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Skycoin Launches Skywire Mainnet The Skycoin Project has announced the launch of the Skywire Mainnet, the foundation for Skycoin’s vision of a truly secure and decentralized Internet. Skywire was conceived as an answer to the myriad shortcomings of our current Internet, including privacy failures, censorship, net neutrality concerns, and economic limitations. Skywire is intended to become a scalable peer-to-peer wireless mesh network, where all traffic is anonymous and end-to-end encrypted. The software-defined network (SDN) consists of Skyminers — custom-built hardware devices that serve as nodes providing processing power, bandwidth, and storage space for the Skywire network. Node operators on the network are rewarded for their service through cryptocurrency micropayments executed on Skycoin’s third-generation blockchain. In addition to providing an easy way for Skyminer owners to monitor and administer their respective nodes from anywhere in the world, the Mainnet provides a platform for developers to build and deploy decentralized apps onto the Skywire network. The addition of small antennas to Skyminers will allow operators to become literal Internet Service Providers to their communities, connecting to other nodes and building a resilient mesh network to which anyone may safely connect via WiFi. Find out more at skycoin.com/blog/posts/mainnet-launch/