<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">On 18 Nov 2021, at 8:14 PM, <a href="mailto:bzs@theworld.com" class="">bzs@theworld.com</a> wrote:<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class="">That suggests an idea:<br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class="">Repurpose these addresses and allow the RIRs to sell them in the IPv4<br class="">secondary markets with some earmark for the funds. Plus or minus<br class="">perhaps some worthy causes for "free" (not quite free but old school)<br class="">allocations. ...</div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>(Sidestepping for the moment the question of technical merits of the proposal…) </div><div><br class=""></div><div>There’s this organization called the Internet Engineering Task Force that has been working hard to establish long-term financial independence and stability via the IETF Endowment project <<a href="https://www.ietf.org/endowment/" class="">https://www.ietf.org/endowment/</a>> –</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Several of the Internet community organizations have made substantial contributions to this goal, but much more will be needed if the IETF is to achieve long-term funding stability. Speaking entirely in my own personal capacity, I believe that long-term financial stability of the IETF is an extremely worthwhile goal for all of us to support and – to the extent that somehow changes to the IPv4 address specification result in a financial upside – I believe that the IETF Endowment would be a very appropriate beneficiary.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>FYI,</div><div>/John</div><div><br class=""></div><div class="">p.s. Disclaimer: my views alone - contents may be hot and cause burns to unprotected surfaces. </div><div class="">p.p.s. It is unclear if the involvement of the RIRs in such a monetization activity is beneficial or not, but also orthogonal to the point that using proceeds for the benefit of IETF Endowment would be a very worthwhile goal. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>