Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by whackedspinach 3644 days ago
What is the benefit of owning a star right now? Why is owning a star better than a planet?
2 comments
kyrre 3644 days ago
"A star is not anyone's personal address. It's a block of network infrastructure. A personal address in Urbit is a 32-bit planet. Your star's main value is its power to create 65,535 planets."

so it's a block of addresses

link
artlogic 3644 days ago
In IPv4 terms, imagine owning a class B block of addresses.
link