I've spent my career in infrastructure and cloud. I know what it costs to scale, what it means to plan capacity under pressure, and how much operational complexity lives inside decisions that look simple on paper.
When my co-founders – who have spent years in the IPv4 market as address holders, operators, and investors – described the state of the tooling, it was immediately recognisable. A fragmented market, opaque pricing, incomplete block data, and processes that create friction where there should be clarity.
That's the problem IPbnb is built to solve. Last month, we quietly launched
Why "quietly"?
Because the IPv4 market runs on trust. We didn't want to make noise before the platform was ready to back it up. We ran a beta period, collected real friction data, fixed what needed fixing, and opened for business when we were confident the product met the standard we'd set for ourselves.
What the market actually needs
Most platforms in this space give you a CIDR block and a price. That's not enough information to make a sound allocation decision. You need block history. Routing status. Abuse record indicators. RPKI status. Reputation context.
IPbnb listings include all of it – because that's what we wanted to see on the other side of the transaction.
There's also a market education problem worth naming. Many IPv4 address holders don't realise their blocks are income-generating assets. A lot of operators don't know that leasing is a practical alternative to acquisition. Part of what we're building is the context that helps both sides make better decisions.
The technical reality of IPv4 in 2026
IPv6 adoption is real and ongoing. It's also not replacing IPv4 in most production environments anytime soon. Dual-stack is the operational norm. That sustained coexistence is what keeps the secondary IPv4 market structurally relevant – and it's the market we're building for.
One thing I'm particularly proud of
We kept support human. IPv4 transactions have real complexity – transfer documentation, compliance edge cases, block history questions. When you contact IPbnb, you reach someone with actual market context. That was a deliberate product decision, not an afterthought.
If you're managing IPv4 capacity – leasing, acquiring, or monetising idle space – the catalogue is live.
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