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by TekMol 62 days ago
I still do not support IPv6 on my servers and I think I will skip it and wait for IPv8:

https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-thain-ipv8-00.html

Avoiding a dual-stack and making IPv4 a part of whatever superseeds it seems like the right choice to me.

IPv6 always seemed to me like throwing away all existing telephone numbers, just to support longer numbers.

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  ::203.0.113.42 (tunnels to 203.0.113.42 over v4)
  64:ff9b::203.0.113.42 (translates to v4 at nearest NAT64 point)
  ::ffff:203.0.113.42 (opens a v4 connection via an AF_INET6 socket)
What are these then?
Maybe you didn't read the draft. It's either a delayed April's Fool joke or AI slop. Even if you take it seriously, it will require updating every v4 device in existence.