There was actually an arrangement where Archive.org saved a copy of all the metadata that was added to the site. It should still live on in that capacity.

Wait, really? Do you have a link?

This is what I've found: https://archive.org/details/whatcdcrawl&tab=about

Can't seem to get the actual data though.

Wow, that's great news if it's true.

Alternatives: zeronet or the more anonymity oriented Freenet.

For something like this I think IPFS is about the right balance though. Zeronet does already have a torrent site called "play" though.

First i've heard of this, but looks pretty cool. Anyone using it?

An open source torrent client with P2P search and a layer of privacy inspired by Tor - and paid for by the EU: https://www.tribler.org/