On 09/11/2012 13:23, sandrabrown@ipv4marketgroup.com wrote:
As a broker in the IPv4 space, I support 2012-05 100%. We need transparency in transaction pricing. Otherwise there will continue to be black markets and unscrupulous operators. I view my job as finding buyers to match sellers and finding sellers to match buyer needs. Just as in stock markets, commodity markets, and housing markets, IPv4 markets require open pricing. Only then will most people give this market legitimacy and most of the devious behaviour go away.
As I read it, 2012-05 does nothing to increase transparency in transaction pricing. The RIPE NCC will not be involved in the commercial discussions around a transfer and will in general have no idea of whether money changed hands at all. Nigel