32bit vs 1028bit addresses doesn't mean the number of addresses that can be created, but the number of 'digits' in EACH address.
Consider street addresses - if you have a 2 digit street address, you can have 99 addresses on that street. As you add digits, the number of combinations goes up significantly! Same here. IPv4 has 32 bits in each address - giving us billions of combinations - while IPv6 has 1028 bits in each, opening up more combinations than there are stars in existence.
32bit vs 1028bit addresses doesn't mean the number of addresses that can be created, but the number of 'digits' in EACH address.
Consider street addresses - if you have a 2 digit street address, you can have 99 addresses on that street. As you add digits, the number of combinations goes up significantly! Same here. IPv4 has 32 bits in each address - giving us billions of combinations - while IPv6 has 1028 bits in each, opening up more combinations than there are stars in existence.
You're kind of both right. -ish...