I know what you mean. But this 'better' than HTTP thing would only be a dream in China. Most websites, including some very big websites in China, have no concern about security. It will take longer than you can ever imagine for them to embrace SSL.
No. The Chinese government will fancy a 'centralized' internet that the government has total control. It will try as hard as it could to make sure the internet is 'centralized' and dismantle anything that is distributed or P2P. Some ISP in China doesn't even allow you to use a public IP. So I think this IPFS thing is most likely a huge threat to the GFW(Great Firewall) system of China. I hope this thing can eventually tear down the entire effort of the Internet censorship in China.
It's fun. But question is what can I do with this?
I have built a MMO game with HTML5 canvas API but I still don't know how useful this library could be other than casual gaming. Perhaps they are encouraging me to apply for a job in shopify?