[address-policy-wg] Suggestion to replace IPv4 waiting list with auctions

Good morning,

Am Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 11:33:40AM +1100 schrieb Arash Naderpour:
> How does it work with EU and Dutch sanctions regulations?

I don't know. How does the current system work with the sanctions
regime?

> On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 7:52 AM Wolfgang Zenker <zenker at punkt.de> wrote:
>> in todays WG session Marco Schmidt pointed out that more than half of
>> the /24s allocated from the waiting list pool go to members with
>> multiple LIRs. The number of newly created LIRs eligible for a /24 has
>> increased a lot in recent months, to the point where requests can no
>> longer be filled from the available pool but new LIRs have to wait for
>> blocks coming out of quarantine. This change appears to be due to market
>> value for IPv4 blocks being now significantly larger than the cost for
>> creating a new LIR and maintaining it for the two year holding period.
>> The result of this is that newcomers have no easy access to a first IPv4
>> block but have to wait in line together with multi-LIR address hoarders,
>> defeating the purpose of the waiting list policy.

>> I suggest to replace the waiting list with the following system:
>> - /24s becoming available are put to an auction.
>> - every interested member organisation (NOT: LIR) can make a bid of an
>>   amount that is not visible to the other bidders.
>> - highest bid wins.

>> Expected result would be less requests from address hoarders because
>> they could get address blocks for a similar price on the open market
>> without the additional overhead of creating a new member. Newcomers on
>> the other hand would have to become members to be able to hold addresses
>> in the first place, and can use the auction to get access to a properly
>> quarantined address block to start their business.

Regards,
Wolfgang Zenker
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