I reread the final report and ascending clock is not foreseen in the report, only a sealed bid like you mentioned. And the sealed bid  amount needs to be informed prior to Reveal Day, although it may be later changed in some conditions (like indirect contention and withdrawals). 


Rubens



Em 14 de jun. de 2024, à(s) 17:27, Sam Lanfranco <samlanfranco@gmail.com> escreveu:

I had not given that matter thought in my initial statement, but in general the economist in my favors, in this case, simple sealed bid auctions. There applicants have to make a "best guess" based on their business case estimates. This avoids bidding wars, and a bit less revenue to ICANN, but is also gives the winner a cost based on their business case estimates. ICANN going for more, and gamblers will likely disagree with me.

Sam L.

Internet Elder, Internet Ecologist
On Jun 14, 2024, at 8:50 p.m., Rubens Kuhl <rubensk@nic.br> wrote:


Em 14 de jun. de 2024, à(s) 11:55, trachtenbergm--- via SubPro-IRT <subpro-irt@icann.org> escreveu:

Sam,

Can you clarify what you mean by “sealed bids”?  Are you suggesting applications submit sealed bids for their application fees?


I took it as not having ascending bids for auction of last resort. What I am unsure is whether this would apply only to contention sets with supported applicants (those would only have a single round) or to all auctions of last resort. 



Rubens