Latif Ladid on IPv6’s role in the global Metanet vision [Video]

IPv6, blockchain technology, peer-to-peer Internet of Things and advanced cybersecurity are critical for the global Metanet vision, said Latif Ladid.

The President of the IPv6 Forum spoke to CoinGeek Backstage on the sidelines of the IEEE COINS Conference in London about the inevitable transition from the current internet protocol, IPv4, to IPv6.

Ladid told CoinGeek reporter Becky Liggero that the Metanet, a new version of the Internet that fuses emerging technologies and micropayments, needs IPv6. This protocol restores the Internet’s peer-to-peer nature by allowing everyone to have their unique IP addresses.

Besides IPv6, the Metanet needs “peer-to-peer IoT,” where we have “billions of devices talking to each other.” This vision is well underway; today, experts estimate that there are nearly 19 billion interconnected IoT devices and that this number will double by 2030.

These devices generate massive data that we can analyze to make better decisions. However, we …