
These supernodes hold together the peer-to-peer network. People can use the system safely without revealing their real-life identity to other users of the system, but there is no way to know that the person they communicate with is the one they say they are. Skype provides an uncontrolled registration system for users. Skype has an encryption system for security.
November 2007: Skype users in London who use the 020 city code lost the phone numbers that connected to their Skype accounts after December 2007. August 16 / August 17, 2007: Skype users unable to connect to full Skype network in many countries. August 15, 2007: Skype 2.7.0.49 (beta) for Mac OS X released adding availability of contacts in the Mac Address Book to the Skype contact list, auto redial, contact groups, public chat creation, and an in-window volume slider to the call window. August 2007: Skype 3.5 for Windows released with additions such as inclusion of video content in chat, call transfer to another person or a group,. Skype also released a 3.2 beta with a new feature called Send Money which allows users to send money via PayPal from one Skype user to another. December 2006: Skype announces a new pricing structure as of January 18, 2007, with connection fees for all SkypeOut calls* March 2007: Skype 3.1 is released, adding some new features, including Skype Find and Skype Prime. October 2006: Skype 2.0 for Mac is released, the first full release of Skype with video for Macintosh. December 2005: videotelephony introduced. September 2005: Skype for talking is banned in South China.
August 2003: First public beta version released. April 2003: and domain names registered.
September 2002: investment from Draper Investment Company.