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May want to keep your eye on dragonfly, a P2P image distribution protocol: https://d7y.io/docs/

This seems like a perfect use case for IPFS.

We had a prototype Docker/BuildKit registry using IPFS at Netflix built by Edgar.

What happened to the old mirror lists? The ones where apt/rpm package repositories tend to be hosted?

I mean, why can't (or don't) we use those for things like docker images, npm registries and the like.

All this centralised dependence talk is frustrating (it's expensive, no free lunch etc;) when it's largely been a solved problem for decades.

a collection of distributed systems. start your own. connect with other enthusiasts in your area to get them connected.