IPv4 scarcity is a manufactured crisis. Think about it. NAT exists. IPv6 exists. You can put thousands of hosts behind one public IP and nobody cares. The whole "oh no we are running out" thing is just so ARIN and RIPE can keep auction prices stupid high for their buddies. My home lab runs 40+ services on a single IP with reverse proxy. Never had problem. The only people crying about IPv4 are speculators and old network admins who refuse to learn v6. It is a racket. You know it. I know it.
