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Guide: Skywire SOCKS5 Proxy — Route Traffic Over the Skywire Network

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Skywire SOCKS5 Proxy

Skywire includes a SOCKS5 proxy (Skysocks) that routes application traffic over the Skywire network. Unlike the Skywire VPN which tunnels all system traffic, the SOCKS5 proxy is per-application — you configure individual applications (browser, curl, etc.) to use the proxy, and only their traffic is routed through Skywire.

This makes it lighter than a full VPN and useful when you want to route specific applications through Skywire while leaving the rest of your traffic on your normal connection.

Guide: Skywire VPN — Encrypted Tunneling Over the Skywire Network

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Skywire VPN

Skywire includes a full VPN that tunnels all of your internet traffic over the Skywire network. Unlike traditional VPNs that rely on centralized servers, Skywire VPN routes traffic through Skywire’s peer-to-peer transport layer — encrypted end-to-end, with no central authority controlling the infrastructure.

Any Skywire visor can act as a VPN server, and any visor can connect as a client. Traffic is routed over STCPR or SUDPH transports (direct peer-to-peer connections), not through DMSG relays.

Skycoin v0.28.4 Supports AIX

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Every Skycoin Tool Works with AIX

Starting with Skycoin v0.28.4, AIX is fully supported. AIX is a Fibercoin — a coin and blockchain built on the Skycoin platform. That means every tool in the Skycoin ecosystem works with AIX out of the box: the full node daemon, the web wallet, the blockchain explorer, and the command line interface. All you need is AIX’s fiber.toml configuration file and the Skycoin v0.28.4 binary.

Skycoin v0.28.4 Supports Privateness

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Every Skycoin Tool Works with Privateness

Starting with Skycoin v0.28.4, Privateness (NESS) is fully supported. Privateness is a Fibercoin — a coin and blockchain built on the Skycoin platform. That means every tool in the Skycoin ecosystem works with Privateness out of the box: the full node daemon, the web wallet, the blockchain explorer, and the command line interface. All you need is Privateness’s fiber.toml configuration file and the Skycoin v0.28.4 binary.

Guide: Creating Your Own Fibercoin Blockchain

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Creating Your Own Fibercoin Blockchain

A Fibercoin is a blockchain forked from Skycoin — same consensus mechanism, same wallet tooling, your own coin. The process has been simplified to the point where you can launch a new blockchain in about 30 seconds with 4 commands and a configuration file.

Everything you need is included in the Skywire binary, the standalone Skycoin release binary, or can be run directly from source with go run.

Guide: Deploying Your Own Skywire Network

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Deploying Your Own Skywire Network

All Skywire deployment services are included in the unified Skywire binary. You can deploy a complete private Skywire network — or just use the same tools to understand how the production network works.

This guide follows the systemd deployment documentation. A Docker Compose deployment is also available.

Architecture Overview

$ go run github.com/skycoin/skywire@develop svc
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	Skywire services

Available Commands:
 tpd Transport Discovery Server for skywire
 tps Transport setup server for skywire
 ar Address Resolver Server for skywire
 rf Route Finder Server for skywire
 confbs Config Bootstrap Server for skywire
 conf print services-config.json file
 se skywire environment generator
 ut Uptime Tracker Server for skywire
 sd Service discovery server
 sn Route Setup Node for skywire
 nm Network monitor for skywire VPN and Visor.
 ip GeoIP service for skywire
 stun STUN server for skywire

A Skywire deployment consists of these services:

Guide: DMSG — The Encrypted Overlay Network

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

DMSG: Distributed Messaging System

DMSG is the encrypted overlay network that underpins all of Skywire. Every visor-to-visor connection, every service lookup, every route setup message flows through DMSG. It provides end-to-end encrypted communication between nodes identified by secp256k1 public keys — not IP addresses.

DMSG is also usable on its own, independent of Skywire. You can host websites, forward ports, run SSH sessions, and proxy traffic — all over an encrypted overlay that never exposes your IP.

Guide: Running a Public Visor on Skywire

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Running a Public Visor

A public visor is a Skywire node that registers itself on the Service Discovery, making it available for other visors to connect to automatically. Public visors form the backbone of the Skywire network — they’re the nodes that other visors auto-connect to for routing traffic.

Running a public visor is also one of the most effective ways to earn bandwidth-based rewards, since other users’ traffic flows through your transports.