# \#hydras

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## [DHT Hydras for Networking Bridging Have Been Fully Shut Down 🎉](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/dht-hydras-for-networking-bridging-have-been-fully-shut-down/16408)

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**Author:** [@yiannis](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/yiannis)\
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**Last updated:** [May 9, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/dht-hydras-for-networking-bridging-have-been-fully-shut-down/16408 "2023-05-09T12:59:44Z")

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TL;DR :headstone: R.I.P. DHT Hydras :dragon: Recently, it was found that Hydra peers were declining in quantity, and ultimately on 2023-04-20 the last Hydra node stopped providing network bridging to IPNI (the InterPlan…