The Sentinel native wallet client will have an updated version pushed live tomorrow, 28th of March, 2021, by 6:00pm UTC.

The updated version will have the Sentinel mainnet fully integrated. Holders will see their DVPN tokens and will be able to delegate them to validators directly within the client.

Please note: Seeds generated in all previous versions are compatible. You do not need to create a new public key (receiving address).

The Sentinel wallet client information and download instructions are detailed in this blog: https://sentinel.medium.com/sentinel-c%C3%B8smos-based-mainnet-wallet-staking-guide-ecc6d9a72f1c

Sentinel's Official Native Cross-Platform Mainnet Wallet is Now Live:

https://github.com/sentinel-official/desktop-client/releases/tag/v0.3.0

This is a custom-built wallet that has been developed from scratch by the Exidio.co team which is spearheading development in the Sentinel ecosystem. Other Cosmos teams and developers are welcome to fork this wallet which is built on GO, and use it for the purposes of their own projects. There will be constant improvements and UI upgrades as well in the near future and soon the new Comsos based dVPN application will launch along with the wallet in the same client.

Users who have installed the previous wallet running on the testnet might need to delete the old configuration file because of the network change.
File path: ${HOME}/.sentinel/client/config.toml

Please note: Seeds generated in all previous versions are compatible. You do not need to create a new public key (receiving address).

🎉🎊 After 3 years of consistent building, Sentinel has begun its mainnet journey and is transitioning its current ETH based $dVPN applications over to its own native Cosmos based chain. 🎊🎉

Sentinel's dVPN applications have proven traction, the next step is monetization. The architecture of the Sentinel network features both technical ingenuity as well as economic pragmatism.

The Sentinel Cosmos blockchain becomes the #dVPN server, dVPN applications will operate smoothly on Sentinel as long as Sentinel's own validators are not compromised.

A big thank you to Benjamin Powers for taking the time to really dig into Sentinel's technology and for interviewing @DanExidio and the Exidio team.


Coindesk did an amazing job with this piece showcasing the power of decentralized VPN.

https://www.coindesk.com/sentinel-decentralized-vpn-protocol-cosmos-mainnet

MXC Lists Sentinel (DVPN) in the Innovation Zone - 160,000 DVPN in tokens to be won!

DVPN token deposits are live
Trading begins at 11:00 UTC, Apr 1st, 2021

Activity A: Join in the deposit contest to win from a 80,000 DVPN prize pool
Activity period: 17:00, Mar 31 - 23:59, Apr 4 (UTC+8)

Those with Cumulative Minimum Net Deposit Vol. (DVPN) no less than 2,000 are eligible to share 30,000 DVPN and Minimum Net Deposit no less than 10,000 are eligible to share 50,000 DVPN in proportion to the users' Cumulative Net Deposit Vol

Activity B: Join in the trading contest to win from a 80,000 DVPN prize pool
Activity period: 19:00, Apr 1 - 23:59, Apr 4 (UTC+8)

To be eligible to claim from the 80,000 DVPN prize pool, users have to hit the minimum trading volume of DVPN/USDT to participate in the reward sharing

All DVPN traders whose min trading vol. is 10,000 DVPN or more will be eligible to share 16,000 DVPN participation prize pool

Full details: https://support.mxc-exchange.com/hc/en-001/articles/360059185191

Sentinel INFO Sheet 📡

If you want to know general information on sentinel nodes:
https://stats.sentinel.co/

If you want to follow Sentinel social accounts:
https://twitter.com/Sentinel_co
https://www.reddit.com/r/SENT/
https://discord.gg/bHJbar4

if you want to check the status of Sentinel Tendermint/Cosmos Mainnet:
https://explorer.sentinel.co/

🐋 exchanges that support $SENT
http://trade.sentinel.co
https://www.hotbit.io/exchange?symbol=SENT_BTC

⚡️Check sentinel github: https://github.com/sentinel-official

❓ New to Sentinel? https://medium.com/sentinel

🔧 Sentinel is built using Cosmos SDK, powered by Tendermint to see other cosmos based projects check:
https://cosmonauts.world/

🔥For SENT Price Speculation and Trolling, join https://t.me/SentinelTrollbox - Please do not troll in the main chat and feel free to troll in the Trollbox 🌚

Note that this channel is moderated by the community and views discussed here do not reflect the views of Sentinel team

The Sentinel Ecosystem's Mainnet is now live on its own Cosmos based chain, with the Sentinel ticker evolving from $SENT to $DVPN

Anyone can build their own dVPN application on the Sentinel dVPN framework. Sentinel supports autonomous and soverign dVPN organizations proliferating the adoption of provably transparent decentralized technologies.

exidio.co is a Cosmos development and innovation focused organization that contributes towards the Sentinel roadmap and also works with dVPN entreprenuers/existing VPN organizations in order to establish new Sentinel dVPN applications on Sentinel's framework.

The Velocity dVPN (Android) built on Sentinel's framework has over 100k users on the Google Play Store and is currently the 2nd most widely used dVPN in the blockchain ecosystem after Sentinel's flagship dVPN.

Sentinel dVPN (Android) Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.sentinel.sentinellite

Velocity dVPN (Android) Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vpn.proxy.velocity

Whitepaper Link: https://sentinel.co/whitepaper

Sentinel Mainnet Wallet Guide: https://medium.com/sentinel/sentinel-c%C3%B8smos-based-mainnet-wallet-staking-guide-ecc6d9a72f1c

Sentinel Mainnet Wallet Downloads Link: https://github.com/sentinel-official/desktop-client/releases/tag/v0.3.0-rc2

Sentinel Cosmos Mainnet Tokeneconomics Brief Link: https://medium.com/sentinel/brief-on-sentinels-new-mainnet-token-economics-303e7250adf5

The regional Sentinel community groups are not only important for the regional communication channels, but also for the global customer acquisition for the Sentinel dVPN and the other dVPN applications being built ontop of the Sentinel Network.

Sentinel Global Community Network 🇺🇳

🇨🇳Chinese - @Sentinel_Chinese
🇮🇹Italian - @Sentinel_ITALIA
🇯🇵 Japanese - @sentineljapan
🇷🇺Russian - @sentinel_ru
🇹🇭Thai - @Sentinel_Th
🇪🇸Spanish - @SentinelES
🇻🇳Vietnamese - @sentinel_Vietnam
🇸🇪 Swedish - @SentinelSwedish
🇧🇷 Brazil - @SentinelBrazil
🇫🇷 France - @sentinel_co_france
🇷🇴 Romanian - @sentinel_romanian
🇧🇩 Bangladesh - @Sentinel_BD
🇵🇭 Pilipinas - @Sentinel_PH
🇮🇩 Indonesia - @sent_indonesia

🚀Sentinel Main Chat - https://t.me/sentinel_co
🛠Sentinel Node Network - https://t.me/SentinelNodeNetwork

Sentinel's $SENT token has been rebranded into the $DVPN token, and is listing on MXCExchange today at 11:00 AM UTC!

MXC provides Sentinel a great opportunity to gain exposure to larger Tier 1 exchanges. Sentinel is focused on securing a Tier 1 soon.

https://sentinel.medium.com/sentinels-dvpn-token-lists-on-mxc-exchange-19d24e689941

The community is beginning to see an increase in marketing efforts that spread the awareness of the Sentinel ecosystem and the purpose of its dVPN.

Sentinel has some of the most influential Chinese and English PR firms in the Blockchain ecosystem in cooperation and is also beginning to spread to the grassroots communities.

While marketing is important, decreasing the barriers of entry to acquire the token is also important. Lowering barriers to acquire DVPN tokens includes a strategy of access to the dVPN token on DEXs on Cosmos and ETH/BSC (with the Cosmos IBC Peg), as well as access to the token on reputed centralized exchanges.

Network usage on the #Sentinel $dVPN network is reaching all-time-highs just as the network begins its process of transitioning from #Ethereum to @cosmos.

Over 300,000 devices currently using Sentinel's ETH based dVPN network will soon be migrating to dVPNs built on Cosmos.

With Sentinel's new 'Staking Incentive' Program, longer term holders have the ability to earn a significant amount of Sentinel token by staking their liquid $dVPN tokens for at least 1 year.

Participate in the program today by reading:

https://sentinel.medium.com/staking-incentive-for-long-term-token-holders-5793253e0a3c

Sentinel is one of the first networks built on Cosmos that will be implementing a 'tiered inflation' system, allowing for token stakers to achieve higher rates by locking up their tokens for longer periods of time, effectively reducing the overall circulating supply.

This 'Staking Incentive' program allows for users to simulate the experience of utilizing the upcoming 'Tiered Inflation' feature that will be integrated at Sentinel's core consensus layer later on in this year.

Longer term holder = more benefits accrued.

Did you know that the Cosmos ecosystem is getting its own inter-chain DEX that has a highly sophisticated AMM?

Uniswap and Pancakeswap are afraid.

Sentinel's native token, $dVPN, will soon be available for trading on Cosmos's upcoming Gravity DEX.

Read More at:
https://blog.cosmos.network/gravity-dex-testnet-competition-mainnet-launch-on-cosmos-imminent-b95ef5329d06

Sentinel's new Wireguard based dVPN node on Cosmos also includes a HNS #Handshake network resolver.

Once the new Sentinel dVPN protocol built on Cosmos is configured for Open-WRT compatibility, all hardware routers which run Sentinel nodes will also run HNS resolvers.

While a #dVPN network allows a user to bypass restrictions set by their ISP, entities which control our centralized internet such as ICANN have the ability to restrict user access from any domain. $HNS empowers a decentralized and unrestricted parallel 'internet' network.

The configuration documentation for Sentinel's @cosmos based $dVPN node can be found at:

https://github.com/sentinel-official/docs/blob/master/guides/nodes/dVPN/CONFIGURATION.md

Sentinel's goal is to bridge the utility of the #Handshake network with the utility of the Cosmos #IBC ecosystem.

Now with the expansion of Exidio.co's team, the Sentinel ecosystem will have an increase in developer bandwidth to build out a fully hollistic and interoperable dVPN solution.

The Sentinel Hub is now Stargate ready and #IBC compatible!

We have upgraded the Sentinel Hub to v0.42.4 @cosmos SDK which includes:

- IBC
- Quick state sync
- Protobuf
- Full-feature light clients
- Chain upgrade module

Sentinel IBC testnet release by the end of the month!

The Keplr Wallet has now integrated Sentinel's Cosmos based $dVPN token, allowing for users to make token transfers and also stake their tokens through Keplr's Google Chrome and Brave Browser extension.

Keplr Web Extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/keplr/dmkamcknogkgcdfhhbddcghachkejeap

The Sentinel dVPN Hub Node has been configured to run on a Raspberry Pi using an OpenWRT docker image.

Next, Sentinel's WireGuardVPN based dVPN node will be configured to be compatible with OpenWRT based routers, allowing for users to host a node on their own router.

Sentinel will be partnering with existing router organizations as well as new start-ups in the space to bring monetization and dVPN security to anyone with a residential internet connection.

Sentinel's Mainnet Validator 'Delegation Criteria' is now available in this blog article along with the link to the Sentinel 'Delegation Application Form'.

The ink to the application form can also be found at: https://forms.gle/2JTjVmb9ccq18guu6

A validator is not just an entity which hosts a server that confirms transactions on the network, a validator is an entity/group of people that contributes to a decentralized ecosystem in addition to maintaining high quality security standards while also participating in governance matters with an unbiased standpoint.

The criteria for delegation includes:

-Technical/Ecosystem contributions to the Cosmos Network or other decentralized networks in the Cosmos Ecosystem
-Technical/Ecosystem contributions till date to the Sentinel Ecosystem
-Plans for future technical/ecosystem contributions to the Sentinel Ecosystem
-Past participation/Plans for future participation in Sentinel’s bandwidth monetization economy (e.g hosting of a node, deployment of a white-labelled dVPN)
-Validator Experience and Technical Architecture/Security Standards
-Access to notable influencers and distribution channels that have the ability to bridge our message to other communities

Sentinel's validator set will soon be expanding from a maximum of 50 validators to 64 validators.

https://medium.com/sentinel/sentinel-mainnet-foundation-validator-delegation-criteria-8754e479ebf1

Exidio.co is now hiring full-time team members in the 'Silicon Valley' of India, Bangalore.

Being located in the epicenter of the largest Covid outbreak will not stop the growth of development resources dedicated towards the Sentinel and Cosmos ecosystems

https://apply.workable.com/exidio/

Checkout $SENT's latest blog which covers the purpose of @Exidio_co and Exidio's focus on contributing to the #Sentinel and @cosmos/ @tendermint_team ecosystems.

Exidio will be building white-labelled #dVPN applications on the Sentinel Framework. @Exidio will also be dedicating development resources towards contributing to the Cosmos SDK and Tendermint Core roadmaps, in addition to building useful Cosmos based utilities.

Exidio's first open-sourced Cosmos based utility is referenced in the blog.

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

Sentinel is pleased to share the formation of an alliance with StrongBlock to increase #dVPN node scaling across the globe. This collaboration sets the stage for Sentinel’s dVPN to expand in scope and utility, in addition to creating new use cases for the underlying network.

Together, Sentinel and StrongBlock will provide a decentralized VPN that exceeds the currently limited performance and user experience of centralized competitors such as NordVPN, TunnelBear, Mullvad, and ExpressVPN, which all suffer from single points of failure as a result of their centralized design.

Additionally, both StrongBlock and bitcoin.com will be operating validator nodes on the Sentinel network in partnership with Pangea Blockchain Fund. The fund is backed by renowned blockchain entrepreneur Roger Ver and the new Pangea Research project.

https://medium.com/sentinel/sentinel-and-strongblock-partner-to-increase-dvpn-availability-and-utility-be004e8b1e26

Sentinel is excited to share that bandwidth sharing will become available for testing on the Sentinel Turing-4 Cosmos IBC-enabled testnet starting in May. This transition marks a significant leap forward for the development of decentralized applications (dApps) that can be built on top of the Sentinel protocol as part of its up-and-coming provably private Web3 stack.

Once the testnet build has passed inspection from contributors and the broader development community, Sentinel users will be able to monetize their bandwidth across blockchains. It is expected that this process will take between 3 - 4 days. Successful implementation will be determined by Sentinel validators. 

In order to issue the governance update, validators must certify the update proposal. This will trigger the transition to the Cosmos IBC mainnet at which point users will be able to build new applications like provably private decentralized exchanges (DEXs) across blockchains. This rapid advancement of the Sentinel protocol will expand developer use cases exponentially. 

Through this momentous development, Sentinel invites validators to begin testing the Sentinel dVPN protocol on Cosmos IBC testnet beginning Monday, May 3rd.. If testing goes according to plan, the Sentinel network should migrate to IBC mainnet by May 24th. Validators who want to participate in the testnet will have to submit GenTx in the testnet repository, more details about it will be shared soon.

https://medium.com/sentinel/sentinel-initiates-bandwidth-sharing-on-the-cosmos-ibc-testnet-61eca88c2c25

Listen to Roger Ver and Will Duplessie discuss more about internet censorship, the requirement for decentralized VPN solutions, and Sentinel's upcoming integration with @Strongblock_io.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-2SxoaIx6U

The Sentinel ecosystem is extremely humbled to have one of the most prolific thought leaders in the ecosystem acknowledging and understanding the merits of dVPN applications and the requirement for these in the world we live in today.

In the video, Roger lightheartedly brings up Sentinel's ideas around decentralized satellite-based ISP network which are referenced in the Al Jazeera article.

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

Bitcoin.com will be hosting a validator on the Sentinel Cosmos-based chain.

📣 Community Announcement! 📣

Existing $SENT ERC-20 token holders now have until June 1st to swap $SENT for $DVPN and remain eligible for the bonus of 400 million $DVPN mainnet tokens for an additional 4 weeks.

The Foundation that oversees the success of Sentinel is aware of an exchange that has $SENT locked causing a delay in access to $DVPN and also restricting the $SENT to $DVPN swap for individuals. Members of the Foundation and community are in active conversations with the exchange.



📆 New snapshot date: June 1st
➡️ Read more here https://medium.com/sentinel/staking-incentive-for-long-term-token-holders-5793253e0a3c

Sentinel's @cosmos-based #dVPN Node 'Bandwidth Mining' program will begin from next week where node hosts will begin to receive incentivizes in $dVPN tokens for providing bandwidth to Sentinel's new Cosmos based dVPN.

Router integration coming soon!

https://github.com/sentinel-official/dvpn-node

Vote on the second proposal on Sentinel's Hub to help Sentinel become one of the first blockchains to integrate with the Cosmos Inter-blockchain Communication protocol.

Cross-chain transactions will power $dVPN interoperability.

https://mintscan.io/sentinel/proposals/2

Apart from facilitating inter-chain dVPN payments, the @cosmos #IBC protocol will allow for liquidity pools of $dVPN to be established on:

- BSC
- Polygon
- Ethereum

in addition to other layer-1 chains such as @solana which will eventually integrate with the Cosmos IBC.