The new #SENT #dVPN client will allow for users to delegate/bond to a validator of their choice, directly from their wallet.

Validator participation in the current and previous testnet is being monitored and will be incentivized.

https://explorer.sentinel.co/validators

#Tendermint

This past week on the Sentinel $SENT Network:

1) Highest active nodes in a calendar week: 120 between 8th to 15th Dec, 2019

2) Highest active #dVPN nodes in a single day: 132 on 9th Dec, 2019

3) Highest bandwidth exchanged in a single calendar week: 5.931TB (between 7th to 14th Dec, 2019)
beating the prev record of 5.921TB in Oct, 2018

A huge shout out to all the node hosts for being an integral part of this entire journey!

Tweet URL : https://twitter.com/Sentinel_co/status/1206640949901676546?s=20

Stats on https://stats.sentinel.co

Follow Sentinel Network $SENT on Twitter & Telegram : @Sentinel_co

The Sentinel network has reached ATH 'organic network usage'.

Get the official client at:
https://github.com/sentinel-official/sentinel/releases

On Dec 30th 2019, users on the $SENT #dVPN network consumed over 930 GB of bandwidth resulting in the highest 'organic' usage of the network in a 24hr period in it's history

1.2 TB (within 24hr) was reached over 14 months ago, however during an incentivized #UtilityDrop event

A DNS glitch occurred at our end and has been addressed.

It is required for dVPN Ethereum and Tendermint Node Hosts to restart their nodes for being listed on any of the official clients.

We regret the inconvenience caused.

Please get in touch with the rest of the node hosts and the team on t.me/SentinelNodeNetwork in case of any issues with the above.

Tweet URL : https://twitter.com/Sentinel_co/status/1212797288994594816?s=19

The $SENT #Iran Telegram community is the fastest growing regional #Sentinel community.

The citizens of Iran value the fundamental human right of the freedom of communication and trust in Sentinel's open-source #dVPN.

@tendermint_team


https://t.me/Sentineliran

This informative Decentralized VPN Comparison has been released by the Mysterium team.

Now with the arrival of Orchid Protocol, the journey of the dVPN market segment begins. By 2022 we should see at least 5-10 more proficient contenders in the space as it receives more acknowledgement and recognition.

The dVPN projects are not competing against each other, but against the well established centralized VPN industry.

Eventually users will choose the service that emphasizes transparency and provability.

Whether this process takes 2, 5 or 10 years, depends on the success of the go-to-market strategies of dVPN networks

https://mysterium.network/2019/12/31/competitive-analysis-decentralized-vpns/

The Sentinel Telegram dVPN Network Bot is now live and can be accessed by messaging the username: @sentinel_network_bot on Telegram.

This bot is a critical utility for newcomers to the Sentinel ecosystem, and can be efficiently utilized to decrease the learning curve of understanding the purpose of the Sentinel dVPN network.

With the Sentinel Telegram Network Bot, prospective community members can effectively understand how one can participate in the network and equip themselves with the information and resources required to understand how to use the dVPN application, contribute bandwidth resource to the network, and also on how to play a role in the governance of the network .

https://medium.com/sentinel/launch-of-the-sentinel-telegram-dvpn-network-bot-a59a0380fccf

The new Sentinel #Tendermint #dVPN client will be released on the Turing-2 Testnet http://explorer.sentinel.co that is currently powered by over 15 community based validators.

Testing with community members beginning next week, to get involved drop in at:
https://t.me/sentinel_co

#iOS February

Sentinel is proud to announce that 200TB of bandwidth was exchanged on the Sentinel Network using the Sentinel dVPN apps for Android, GNU/Linux, Windows and Mac OS.

We thank all the node hosts for their consistent support, trust and belief in the network and the entire team of Sentinel.

Sentinel Desktop Client v2, updated website, Cosmos IBC with ATOM and the iOS App are all being worked on and will be announced for testers soon!

Download the dVPN app today on the official website - https://sentinel.co

Talk to us by pinging the official Sentinel Network Bot - @sentinel_network_bot

Follow Sentinel's Community:
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$SENT #dVPN covered in
@hackernoon

https://hackernoon.com/could-decentralized-vpns-become-the-holy-grail-of-privacy-in-the-big-brothers-brave-new-world-451433oy

The awareness of #dVPN networks is growing exponentially with users realizing that centralized and and obscure VPN providers cannot be trusted.

If you would trust open-source wallets, only trust open-source dVPNs. From 2020, the dVPN market size will begin it's journey in the mainstream from it's current cumulative market cap of under $50M (as it is right now). By 2022 the market segment should be worth over $1 Billion with the level of traction it is beginning to attain.

The process of delegating tokens to validators and unbonding from them is made extremely user friendly with the new $SENT #Tendermint based wallet. This stand-alone wallet will soon be released on the Turing-2 testnet, followed by the new #dVPN client

Closer to mainnet everyday.

stats.sentinel.co - live stats page
nodes.sentinel.co - community hosted nodes
docs.sentinel.co - documentation on participating in the tendermint testnet/operating a dVPN node

The @kira_core @InterchainWalletBot is integrated with the $SENT @Tendrmint based Turing-2 Testnet
http://explorer.sentinel.co

Apart from facilitating transactions, delegations and an integration with
#Ledger, this bot also features a faucet for testers.

New stand-alone wallet client has been released to private testing

$SENT fully supports Jae-Kwon's transition to Virgo. It is our responsibility as a community to now build on the foundational layer-1 construct that has been provided to us.

Either the human consciousness evolves rapidly or we will be jeopardized by our unsustainable trends. Sentinel aims to be a contributing member of the Virgo ecosystem.

https://twitter.com/Sentinel_co/status/1222423581184987137

Virgo Manifesto: https://github.com/virgo-project/virgo/blob/master/README.md

https://medium.com/sentinel/launch-of-sentinels-new-website-at-sentinel-co-cb71cbee7259

Sentinel's new, user-friendly website is now live at http://sentinel.co.

2020 marks the beginning of the transition of Sentinel’s service offerings into the mainstream. Clear and straightforward brand identity.

By the end of 2020, Sentinel would have established:
> Private network integrations with several enterprises
> Integration with fiat payment channels
> Revenue model for dVPN bandwidth providers
> Tens of thousands of active daily users across iOS/Android/PC, 1TB + Day
> Active mainnet with dozens of reputed validators and a strong network bonded ratio

Currently Sentinel achieves nearly 1 TB of data consumption per day from thousands of unique and active daily users. Please see network stats at stats.sentinel.co

The $SENT #dVPN network has reached a new all-time-high in bandwidth consumption within a time frame of 1 week, crossing over 6.1 TB of usage between the 22nd of Feb and the 29th of Feb.

The previous timelines for the release of the new iOS and desktop app have been extended.

The new standalone #Tendermint based wallet is going through it's testing phase and will soon be released.

This wallet will allow users to delegate test tokens to the validators on the Turing-2 Test Network, viewable at http://explorer.sentinel.co.

Over $1000 worth of $SENT has been distributed to the #dVPN node hosts (http://nodes.sentinel.co) for bandwidth provided in the month of December 2019.

The team is in process of establishing relationships with fiat on-ramps allowing for mainstream users to pay in fiat on mainnet

The stand-alone Tendermint Turing-2 Confirmed Desktop wallet will be launched soon followed by the dVPN client. These new clients have been fully rebuilt and allow for easier use of access featuring package-free lightweight installers in addition to other optimizations that will allow for better UX

A critical update from $SENT, the previous monolithic structure of the Sentinel desktop client has been split into a microservice architecture based backend and front-end

@spidervpn users will be able to remotely access the #dVPN on their router

https://github.com/ironman0x7b2/client/blob/development/main.go

In the previous client, the UI and the application logic is in the same desktop client codebase which has been written in ReactJS.

There was no ability for other applications to integrate with the Sentinel dVPN network or for users to remotely manage their dVPN client

The new client features a binary file which starts a API server that allows for the UI to be imported from anywhere in the subnet.

On top of this binary anyone can write their own custom UI and also integrate dVPN and Sentinel account into their own app through the API server

What does this mean?

1) Remote management of Sentinel dVPN present in home router/raspi
2) Ability for enterprises/organizations to build applications ontop of the Sentinel network with dynamic UI that is maintained from their own server (users do not need to download a new installer for a UI update)
3) Ability for other applications to integrate Sentinel dVPN services and account system into their application

We will be releasing incentives in the future for developers who take advantage of the microservices architecture present on Sentinel.

The Sentinel Turing-2 Testnet can now be viewed at https://cosmiccompass.io/sentinel-turing-2

Thanks to team for configuring the client and supporting the network!

CosmicCompass.io, the multi-chain network navigator for @Cosmos is now live!

Network navigation is for:
- Investors : Graphical User Interfaces GUIs (just launched)
- Developers : APIs for User Interfaces (under development)
- Validators : Node Management Tools (under development)

Website: https://CosmicCompass.io

Know more about the project: https://medium.com/@CosmicCompassIO/launching-cosmic-compass-network-navigator-for-developers-validators-funds-investors-ba62db0428ed

Official announcement tweet: https://twitter.com/CosmicCompassIO/status/1238419395052851200?s=20

Follow us on Telegram: @CosmicCompassIO

The Sentinel Network is hitting all time usage highs, with over 12000 dVPN sessions on 13 March.

The future is only going to bring more demand.

https://twitter.com/Sentinel_co/status/1240362344087257097?s=19


See the usage for yourself 🔥🔥🔥
Stats.sentinel.co

(1/3)Discussion with regards to the future:

The Sentinel network will be transitioning from an anonymous underground 'dVPN' project into a real-world organization that has the aim of 'decentralizing the VPN ecosystem'.

The multi-billion Dollar VPN industry is rapidly expanding due to the utility of the VPN in almost every jurisdiction on earth. Whether it is for accessing geo-restricted content or increasing the security of the transmission of data being accessed over the internet, individuals all over the world are demanding for secure, cheap and reliable VPN services.

Sentinel will be working with entrepreneurs and existing organizations to help them establish their own white-labelled VPN company at minimal cost or difficulty.

The question is, why would entrepreneurs want to work with Sentinel?

Painpoints/barriers to entry for a new VPN organization:
1) Cost of client development (mobile/desktop)
2) Management of nodes/handling DCMA requests
3) Potential security threats/risk of getting hacked

(2/3) How can Sentinel help?

1) Free open-source clients available for branding customization

2) Community-based network of node farms (example Alpha) who have the ability to abstract away the difficulties of DCMA mitigation from the VPN companies

3) Provably end-to-end encrypted ‘dVPN’ network

The responsibilities of the VPN companies include:
1) Legal registration and integration with the on-ramp
2) Proprietary method of customer acquisition (e.g demographically targeted SEO/SEM campaigns)

The Sentinel dVPN will remain active and will cater to the crypto community, allowing for payment through SENT token, and other Cosmos IBC supported tokens and stablecoins.

VPN companies white-labeled on the Sentinel dVPN will cater to the mainstream audience and accept only fiat payment with conversion happening in the back-end through on-ramps.

Sentinel is currently in discussion with several on-ramp providers, and the integration of fiat for payment of VPN subscriptions is essential before shift to mainnet.