Had no clue this was a thing! Always learning.
Yeah, yeah ... if we were all exclusively on IPv6, this wouldn't be a thing. But here we areIP address marketplace IPv4.Global has started offering loans on terms that consider public IPv4 network addresses as valid collateral.The loans build on a product announced last year by network operator Cogent, which issued $206 million worth of notes backed by its IPv4 assets.Debt notes are a way to raise money. The issuer sells notes to investors, pockets the cash, and promises to repay the purchase price plus interest. Cogent’s notes were therefore an invitation to investors to lend it $206 million for five years.If Cogent doesn’t pay, those who hold notes get its IPv4 addresses.They're a valuable asset: AWS rents them for $43.80 a year and they change hands for about $30 apiece.Cogent had its own stash of public IPv4. IPv4.Global has productized Cogent’s play and is offering to arrange loans to anyone that holds IPv4 addresses.