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I have read Can someone please explain FIBRE to me like I'm 5 and why is it useful? then https://bitcoinfibre.org/ and https://github.com/bitcoinfibre/bitcoinfibre.

But I still do not understand, is it in use today in 2023 and where, how?

My understanding is that it is not because https://github.com/bitcoinfibre/bitcoinfibre has had no commits since 16/01/2019 and it was set to read-only on 15/01/2020.
If it is not in use, what happend to it?

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The public Bitcoin FIBRE network was shut down “a year or two” before May 2022. Some of the reasons were that block propagation became a lot faster after compact block relay (BIP152) was deployed to the network, and the cost and effort of operating FIBRE was mostly borne by one individual.

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  • just few follow up questions. You say "public Bitcoin FIBRE network was shut down". Does that mean that there is/are some private ones ? If there are for what use are they used ? – WebOrCode Apr 27 '23 at 12:25
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    Since it is an open-source project, it would be possible that e.g. some miners continue to run one. I don’t know whether that is actually the case. – Murch Apr 27 '23 at 12:33