RIPE Operators Turn to IPv4 Leasing as Free Pool Era Ends

As RIPE's free IPv4 pool was exhausted in 2019, secondary market leasing shifted from niche practice to operational necessity for growing networks. This creates unprecedented opportunity: operators with idle legacy space can now monetize dormant assets, those needing capacity can lease directly, and ambitious operators can build entire leasing platforms. The result is a fundamental reshaping of network economics where scarcity drives new revenue models.