A few interesting places to get involved:

- ATProto ecosystem (built on IPFS content addressing, used by Bluesky): https://atproto.com/guides/tutorials

- IPFS contribution guide: https://docs.ipfs.tech/community/contribute/contribution-tut...

- libp2p maintainers call (networking layer of IPFS & other p2p networks): https://libp2p.io/get-involved/

I don't think the problem was a lack of effort. The tech was interesting and innovative but the foundation of it had limits that were extremely hard to work past. As a technology it laid a lot of groundwork for better ideas, but I doubt it's worth investing in.