There's a draft Internet-Draft floating around called "IPv8" by Jamie Thain. It was published in April 2026 and reads like a list of every networking buzzword bingo square you can imagine, stapled together with a straight face. I read it twice to make sure I wasn't missing the joke. I don't think I was. So either it's an April Fool that ran a couple of weeks late, or somebody is genuinely proposing it. Either way, it deserves a careful kicking.