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Re:AWS to Begin Charging for Public IPv4 Addresses by sgjohnson on Friday August 04, 2023 @05:16AM (#36997437)
> You can't buy/sell/trade "ASN blocks". The only people handling "ASN blocks" are the 5 RIRs (APNIC, RIPE NCC, ARIN, AfriNIC and LACNIC) and IANA.

You absolutely can sell ASNs or ASN blocks, just like you can sell IPs.

Want to sell an ASN? Ask the buyer for money. When the money is in your account/escrow, transfer the ASN to them. Get money. Sale complete.

But that’s besides the point, this has got nothing to do with ASNs.

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Re:AWS to Begin Charging for Public IPv4 Addresses by eqvinox on Saturday August 05, 2023 @04:15AM (#37010055)
> You absolutely can sell […] ASN blocks,

No you can't, because you can't actually acquire an ASN *block* to begin with.

Which is the point of my comment. Only the RIRs handle blocks of ASNs. As a non-RIR entity you can get individual ASNs, or multiple individual ASNs, but not an ASN block.

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