I think the IETF hit the right balance with the 128 bits thing.

We can fit MAC addresses in a /64 subnet, and the nanobots will only be able to devour half the planet.

Sometimes short-sighted limitations aren't always bad.

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hahaha this is one of my favourite

by the way, if they are space nanobots, shouldn't be IPV7?

they don't get to be space nanobots until they devour 100% of the Earth!

Obviously the evil scientist didn't think it was necessary to migrate from IPv6. After all, we won't run out for years...

Plus his ISP didn't support IPv8 anyway, so what's the point?

it's funny how just a few bytes more can change it all, i mean.. who is the smartass that designed ipv4 and said:

"meh, we'll never have more than a few million computers connected..."

yep.

he actually said we would never need more than 640kb application space, i believe

a good one

AWESOME...

who will be using these application in 10 years? 2 digit dates are fine

3.4×10^38 addresses on IPv6 aren't enough for undecillion nanobots. Anyway, how about IPN? ?

Why couldn't they just subnet the continents and use a waterwall between them. IP reuse in independent domains