Skycoin operates on the Obelisk consensus algorithm, which makes consensus decisions based on the influence score of each node. Each node subscribes to a select number of other network nodes, and the density of a node’s network of subscribers determines its influence on the network. Skycoin's flagship application, Skywire, aims to decentralize the internet at the hardware level, with the intention of enabling decentralized bandwidth, storage, and computation. Skycoin also features CX, a Turing complete programming language, which aims to facilitate developers in deploying applications to the blockchain.