The command line interface client (CLI) for Sentinel #dVPN on #Windows is now available for release.

This CLI application allows for users to connect to dVPN nodes from their Windows devices and allows for developers to build Windows based $dVPN apps.

Git: https://github.com/sentinel-official/cli-client/releases/tag/v0.1.10

Proposal 19 is now live on chain to vote on.

Within it, there are various upgrades detailed that have been put forward.

Full proposal: https://www.mintscan.io/sentinel/proposals/19

Discuss it here: https://commonwealth.im/sentinel/discussion/6782-sentinel-next-upgrade

Join Aleksandr Litreev, the CEO of SOLAR Labs when he speaks at The Greater Reset Conference at 1045 CST on 21st January. - 5 days from now.

His segment is titled: TAKING BACK DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY WITH SENTINEL DVPN

Online: Streaming free at: https://thegreaterreset.org/

The Sentinel upgrade comes live on the Hub within just 3 days!

As mentioned before the new node incentive program will begin with the new upgrade so we should see a sharp increase in the number of community participants and very strong network trajectory again from the month of February

Right now two key websites are being developed in parallel:
1) Sentinel new homepage
2) Sentinel stats page

Both websites will be released in February

V2Ray Focus:
A very important and big update to make to the Sentinel community is the development focus on V2ray with the completion of the new dedicated network stats server+APIs.

The Sentinel ecosystem has always recognized the importance of the Chinese ecosystem as it is the world's largest userbase of users who require a VPN application on a daily basis. However in the past years the ecosystem was unable to cater to the Chinese ecosystem as the networking protocols that Sentinel had integrated in the past have been restricted from China, these protocols include Wireguard, OpenVPN, Socks5.

The team identified that the protocol V2Ray has been extremely strong in terms of its functionality with Chinese users and the independent community development organization MathNodes has been conducting v2ray server testing with users from our Iranian and Chinese communities and has validated our assumptions. Now the core Sentinel development team is shifting its focus onto integrating the v2ray server with the Sentinel blockchain, the way the Wireguard node is currently integrated.

We hope to see testing of v2ray nodes integrated with the Sentinel chain to begin in the month of February. Now in 2023 Sentinel will be able to execute its strategy of building a strong Chinese ecosystem and providing value to community members based in China

A huge milestone in the journey of the Sentinel ecosystem, the first 'Node Tax' distributions have been made to Sentinel stakers with nearly 400 #dVPN being distributed since the recent chain upgrade.

An API will soon be released for the community to monitor these metrics.

The Sentinel 'Node Tax' is a form of fee-payment made to $dVPN token stakers from the revenue made by #dVPN node hosts in-exchange for their participation in securing the network.

The current tax rate is set at 20% and can be amended through community proposals in the future.

https://twitter.com/Sentinel_co/status/1619972002839920640

This publication covers the introduction of 'subscription based' payment models for dVPN bandwidth as an evolution to the current 'pay per GB' model.

In addition it also covers the potential for 'free dVPN' applications to be revived and monetized.

https://medium.com/sentinel/introduction-of-more-user-friendly-payment-structures-for-bandwidth-from-dvpn-applications-built-on-38095eeaef2b

SOLAR Special Event ⚡️

Join us for a special event online on March 3, 2023.
Watch it online on our website — https://labs.solar

See you this spring!

Guess who’s updated his bluefren profile?!

An average of 5-10 users per week are using their credit cards to purchase dVPN for bandwidth payments on the Meile dVPN app made by the MathNodes team.

Sentinel's goal is to bring dVPN services to the mainstream user.

Watch this short video showing the dVPN credit card on-ramp.

From this month we will see an exponential rise in network utility with a restarting of the node incentivization program and the likely introduction of the v2ray protocol.

This is a strong start for the Meile application which will be constantly iterated on for improved design and UX.

Another solution coming right up with Sentinel dVPN embed!

Norse Endpoint Security — world's first computer full-featured protection software, that have dVPN built-in.

The official release of the Sentinel V2Ray dVPN node is now available and the community can now host nodes on Akash Network's decentralized cloud infrastructure.

https://github.com/sentinel-official/dvpn-node/releases/tag/v0.5.0

dVPN nodes will soon be able to support payment in AKT after a future proposal passes.

Previously, the only networking protocol integrated with the Sentinel Hub was wireguard, which is not compatible with the decentralized instances available on Akash. Hosting on Akash network will be promoted as a superior alternative to hosting on cloud infra such as OVH

White-label applications will be encouraged to indicate on their application front-end whether dVPN nodes are hosted on centralized cloud providers or not by using IP lookup services.

Lets end the cloud oligopoly today and support revolutionary solutions such as Akash.

A fiat on-ramp for purchasing $DVPN for bandwidth on #Alipay has been launched by a contributor.

Link (will not work in English browser): https://95yu.xyz/?mod=buy&tid=6

This integration allows for dVPN to more easily access the Chinese userbase.

Currently community members can host V2Ray nodes however users will have to wait until the imminent launch of the V2Ray CLI client which will allow for direct connection to V2Ray node providers before white-label applications make the integration allowing for users to directly connection.

This payment gateway is the 4th payment gateway in the dVPN ecosystem which allows for mainstream users to purchase DVPN tokens using fiat on-ramps.

- Solar dVPN in-app iOS gateway
- Solar dVPN in-app Android gateway
- Meile Windows/Mac/Linux Desktop dVPN gateway
- Alipay gateway

The official CLI client for V2Ray dVPN nodes hosted on the Sentinel hub has now been released!

dVPN white-label applications can now easily integrate V2Ray nodes and begin to develop a stronger Chinese userbase.

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

Here is a breakdown of decentralization by Node ISPs on the Sentinel Network.

Full chart here: https://dvpn.cc/nodeisps

Part of the Sentinel Analytics Dashboard to be released soon!

The first dVPN node hosted on the Akash decentralized cloud network has been successfully tested.

The Akash network provides a superior alternative to centralized cloud providers. Node hosts are encouraged to host their node on Akash as compared to providers such as AWS or OVH.

This is just the beginning of the journey that the Sentinel ecosystem will embark on with the utility that the Akash network provides. Look out for more symbiotic integrations between both networks coming soon!

https://twitter.com/Sentinel_co/status/1630145754940469248?cxt=HHwWgMCz9au7uJ8tAAAA

It's almost there🔥

Just a bit more than 2 hours left before our special event.

Join us on YouTube to watch it live:
https://youtu.be/SFlmCRcTddY

UPDATE: After three weeks of working with Apple Support, we finally succeeded in submitting a request for an Apple Developer key.

This is crucial in our ongoing development of Apple and iOS apps for security and trust with our userbase. Successful enrollment in to the Apple Developer Program will allow us to sign our Apple apps and be authenticated for listing in the Apple Store.

Stay tuned as we will continue to provide updates on securing the necessary developer key.

ANNOUNCEMENT:

v2ray integration for Linux is finally here!

🔰 v2ray integration
🔰 tun2socks TCP packet routing through node
🔰 Real-time bandwidth fix when switching between nodes
🔰 New Unicode supportive fonts
🔰 Node type labeling

v2ray for Linux is now available via python pip (v0.12.0.0). Full binaries to be released by the weekend (3/26) for Fedora and Ubuntu.

To our Windows users: We have not forsaken you. We are working hard to get v2ray support and the additional features added with a production release in the coming weeks. Stay tuned to MathNodes channel (https://t.me/MathNodes) for git updates on the WIndows front.

Announcement: Node Hosts required for White-Label POC - Whitelist Opening Tomorrow

What is going on? - The Node Incentive program will be re-opening for community members. Community members will be incentivized to host nodes to provide bandwidth to the users of a White-Label POC (proof of concept) application that will be soon launched.

Why a node incentive program now? - As discussed in February, a successful centralized VPN application is considering to launch dVPN applications built on Sentinel and will be undertaking a POC in order to test the network before making further decisions on network transition. This organization currently has a VPN with over 1 million daily active users and over 13 Million total downloads. This POC aims to reach a minimum of over 20k users within the first months in order to stress-test the Sentinel network.

What work has been done in the past month on integration? - This experience was the first experience where Sentinel's core networking side contributors have interacted with a real centralized VPN team intending to migrate their architecture onto Sentinel's stack. This experience allowed for the creation of stronger onboarding processes including more specific integration documentation as well as a brand new Sentinel Rest Client that was released recently making API integrations easier.

https://github.com/sentinel-official/rest-client/releases

https://gist.github.com/0xbas3d/f9f806b4dca350db8027d190c9a8ea58 (recently introduced integration documentation)

Why is this node incentive program for a private group of nodes? - Currently the POC dVPN application will be intending to provide free VPN access to its userbase and will be using Sentinel's on-chain subscription system to allocate free bandwidth to users. Currently the on-chain subscription system does not allow a creator to add paid nodes from the public dVPN node list and only allows for node hosts to manually join an active subscription without the ability to set any pricing. This inconvenience is temporary as there will be the ability for subscription owners to add paid nodes into a subscription with the upcoming protocol upgrade proposal. For the time-being, node hosts will have to manually add their node to an active subscription in order to be eligible for this airdrop.

What is the geo-location focus of the nodes? The geo-location focus of the nodes is in the Middle East as well as South East Asia as the intention is for the nodes to have a closer proximity to Iran which is the main focus group of this POC.

The desired countries for these nodes include: Singapore, UAE, Thailand, Vietnam, India

More information will be released on incentives and other specifics pertaining to this incentive program for powering one of the first applications being launched on Sentinel by a real centralized VPN provider.

Hey guys,

Today we've launched possibility to pay with Visa/MasterCard worldwide, special Visa/MasterCard and MIR cards from Russia (we made an additional effort towards Russia because we find it critically imporant to let people read independent media).

Also today you may pay with common cryptocurrencies (BTC/ETH/USDT/USDC/DAI) and etc.

Tomorrow we will be launching additional support for more cryptocurrencies (such as $DVPN, $OSMO, $ATOM and etc) and also support of variety of payment systems such as PayPal, QIWI, Bancontact, Paysafecard and etc.

Subscription can be purchased here:

https://account.labs.solar/