Lisk is a crypto-currency and blockchain application platform. As a crypto-currency, much like Bitcoin and other alternatives, it provides a decentralized payment system and digital money network. The network itself, operates using a highly efficient Delegated-Proof-of-Stake (DPoS) consensus model, that is secured by 101 democratically elected delegates. The Lisk blockchain application platform, its most powerful component, allows the deployment, distribution and monetisation of blockchain applications and custom blockchains (sidechains) onto the decentralized Lisk network.