shadrina
14 min read
RIPE 2025 Data: $22 IP Lease Costs
RIPE's 2025 reports show 20,000 members facing IPv4 scarcity. Lease prices hit $22 monthly. See how governance handles this fiscal tension.
Evgeny Sevastyanov
13 min read
IPv6 traffic jumps: How one binding fix hit 79%
See how a single app binding change lifted native IPv6 from 67% to 79.2% in just 16 days by fixing specific fallbacks.
Vladislava Shadrina
13 min read
ARIN IPv4 Blocks: April's 67 New Allocations
ARIN filled 67 waiting list requests in April using 40 cleared blocks. Learn why verifying IP reputation is critical before you deploy.
Alexander Timokhin
14 min read
IPv8 routing breaks legacy silicon at 64 bits
IPv8 breaks legacy silicon, forcing upgrades that current multi-billion-dollar SONiC deployments cannot support without major risk.
Alexei Krylov
12 min read
IPv4x keeps routers working while extending space
With 57% of traffic still on IPv4, IPv4x extends space without breaking routers. A pragmatic look at the 96-bit subspace solution.
Vladislava Shadrina
14 min read
IPv4 collisions: The 127.x solution explained
Jamie Thain proposes repurposing 127.x to solve 10.x overlaps, offering a fix while global IPv6 sits at 50.10% usage in 2026.
Evgeny Sevastyanov
10 min read
ARIN Online update: Why 32% of IPv4 sits idle
ARIN's new 365-day ROA log targets routing hijacks. With 32% of global IPv4 here, secure your reassignments before reputation risks rise.
Nikita Sinitsyn
12 min read
IPv4 wait times hit 477 days: My take
With fewer than 5 LIRs left and a 477-day wait, direct allocation is gone. I explain why transfers are your only real option now.
Vladislava Shadrina
13 min read
ASPA validation stops Cloudflare route hijacks now
Cloudflare's ASPA rollout targets the gap where 53% of IPv4 prefixes remain unchecked, securing paths beyond origin validation.
Evgeny Sevastyanov
14 min readAFRINIC litigation freezes 30M IPv4 addresses in Africa
Litigation has frozen resource allocation for years. With only 30 million addresses, AFRINIC's legal crisis hurts 56 African nations.
Evgeny Sevastyanov
11 min read
IPv6 complexity stems from a 1994 IETF choice
The 1994 Toronto decision rejected simple expansion, forcing dual stacks that double memory use and operational costs for networks today.
Evgeny Sevastyanov
15 min read
ARIN 57 Strategy: Securing IPv4 in a Scarce Market
North America holds 39.5% of global IPv4. I break down ARIN 57 sponsorship tiers to show where your budget actually buys policy influence.
Alexander Timokhin
14 min read
ARIN IPv4 Waiting List: The 2026 Reality Check
ARIN cleared 149 requests in Jan 2026. I explain why the 388-day queue beats paying $90 per IP on the volatile private market.
Vladislava Shadrina
13 min read