https://twitter.com/Sentinel_co/status/1345732958678700032

The Sentinel #dVPN #iOS Testflight Beta is live, enabling users to connect to community hosted #IKEv2 nodes.

https://testflight.apple.com/join/d99uDHr5

Please test out the application out and provide valuable feedback if an error is experienced by following the simple steps shown in the video.

The $SENT #Android #dVPN application has now officially crossed over 100k downloads (excluding uninstallations) on the #GooglePlayStore.

Download at:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.sentinel.sentinellite&hl=en

Help us reach the same targets with our #iOS dVPN by testing it at:

https://testflight.apple.com/join/d99uDHr5

The Velocity #dVPN has been built on Sentinel's open-source dVPN framework and has crossed over 50k downloads!

dVPN apps built on Sentinel will soon be taking over the Android and iOS app stores.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vpn.proxy.velocity&hl=en_

Visit http://stats.sentinel.co to see real-time network statistics such as the number of users currently utilizing the Sentinel #dVPN.

Community testing of the V3 #dVPN application will begin very soon, previews of the working app coming in the next week.

Tune into the Sentinel/Exidio AMA at the AMA Room at 1 PM GMT Today (14th)

Sentinel is the network layer for the development of dVPN apps built on Cosmos-SDK based architecture. Instead of centralized VPN companies that collect user information, Sentinel is an open source, encrypted, peer to peer bandwidth marketplace for anyone to use. People can get use secure VPN applications or make passive income offering bandwidth to the market.
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When: Jan 14, 2021 9pm HKT
Where: @amaroom
Prize for best question pool: $1,000 USDT
Number of winners: 10 winners
Criteria: Thoughtfulness and uniqueness

Question claiming instructions:
https://t.me/amaroomnews/83

Checkout Exidio's presentation at the Cosmos DeFi Demo Day. The team provides an overview of Sentinel and a preview of its new custom Cosmos based wallet.

The new application will include the wallet, staking and dVPN in the same interface.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=fZnRgdKssCk&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=OmniFlixNetwork&t=10805s

Sentinel's new Cosmos based custom wallet is being released for testing with internal community groups and the public launch is imminent along with the iOS dVPN App Store release.

This wallet currently supports staking and transfers on the SENT Turing-3 testnet.

View the Sentinel Turing-3 testnet at http://explorer.sentinel.co.

Did you know? The SENT dVPN built on Cosmos interfaces directly with the chain in order to query the list of available dVPN servers.

Querying, authentication, identity, and payments - all on chain.

https://www.citizencosmos.space/exidio

Dan from Exidio http://exidio.co discusses $SENT, #dVPN, and privacy on the Cosmos Voice podcast.

Exidio is focused towards contributing to the Sentinel dVPN and Cosmos SDK framework and will also be implementing custom dVPNs on SENT.

The Sentinel ecosystem is rapidly evolving from a more obscure and anonymous network to a transparent real-world ecosystem that aims to service the requirements of the mainstream consumer. Exidio is a for-profit implementation focused organization that has the mission of ‘Providing Secure Access to the Web 3.0”, by contributing to and implementing on the Sentinel dVPN and Sentinel’s Cosmos based blockchain infrastructure. Exidio will be working with entrepreneurs as well as existing companies in the VPN space to either construct a new dVPN application, or transition an existing VPN network onto a dVPN network.

It is the vision of the Sentinel ecosystem to decentralize the VPN industry and introduce the ‘dVPN’ to the mainstream consumer. This vision will not be achieved by launching and maintaining a single consumer facing application, but by establishing and developing on a framework that can be used to create a network of independent, decentralized VPNs.

https://twitter.com/Sentinel_co/status/1354327919179386881

The final Sentinel dVPN iOS update before release onto the Apple App Store is being pushed to Testflight now.

Development on Sentinel's Cosmos based iOS dVPN+wallet has now started.

Download the Sentinel dVPN on Testflight today!

https://testflight.apple.com/join/d99uDHr5

SENT is proud to have PIVX as its alliance member and looks forward to establishing an interoperable bridge between Cosmos and PIVX to allow for users to pay for dVPN services anonymously.

SENT = Networking Anonymity
PIVX = Transactional Anonymity

https://twitter.com/_PIVX/status/1355439188049494020

Sentinel's first public iOS dVPN release is ready for its App Store launch, opening up the Sentinel ecosystem to millions of more potential users.

The iOS dVPN is now open-sourced and can be forked by anyone who wants to create their own iOS dVPN app.

https://github.com/sentinel-official/ios-client-lite/releases/tag/v0.1.0

The Velocity dVPN built by Elysium is the first 3rd party dVPN to be built on the Sentinel network and has crossed over 50k downloads.

Sentinel's Android, iOS, Mac, Windows and Linux applications are all open-sourced for the community to build on.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vpn.proxy.velocity&hl=en&gl=US

The Sentinel economy consists of:

1) A network of Independent dVPN applications monetizing through fiat and crypto

2) Community node hosts receiving payments in crypto

3) End-users paying in fiat or crypto

4) Sentinel token stakers accruing a % of the fees paid to node hosts

Sentinel is not a single dVPN, but a network of autonomous and independent dVPNs that are each responsible for their own customer acquisition and branding strategies.

Checkout the Velocity dVPN, the first dVPN built on the Sentinel by a 3rd party developer

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vpn.proxy.velocity&hl=en&gl=US

Exidio.co, the for-profit implementation focused organization contributing towards the $SENT roadmap is currently expanding its team with the goal of being able to contribute more development resources towards the #Sentinel framework and the Cosmos SDK.

https://exidio-corp.breezy.hr/p/13d35a822988-full-stack-developer-bengaluru-karnataka-india

Exidio's development team is lead by Sentinel's core contributor ironman0x7b2,who showcased his technical understanding and competence of the Cosmos SDK and Tendermint in the Game of Zones competition.

https://medium.com/sentinel/the-reveal-of-sentinels-unrivaled-custom-relayer-that-helped-sentinel-to-achieve-the-highest-d00f3bed12af

You can read more about Exidio's mission and purpose at:

https://medium.com/sentinel/reveal-of-sentinels-implementation-partner-exidio-and-the-importance-of-exidio-to-the-sentinel-a290819cfd2

$SENT will be shipping at a much faster rate with the additional resources and dedicated manpower.

SENT would like to thank the Apple AppStore for approving the Sentinel iOS #VPN after several weeks of Q&A regarding the how the application manages user data and the veracity of its claims of 'provable encryption'.

Official launch + marketing soon

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sentinel-dvpn-lite/id1551779389

This iOS application serves as the base architecture for white-labelled #iOS applications that are built on-top of the $SENT framework.

A 3rd party developer forked the SENT Android app and already has over 100k downloads, now developers will fork the Sentinel iOS app.

In addition to migrating two #dVPNs currently built on the Sentinel framework (combined users 200k+) to Sentinel's native Cosmos
chain, $SENT will also be onboarding a centralized VPN company with over 5000 actively paying users onto Sentinel's dVPN framework.

Sentinel will be working with entrepreneurs and existing organizations to help them establish their own white-labelled #dVPN 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


How can Sentinel help?

1) Open-source clients available for branding customization

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

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

https://bilaxy.com/trade/SENT_ETH

The $SENT ecosystem would like to thank Bilaxy https://t.me/bilaxychat for a merit based listing, similiar to how Hotbit listed Sentinel.

SENT will soon be confirming a popular exchange for a paid listing, and support for the swap.

The Sentinel ecosystem understands the importance of the requirement for strong and established exchanges as well as consistent and expansive marketing campaigns in order to build a robust community with sufficient liquidity. Going into 2021, there will be a focus towards onboarding a widely known top-tier exchange to compliment the MXC listing to ensure that Sentinel is accessible to an even larger userbase.

Exchanges pay attention to exceptional decentralized networks and have the ability to potentially subsidize the listing process or even waive the listing fee. While Sentinel will continue to budget for listings as the ecosystem has for the MXC listing, there will be a consistent effort to achieve as many subsidized listings as possible.

Multi-wallet management is being added to SENT's custom cosmos based wallet which is built on React.js, Go, and Electron.js.

https://github.com/sentinel-official/desktop-client.git

The community is currently testing the wallet which is running on the Sentinel Turing test-network http://explorer.sentinel.co.

The API docs for ecosystem developers to build on-top of $SENT's custom Cosmos/Tendermint based wallet can be viewed at:

https://docs.api.sdc.sentinel.co

This wallet allows for staking and unstaking within the application, and will also include the new upcoming cosmos based dVPN

Faucet for testers being released soon

Join https://t.me/v3wallet to simulate the experience of staking and making token transfers on Sentinel's Cosmos based mainnet, by testing out the new V3 wallet

The latest version of Sentinel's Cosmos based custom staking wallet is now available for community testing at https://t.me/v3wallet.

The latest update allows for multi-wallet management within the same application.

Simulate the experience of interacting with the Sentinel mainnet by making token transfers and staking on the current Sentinel Turing Test-network explorer.sentinel.co.

Users can report feedback on the application at:

https://forms.gle/6iPrJ7kEDRVjYPiw6

Thanks to our community for providing feedback on $SENT's custom Cosmos based wallet that is currently running on Sentinel's testnet (http://explorer.sentinel.co).

Users can test the wallet+staking by joining https://t.me/v3wallet

The faucet is live!

https://sentinel.co/faucet

SENT has raised a funding round of $3.5M led by forward-thinking institutions and accomplished industry veterans.

This raise has a significant impact on the growth and the momentum of the Sentinel ecosystem going forward, allowing for:

1) The increase in development resources dedicated towards the Sentinel Cosmos based 'Hub' and the Sentinel dVPN network
2) Community expansion and increased user adoption through PR/Marketing efforts as well as demographic-specific marketing efforts
3) Onboarding onto reputable centralized exchanges which allow for Sentinel's native token to be accessible to a larger audience

Mainnet launch on 27th March.

We are very humbled by the amount of interest and support we got in this round from a diverse set of supporters of Sentinel. The protocol investment focused institutions which have participated in the Sentinel capital raise include:

Woodstock Fund, AGE Fund, Atka Capital, Pangea Blockchain, Exnetwork Capital, Zokyo Ventures, 01 Capital, Genblock Capital, Digital Strategies, Advanced Blockchain AG, Mempol Ventures

We also have prominent heads of Wachsman, AU21 Capital, Alphablock Investments, D1 Ventures, builders of Tendermint, leaders of Persistence, Akash Network, Secret Network, StakeWithUs, stakefish, SG-1, Bridge Mutual, SALT Lending, Tavis Digital, Biconomy, Giant Leaf Capital, XMonetae Capital, Infinite Lux, Crypto Guerillas, Ravindra Kumar of Frontier as well as other individual investors.

https://medium.com/sentinel/sentinels-next-chapter-the-path-to-dvpn-mass-adoption-5d8a0b2afaba

The Sentinel ecosystem is transitioning from a previously obscure and underground network into a global ecosystem that is providing utility to hundreds of thousands of users and one that is being featured in globally renowned news outlets.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/12/iraqs-protests-and-the-technology-of-resistance

The merits of Sentinel's open-source and provably encrypted dVPN ecosystem are highlighted in this publication released by @AlJazeera

Sentinel intends to create global awareness on the importance of using networking technology that you can trust.

People all over the world rely on VPNs to circumvent restrictions that infringe on their fundamental human right to 'freedom of communication and access to the data'. However, centralized VPNs are often exploited and these organizations are capable of manipulating encryption.

We see a trend in the retail messaging/communications application-sector, where users are migrating from centralized and closed-source platforms such as #Whatsapp over to open-source and provable platforms such as #Signal.

Similarly, users will migrate from #VPNs => #dVPNs and Sentinel will play a major catalyst in this transition not only with technological contribution but also through thought leadership.

The Sentinel ecosystem has made a strong commitment to proliferating the global adoption of dVPN technology. In order to ensure effective widespread communication and marketing, Sentinel has brought on industry renowned organizations, Wachsman and Winkrypto as key communications partners.

Wachsman, led by CEO David Wachsman has been often regarded as the top English Marketing and PR agency in the blockchain sector.

Sentinel has a very strong focus on cultivating a strong Chinese community and increasing user adoption in China, and will be working closely with Winkrypto which is one of China's top blockchain PR organizations.

Winkcrypto has a keen understanding of the cryptocurrency and VPN userbases in China with many channels to effectively reach these users including WeChat and other messaging and social network platforms.

https://medium.com/sentinel/sentinel-announces-key-communications-partners-wachsman-and-winkrypto-dfd1b65a66b1

Years in the making.

It's official - exactly one week until Sentinel mainnet!

Mainnet launch will be at 12:00pm UTC Saturday, 27 March 2021.

Prepare for liftoff. Huge thanks to the supportive @cosmosproject for the endless support.

Another step on the path to #dVPN mass adoption.