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IPv4 Price Index

Median market price per IPv4 address, aggregated from 360 publicly reported transactions. Updated July 20, 2026

$18.75
Median $/IP — last 30 days (67 sales)
$19.25
Median $/IP — last 90 days (248 sales)
$0.50/mo
Lease reference — per IP/month (ip4.market)

Median sale price trend ($/IP)

03/26$19.0004/26$19.0005/26$19.2506/26$20.0007/26$18.00

Price by block size — buy vs lease

Block$/IP (30d)$/IP (90d)Purchase cost (90d median)Lease at $0.50/IPLease payback*
/14 (262,144 IPs)$10.00 (1 sales)$2,621,440$131,072/mo20 months
/16 (65,536 IPs)$10.50 (2 sales)$10.50 (6 sales)$688,128$32,768/mo21 months
/17 (32,768 IPs)$11.25 (2 sales)$368,640$16,384/mo22 months
/18 (16,384 IPs)$14.50 (2 sales)$13.62 (12 sales)$223,232$8,192/mo27 months
/19 (8,192 IPs)$14.50 (7 sales)$14.47 (18 sales)$118,538$4,096/mo29 months
/20 (4,096 IPs)$15.25 (8 sales)$15.50 (21 sales)$63,488$2,048/mo31 months
/21 (2,048 IPs)$17.25 (7 sales)$17.00 (27 sales)$34,816$1,024/mo34 months
/22 (1,024 IPs)$17.80 (9 sales)$18.00 (46 sales)$18,432$512/mo36 months
/23 (512 IPs)$20.00 (9 sales)$20.00 (42 sales)$10,240$256/mo40 months
/24 (256 IPs)$26.00 (23 sales)$25.50 (73 sales)$6,528$128/mo51 months

*Months of leasing that equal the median purchase price. Below that horizon, leasing is cheaper — and keeps capital free.

Cite this index. This data is free to reference with attribution and a link: "IPv4 Price Index — ip4.market (https://ip4.market/ipv4-price-index/)". CC BY 4.0.

Methodology & sources

Sale prices are aggregated from publicly reported IPv4 transactions, primarily the IPv4.Global prior-sales disclosures (Hilco Streambank). We store every disclosed transaction (date, block size, RIR, total and per-address price), deduplicate, and compute medians (not averages) per block size over rolling 30/90-day windows to resist outliers. Coverage: 2026-03-11 → 2026-07-18. The lease reference price is the live flat rate on the ip4.market leasing marketplace. This page updates weekly (automated). No figures are estimated or interpolated — every data point traces to a disclosed transaction.

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