IPFS Archiving project status?

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Hi, I’ve been out of the loop for a while now (because of covid). What happened to the IPFS Archiving project? GitHub - ipfs-inactive/archives: [ARCHIVED] Repo to coordinate archival efforts with IPFS
I can’t find any information about why it was archived; if the project failed; If the working group moved to somewhere else; Or what the overall status of this project is.

Also, is IPFS still used outside of the crypto scene? It looks like IPFS was degraded to only be a part of crypto projects like filecoin and NFTs and not have any independent standing anymore. Is this really the case?

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It is not the case.

For archiving, there is at least a decentralized version of Libgen on IPFS, where even searching is decentralized: http://libgen.crypto (ipfs://bafybeifaxsen4np54stc43phpnn3rh2crxie34d74yki43dultrh4vglqy/ )

Archive.org is also interested in IPFS, though it is preliminary (The Decentralized Web: An Introduction - Internet Archive Blogs )

There is also a project to archive human voice (Voice Gems: A 1000 Year Archive - Harry Yeff - YouTube)

Then IPFS, is already used for many things beyond crypto.
One example I like is the preservation of human right (Decentralization and Human Rights - Jonathan Dotan, Phoebe Poon, Xavi Vives - YouTube)
See for example this video for a very broad overview (The State of IPFS Ecosystem - Molly Mackinlay - YouTube)

There are many more.