<p>The public Bitcoin FIBRE network was shut down <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1530016523921698816" rel="nofollow noreferrer">“a year or two” before May 2022</a>. Some of the reasons were that block propagation became a lot faster after compact block relay (<a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0152.mediawiki" rel="nofollow noreferrer">BIP152</a>) was deployed to the network, and the cost and effort of operating FIBRE was mostly borne by one individual.</p>

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2023-04-27T12:25:55.973Z
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
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2023-04-27T12:33:35.093Z
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.
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Murch
<p>I have read <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/56485/can-someone-please-explain-fibre-to-me-like-im-5-and-why-is-it-useful">Can someone please explain FIBRE to me like I&#39;m 5 and why is it useful?</a> then <a href="https://bitcoinfibre.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bitcoinfibre.org/</a> and <a href="https://github.com/bitcoinfibre/bitcoinfibre" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/bitcoinfibre/bitcoinfibre</a>.</p>
<p><strong>But I still do not understand, is it in use today in 2023 and where, how?</strong></p>
<p>My understanding is that it is not because <a href="https://github.com/bitcoinfibre/bitcoinfibre" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/bitcoinfibre/bitcoinfibre</a> has had no commits since 16/01/2019 and it was set to read-only on 15/01/2020.<br />
If it is not in use, what happend to it?</p>

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Is FIBRE still in use in 2023?
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# Is FIBRE still in use in 2023?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-04-27)

I have read [Can someone please explain FIBRE to me like I'm 5 and why is it useful?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/56485/can-someone-please-explain-fibre-to-me-like-im-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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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-04-27. Score: 7 | Accepted answer

The public Bitcoin FIBRE network was shut down [“a year or two” before May 2022](https://twitter.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1530016523921698816). Some of the reasons were that block propagation became a lot faster after compact block relay ([BIP152](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0152.mediawiki)) was deployed to the network, and the cost and effort of operating FIBRE was mostly borne by one individual.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: 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 ?  
> **username_1**: 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.  

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