I waited for months to see how their site operated and asked regarding that in the forum as well
Anyone is still using Paxful? and after that I gave it a try by myself and things have been going fine for over a month so all I am saying is the site seems to be the same as they used to be.
Just cause the exchange seems to you like they are working in the same way as they previously did doesn't mean the issues that made them shut down are behind them, i don't think the exchange should be recommended anymore, it may not be long again before they shut down again, and this time it may be permanently.
But, I am not going to suggest OP use Paxful or any P2P for now because it is mostly filled with hacked accounts and funds received from stolen bank accounts and other illicit activities so it will take a while to understand how to choose the right trading partner in p2p exchanges or else they are putting themselves at the risk of their bank account being frozen.
Op wants to buy BTC, and the best place they can do that is on p2p exchanges like bisq, peachbitcoin, Agoradesk, etc.