Internet samurai says he'll sell 14,700,000 IPv4 addresses worth $300m-plus, plow it into Asia-Pacific connectivity theregister.co.uk

Despite his revered status among internet engineers – Murai is the Japanese equivalent of “father of the internet” Vint Cerf and has been instrumental in internet development in Japan and across the Asia-Pacific region – the decision may prove controversial.
Under rules agreed by all five RIRs, any spare IPv4 addresses are supposed to be returned, for free, to the RIR and be redistributed as needed.
This decision to directly benefit from what will likely be one of the largest-ever sales of an IPv4 address block is a shift from that neutral position.
“This is an opportunity to produce a capital asset, with a significant impact on internet development, if used well and carefully,” he argued.
With this massive influx of capital, APNIC will be in a position to expand its internet development remit and remain largely unchanged.