The next evolution of the Internet will be built on emerging technologies such as micropayments and AI and will rely on core infrastructure such as IPv6 and the BSV blockchain.
This is the view of Latif Ladid (Founder and president of, who spoke IPv6 Forum) who was speaking to CoinGeek at the recent IEEE COINS Conference in London. Ladid explained that Metanet, a new evolution of the Internet integrating emerging technologies and micropayments, requires IPv6. This protocol restores the peer-to-peer nature of the Internet by giving everyone unique IP addresses.
In addition to IPv6, the Metanet needs a ‘peer-to-peer IoT’ system where billions of interconnected devices communicate. Currently, nearly 19 billion IoT devices exist, and this figure is expected to double by 2030. These devices produce vast amounts of data, which must be verified for authenticity—a role blockchain, particularly the BSV blockchain, can play on a global scale, according to Ladid.
He also highlighted the importance of state-of-the-art cybersecurity, which forms the fourth pillar of the Metanet. Combining these technologies—IPv6, IoT, blockchain, and cybersecurity—will shape the future of the Metanet.
IPv6 and the BSV blockchain
When the Internet was first developed, IPv4 was the standard used to assign addresses to connected devices. IPv4, the fourth version of the Internet Protocol, was standardised in 1981 and used a 32-bit address space, supporting approximately 4.3 billion unique addresses. Initially, this seemed sufficient, but the rapid expansion of the Internet and the proliferation of connected devices soon highlighted its limitations.
To address this, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) introduced IPv6 in 1998, featuring a 128-bit address space to accommodate an almost infinite number of devices, especially with the rise of the Internet of Things. IPv6’s capacity for end-to-end networking is essential for leveraging the efficiencies and capabilities of an expansive blockchain protocol like the BSV blockchain.
The BSV blockchain stands out as the only public blockchain scalable enough to meet the demands of enterprise-scale applications. It is designed to function as an Internet extension, enabling peer-to-peer payments and complex data transfers without intermediaries.
The Metanet future
Metanet will usher in the global democratisation of access to data and services, upending the current bureaucratic model and allowing merit, innovation and the will to succeed to become the key factors in driving success.
Metanet aims to bring about a profound shakeup of the existing digital economy through the combination of friction-free micropayments, equal access to information and cultivating economic inclusivity will transform global economies.
All aspects of the Internet, every single piece of online data, will be capable of monetisation through cost-effective micropayments while offering individual users greater control over how their online data is used.
