The problem the article highlights is not the considerable amount of “graybeards,” but the lack of everyone else.
to have a bigger part of that pie, then have more of them jump in.
The problem is: how?
I personally enjoy working with open source projects because I like making code to help other people. But, apparently, that’s not enough of an incentive for other people.
Or, of course, they don’t have the time/resources
About IPs or URLs?
IPv6 is quite complex, but not that complex