Hacker News Reader

> 48-bit static IP addresses. 70 trillion should be enough. 128 bits was overkill.

What if humanity becomes a Kardashev type-2 or an interstellar civilization? In that case the population of humans, much less computers, could easily succeed 70 trillion.

View on HN

It is unlikely that we will be able to use IP as a way to create a single network between Earth and Mars much less outside the solar system.

not unlikely that we will have ip-islands connected by some DTN/sneakernet thou.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com