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  <title><![CDATA[CircleID]]></title>
  <link>https://circleid.com/topics/ipv4-markets</link>
  <description>CircleID -  IPv4 Markets</description>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:rights>Copyright 2026, unless where otherwise noted.</dc:rights>
  <dc:date>2026-05-22T15:06:00+00:00</dc:date>

  
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      <title><![CDATA[The Internet Is Fragmenting - Most of the People Who Should Notice Aren&#8217;t Looking]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;internet&#45;is&#45;fragmenting&#45;most&#45;of&#45;the&#45;people&#45;who&#45;should&#45;notice&#45;arent&#45;looking</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The internet is fragmenting across cables, routing systems and governance. Most network engineers, focused on regional operations, are missing how technical infrastructure and state power are reshaping a once interoperable network.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-21T11:10:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Running-Code Primacy - The Patch Needed to Preserve the Internet&#8217;s Original Design]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/running&#45;code&#45;primacy&#45;the&#45;patch&#45;needed&#45;to&#45;preserve&#45;the&#45;internets&#45;original&#45;design</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[This essay argues that Internet governance has drifted from technical coordination into unaccountable institutional power, and proposes "Running-Code Primacy" as a post-RIR framework grounded in distributed validation, interoperability, and voluntary adoption rather than registry authority.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-12T11:56:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[IPv4 Market Shows Signs of Stabilization as Demand Holds Firm]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/ipv4&#45;market&#45;shows&#45;signs&#45;of&#45;stabilization&#45;as&#45;demand&#45;holds&#45;firm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[After months of decline, the IPv4 market is showing signs of stabilization. April pricing held steady across block sizes as resilient demand, broader transaction activity, and improving buyer confidence pointed toward a more constructive market environment through 2026.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-12T11:44:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Registry Under Siege: Investigating NRS Outreach to AFRINIC Members]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/registry&#45;under&#45;siege&#45;investigating&#45;nrs&#45;outreach&#45;to&#45;afrinic&#45;members</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[As AFRINIC rebuilds after years of litigation, the Number Resource Society is urging members to sign powers of attorney, raising fears that coordinated advocacy, commercial interests and geopolitical pressures could reshape African control over critical internet resources.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-06T11:55:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[IPv4 Market Shows Early Signs of Stabilization Amid Persistent Demand]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/ipv4&#45;market&#45;shows&#45;early&#45;signs&#45;of&#45;stabilization&#45;amid&#45;persistent&#45;demand</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[After months of declining prices, the IPv4 market shows early signs of stabilisation, with firming prices, resilient global demand, and sustained transaction volume suggesting a gradual rebalancing rather than a structural downturn.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-14T13:26:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Historical Mandate of the RIR System]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;historical&#45;mandate&#45;of&#45;the&#45;rir&#45;system</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The history of the Regional Internet Registry system shows it was designed as a community-governed framework, not a passive ledger, with legitimacy rooted in delegated authority, open policy development, and multistakeholder coordination from its inception.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-14T11:21:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[China and the Geopolitics of Africa&#8217;s 6.2 Million IPv4 Addresses]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/china&#45;and&#45;the&#45;geopolitics&#45;of&#45;africas&#45;6.2&#45;million&#45;ipv4&#45;addresses</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[AFRINIC's fight over 6.2 million IPv4 addresses exposes how legal pressure, offshore vehicles and scarcity economics can strip Africa of leverage, turning a technical dispute into a test of sovereignty, institutional resilience and Internet governance.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-10T12:13:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Modernizing the Registry: How LAC-2025-5 Addresses the Reality of IPv4 Scarcity]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/modernizing&#45;the&#45;registry&#45;how&#45;lac&#45;2025&#45;5&#45;addresses&#45;the&#45;reality&#45;of&#45;ipv4&#45;scarcity</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[LACNIC's LAC-2025-5 proposal formalises IPv4 sub-assignments, bringing grey-market leasing into a framework, easing scarcity pressures, improving registry accuracy, and lowering barriers for smaller providers while preserving incentives to adopt IPv6, across Latin America and Caribbean.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-10T12:03:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mandate Laundering: From RIR Fantasy to Transition Architecture]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/mandate&#45;laundering&#45;from&#45;rir&#45;fantasy&#45;to&#45;transition&#45;architecture</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Private internet registries have inflated narrow technical roles into quasi-sovereign authority, laundering mandate through ritual and rhetoric; a fragile system now faces legal, economic and political reckoning, prompting calls for coordinated transition urgent global reform.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-08T12:01:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Africa Can&#8217;t Skip IPv4 on the Road to IPv6]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/africa&#45;cant&#45;skip&#45;ipv4&#45;on&#45;the&#45;road&#45;to&#45;ipv6</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Africa's push toward IPv6 cannot bypass IPv4 scarcity, as uneven infrastructure, market dynamics, and governance disputes raise costs, entrench inequality, and risk turning transitional address shortages into a lasting brake on digital development across regions.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-03-31T11:47:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Running-Code Betrayal: How the RIR System Turned Consensus Against the Technical Community]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/running&#45;code&#45;betrayal&#45;how&#45;the&#45;rir&#45;system&#45;turned&#45;consensus&#45;against&#45;the&#45;technical&#45;community</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://circleid.com/posts/running&#45;code&#45;betrayal&#45;how&#45;the&#45;rir&#45;system&#45;turned&#45;consensus&#45;against&#45;the&#45;technical&#45;community</guid>

      <description><![CDATA[A dispute over African IP governance exposes a flaw in the RIR system, where thin policy, weak accountability and institutional self preservation risk overriding running networks and undermining the technical legitimacy that sustained global coordination.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-03-31T09:23:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[IPv4 Market Enters 2026 with Softer Prices but Durable Demand]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/ipv4&#45;market&#45;enters&#45;2026&#45;with&#45;softer&#45;prices&#45;but&#45;durable&#45;demand</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[IPv4 prices continued to decline through 2025, particularly for large blocks, yet demand remained resilient as buyer participation broadened, liquidity improved, and the market transitioned toward more efficient price discovery entering 2026.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-03-30T09:17:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Misinformation War Over Africa&#8217;s Internet Registry]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;misinformation&#45;war&#45;over&#45;africas&#45;internet&#45;registry</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Afrinic crisis exposes how legal pressure, proxy advocacy and owned media reshape narratives, potentially threatening global internet registry governance and shifting Africa's IP resources from public stewardship toward market commodification with broader far-reaching institutional consequences.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-03-30T09:12:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Poverty Penalty: How the RIR Model Taxes the Poor While Calling It Equality]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;poverty&#45;penalty&#45;how&#45;the&#45;rir&#45;model&#45;taxes&#45;the&#45;poor&#45;while&#45;calling&#45;it&#45;equality</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Critics blame IPv4 markets for inequality, but registry rules long rewarded scale and imposed regressive costs. Scarcity was managed, not equalized, leaving poorer networks paying more for slower, less predictable access over time and regions.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-03-27T11:43:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[We Kept Saying IPv4 Prices Would Rise Again. Did Anyone Listen?]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/we&#45;kept&#45;saying&#45;ipv4&#45;prices&#45;would&#45;rise&#45;again&#45;did&#45;anyone&#45;listen</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[After a prolonged slump, IPv4 prices are rising as tightening supply meets sustained demand from cloud and AI infrastructure, signalling a market correction and diminishing opportunities for buyers who had delayed acquisitions.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-03-26T09:55:00-07:00</dc:date>
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