APNIC in a blog posting announced that a portion of the 43/8 (Class A) IPv4 block will be sold to fund Asia-Pacific Internet development.
The 43/8 block was originally allocated to the WIDE (Widely Integrated Distributed Environment) Project in Japan. Now with the IPv4 address market firmly established and this block being underutilized the registrant of the block has decided to transfer a portion of the block to other users via the IPv4 address market.
What makes this transaction unique is that the block is being transferred to a charitable organization with the requirement that the block be sold and the proceeds used to fund Internet Development. As part of this process APNIC is being more involved in the transaction and is accepting the block for transfer under these conditions. The block(s) are being transferred to Asia Pacific Internet Development Trust as the first part of this transaction.
Read more at the full blog post from APNIC…