Randy, I think the following bit, while true for final-/8 RIR pools, in the large scheme is incorrect:
On Fri, 2015-06-12 at 20:31 +0900, Randy Bush wrote: > but, as there is no more, the need will not be fulfilled. I'd say: Seller meets buyer at a mutually agreed upon transaction price. The relative need two parties experience on one set of address space is most easily expressed in monetary terms. The role of the RIRs going forward in depleted-IPv4-land is to carry the public ledger. However, any business plan relying on margin on transaction fees for supply from RIR final-/8 is extremely shortsighted and the community shouldn't give any concern for it since it is stupid in its limited horizon and shortsightedness. (One of the reasons I'd just like this to be all over now is so we can skip this phase of destructive denial.) /M
