Analyzing IPv4 Trades with Gnuplot

79 todsacerdoti 14 6/9/2025, 1:08:00 AM ipv4a-5539ad.gitlab.io ↗

Comments (14)

wodenokoto · 31d ago
For something called "with Gnuplot", I was expecting it to be just as much a gnuplot tutorial, or at least a "show off" of how to code plots using gnuplot.

But other than that, it was a really nice analysis.

pastage · 31d ago
https://gitlab.com/Lockywolf/ipv4a/-/blob/3db4a65b11bc60b091...

I think it is fine to hide the source code for it, it is a tutorial of sorts.

Grayskull · 31d ago
It is possible view source Org file where is code for gnuplot. (Tip: switch to code view as gitlab view does not understand source blocks)

Honestly I love seeing org-mode and babel, whenever possible.

https://gitlab.com/Lockywolf/ipv4a/-/blob/3db4a65b11bc60b091...

victorbjorklund · 31d ago
Anyone has an idea why price dropped since 2022?
suncore · 31d ago
Maybe the buyers started migrating to IPv6 when they saw how expensive IPv4 addresses are and there is a delay before they actually migrate. IPv4 addresses are way more expensive than I thought, upwards of $60 per address, jeez...
ta1243 · 31d ago
If you think they're worth $60 an address then you can make a fortune buying them at half the price at https://auctions.ipv4.global/prior-sales

At 5% roi though, even $60 an address would be $3 a year. Address owners typically charge far more -- Amazon for example charges $43 an address per year.

AndrewDucker · 31d ago
IPv6 is now up to 49% [1] - it's possible that there's just less demand for IPv4 addresses.

[1] https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html

jiggawatts · 31d ago
My best guess is that the public clouds stopped expanding after the end of ZIRP because startups vanished overnight and demand dried up.
jgalt212 · 31d ago
GPU instances don't need public IP addresses.
everfrustrated · 31d ago
Pure speculation but could be at the end of zirp companies sold off IP assets / bankruptcy sales is depressing price.
lloydatkinson · 31d ago
My favourite part of this is the part where gnuplot is barely mentioned and no code is shown for generating those graphs.

Bravo, 11/10.

zX41ZdbW · 31d ago
What is the data source?
57473m3n7Fur7h3 · 31d ago
The start of the linked post says:

> The data in this demo is taken from the ipv4.global auction.

So I assume either by scraping https://www.ipv4.global/ or from readily prepared downloads of data from them. Haven’t looked around the site to see if there is any prepared data downloads available.