If IPv4 were land

	If IPv4 were land(iptrust.co)
	295 points by rokostik 23 hours ago \| 411 comments
	tl;dr: A thought experiment maps each country's share of global IPv4 address space onto the world's land area, revealing stark disparities between IP allocation and physical geography. The methodology uses Natural Earth 1:110m outlines (excluding Antarctica and ~70 small territories representing ~52M addresses) and IP Trust geolocation data from October 2026, limited to countries with at least 100,000 addresses and 20,000 km².
	HN Discussion: ↑IPv4 scarcity causes real problems like CGNAT issues and should prompt IPv6 adoption ↑IPv4 should be treated as a finite natural resource subject to Georgist land rent taxation ↓Comparing IP allocations to land area is a nonsensical visualization; population would be more meaningful ↓The map choice (Mercator projection) is methodologically flawed •The resulting map unsurprisingly mirrors population density, adding context to the findings