https://blog.theskywirenetwork.net/tags/skynet/Recent content in Skynet on Skycoin BlogHugoenThu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.theskywirenetwork.net/posts/skywire-skynet-port-forwarding/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.theskywirenetwork.net/posts/skywire-skynet-port-forwarding/<p>Over the past two weeks, Skynet went from a name and a concept to a working system. Every visor in the Skywire network can now host services — websites, APIs, custom applications — accessible to any other visor over the encrypted mesh, with no port forwarding on the router, no public IP address, and no DNS configuration.</p> <h3 id="what-skynet-is">What Skynet Is</h3> <p>Skynet is Skywire&rsquo;s application-layer port forwarding system. It lets a visor expose local TCP ports to the network, accessible via <code>.skynet</code> domains through a resolving proxy. Think of it as a decentralized reverse proxy where the &ldquo;internet&rdquo; is the Skywire mesh.</p>