far from exhaustive list but some things to look at
- Named data networking https://named-data.net/project/execsummary/ ( nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8qunfd4skctnwv46z7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucnpdejz7qgnwaehxw309ac82unsd3jhqct89ejhxtcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyd8wumn8ghj7urewfsk66ty9enxjct5dfskvtnrdakj7qgmwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ex7cmtv46zummjvuhsz8rhwden5te0wfjkccte9e5xjemgd35kw6r5v4ezucm0d5hsqgxezxg7xrsqg39egtqwst9dgu9n9tchzajvyf6mac9anymhal2qw536k0vn has a nostrovia episode on this)
- things built on DHT like pkarr (https://github.com/Nuhvi/pkarr)
- gnu name system https://lsd.gnunet.org/lsd0001/
