How much is an IPv4 address worth?

You could have bought a single IPv4 address for around $10-15 in 2017. The average price for IPv4 grew to around $15-20 in 2019. According to our statistics, /24, /23 and /22 blocks were the most popular and sold at the higher prices at the time. If sold at $20 per IP, the blocks were worth $5,120, $10,240 and $20,480, respectively.

How much did IPv4 prices rise in 2019?

And while, in retrospect, prices of IPv4 addresses rose gradually (in comparison to later increases) the rate of growth was nearly 20% per year. Per IP prices rose from about $10 to $25 during the period. IPv4 prices paused their gradual rise in 2019, with various block sizes trading at a slightly wider range of prices.

How much did Amazon Pay for IPv4?

At an average IPv4 price of $15-25 per IP at the time, Amazon could have paid close to $420-700 million. Today, the same resource could go for as much as $45-60 per IPv4 address, which means that a buyer would need around $1.2-1.7 billion to cover the cost. In short, in just a few years, the IPv4 price has more than doubled.