Sentinel's interactive map based dVPN Node explorer is now live at map.sentinel.co

Filter the map view between V2Ray and Wireguard nodes and even see a dedicated view of all dVPN nodes which are hosting HNS resolvers.

Also search for nodes by country or city and see their protocol type along with other information after clicking on them.

Future updates to the interactive dVPN node explorer will include node pricing information as well as accepted currencies for payment by the node.

The code for this application will soon be released on GitHub and there will be rewards offered for community contribution to make this tool as resourceful as possible. More utilities to be introduced in the near future include a node leaderboard and a dedicated network statistics page with charts.

Anyone can create their own network utilities with Sentinel's open stats API infrastructure.

Retroactive Rewards are being paid out to node hosts powering the Sentinel dVPN network, in addition to the restarting of the node incentive program

"This blog post marks the announcement of the restart of the Sentinel node incentive program and the distribution of retroactive rewards to dVPN node hosts. The node incentive program was temporarily suspended last year in the month of August due to unforeseen circumstances. However, the program is now ready to be restarted in anticipation of more consumer demand to dVPN services built on Sentinel."

Read the blog and find out more about how you can be eligible to earn rewards for hosting a dVPN node

https://medium.com/sentinel/retroactive-node-rewards-and-restarting-the-node-incentive-program-bae48ade7319

The newly revamped Solar Labs Android and iOS applications that will soon be re-launched feature a dVPN wallet and will be integrating all major cosmos IBC enabled tokens for payment for DVPN related services.

The Cosmos ecosystem is about to get taught on how to respect real legitimate product development this year by projects like AKT and DVPN instead of non-stop infighting and fudding

The DVPN community and the broader community must learn to put some respect on Litrevs name and realize the attention to detail and the awareness of user feedback that he has. Litreev embodies the archetype of a real cypherpunk and has risked his life in the process as well. If anyone wants to transparently see the geo-political impact Litreev has made please translate:

https://russian.rt.com/ussr/article/963252-fbk-programmist-koshelek-estoniya

The Solar Labs applications will keep taking in community feedback and keep rebuilding until all gaps are filled.

Approval of the new Solar Labs
iOS and Android application is imminent.

This new application allows for payments to be made using several Cosmos based tokens which can be converted to dVPN for use to spend on bandwidth.

The future application upgrade will allow for direct node payments in different Cosmos based currencies to dVPN nodes which have white-listed these currencies as an acceptable payment.

The new Solar Labs application will be fully sourced and the different functions of the application can be configured by community developers.

non-KYC DEC on Sentinel is now available for purchase using credit or debit cards in Meile; pre-paid cards accepted. Purchasing is limited to small amounts of DEC not exceeding $15 for the time being. We can adjust the purchase limits remotely in our Hot Wallet server, so there will be no need to update the app. Please do not attempt consecutive purchases as it will be flagged in our system and you will have to contact our support to receive your tokens.

Meile v1.7.0 is available now for Windows, OS X, and Linux (Debian/Fedora) @ https://meile.app

SOLAR Labs and Meile dVPN have formed a strategic alliance to revolutionize the decentralized Virtual Private Network (dVPN) space. This partnership aims to consolidate all code commits of the Sentinel codebase into one unified GitHub repository, streamlining development and creating a more efficient environment for contributors and users.

The collaboration will result in the Sentinel White Label SDK, a tool designed to simplify the creation of personalized dVPNs. This move is inspired by the structure and guides of the Cosmos technical documentation site, ensuring the Sentinel Network's evolution aligns with Cosmos' design principles.

Expect significant enhancements to the Sentinel Network and its dVPN offerings, including dedicated IPs, on-chain subscriptions using $dVPN, and other Cosmos-based IBC-enabled tokens. Plus, new SOLAR dVPN applications, a redesigned stats page, and an interactive node explorer are on the horizon.

Stay tuned for more updates, including a full revamp of the original Sentinel dVPN app. For more information, visit https://sentinel.co.

https://medium.com/@sentinel/solar-labs-and-meile-dvpn-join-forces-to-improve-codebase-and-launch-an-easy-to-use-tool-kit-on-ab13b7071c9e

"Over 2 years has elapsed since the launch of Sentinel’s Cosmos based Hub and a merit based validator re-delegation process will now commence involving a significant re-delegation of DVPN token to validators who have added value to the ecosystem as well as the dVPN network.

All validators should use the following Forms link to submit information required for decision making during the upcoming merit based re-delegation process.

A scoring metric is being created composing of contributions to community, node infrastructure, and distributed development efforts."

https://medium.com/sentinel/dvpn-merit-based-validator-re-delegation-a5538530b48d

Submission form: https://forms.gle/f4kXxkVaSNomkAjH8

The flagship Sentinel dVPN mobile application is returning soon with a completely free version of the application as well as a paid version of the application.

The previous free Sentinel Android dVPN on ETH reached over 500k downloads in 2020- early 2021.

The upcoming hub upgrade includes major revisions to the networking protocol layer allowing for users to get access to multiple paid nodes with just one payment without the requirement of locking tokens with each node. In addition 'digital subscriptions' have the ability to authorize a user's account on Sentinel to utilize bandwidth from a subscription for free allowing for completely decentralized free VPN provision.

This upgrade will enable the fast creation of white-labels and eliminate the issues faced in the past with regards to user-friendly payment structures.

Meet the 3rd dVPN application built on Sentinel.

https://medium.com/sentinel/meet-the-3rd-live-dvpn-integrated-application-built-on-sentinel-4e02b55e56c7

This is application owned by ElQube which is an app studio that also owns RynVPN, a popular centralized VPN with nearly 10 million downloads.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ryn.vpn.privatedns.proxy.fast.mini.web.browser&hl=en&gl=US

This simple android application includes a browser which allows users to connect to dVPN nodes hosted by Sentinel community members for free. In the future this application will monetize from advertisements and use these proceeds to pay dVPN node hosts in the Sentinel ecosystem.

The ‘Fast Private Browser’ dVPN is currently connected to a digital on-chain subscription with the provider address:

sentprov1aaaa4gxkfjntrerurznyhcm4saeegynrhq6zmk

Until the next hub-upgrade, paid-nodes from the public node list are unable to be added to an on-chain subscription so as of now node hosts will have to host nodes with this specific provider address in order to provide bandwidth to users of Fast Private Browser.

Post the hub upgrade, Fast Private Browser will be able to use its revenues from ad monetization within the browser to purchase dVPN token and pay dVPN nodes on the public list to be included into its on-chain subscription which will be continued to be offerred to users for free.

How to Participate and earn dVPN
Community members can host dVPN nodes to support Private Fast Browser’s on-chain digital subscription which is being offerred to its users. Support is required until the launch of the new hub which will allow the creators of Private Fast Browser to add paid nodes from Sentinel’s public dVPN node pool.

Node hosts will be able to earn 42,000 dVPN for maintaining an up-time of over 50% from the 13th of July for a maximum of 30 days until the chain upgrade is complete and the dVPN protocol is fully updated.

Please set provider address as:

sentprov1aaaa4gxkfjntrerurznyhcm4saeegynrhq6zmk

Thanks to the Sentinel dVPN community, the number of nodes hosted is at a 1 year high at over 1100 nodes.

Sentinel nodes are in over 78 cities spanning across 36 countries. With the upcoming upgrade, dVPN node revenue is about to take off

http://map.sentinel.co (PC)

After the upgrade is complete, white-label applications built on dVPN are able to create 'on-chain subscriptions and choose nodes from the public list and pay them for bandwidth. Users are then able to access all of the nodes in the on-chain subscription with a single click

TOR has only ~6000 relay node for millions of daily users while dVPN already has over 1000 exit nodes for 10k+ users.

With on-chain incentivization, dVPN will be able to surpass TOR's network participation with the introduction of its relay network in the future.

Community participation in node hosting has been extremely strong and will only increase with the real node revenue that will begin flowing in with the upcoming bandwidth upgrade.

https://medium.com/sentinel/basedvpn-a-new-free-to-use-decentralized-vpn-built-on-sentinel-f490e6e9e237

BasedVPN is now available on Android and its APK file can be downloaded from the BasedVPN website at:

BasedVPN Website: basedapps.co.uk

Download Link: https://files.basedapps.co.uk/app-release-1-0-0.apk

Users can opt to wait for up to a few more days at maximum for BasedVPN to get accepted onto the Google Play instead of downloading the APK file.

*Connecting to a node may take up to a minute or more. This inconvenience for users will be completely removed with the new protocol upgrade which allows for users to connect instantly to on-chain subscriptions without tokens being locked for every node that is connected to

Checkout this medium post to learn more on:

How does BasedVPN work?
How does BasedVPN make money?
How will BasedVPN have an impact on the dVPN ecosystem?

C is for Control

Governments and ISPs want your online data for control

To track you
To trace you
To record you

If you can be told what you can see or read then it follows that you can be told what to say or think.

Fight back with a Decentralized VPN: https://sentinel.co/downloads

Another week, another 10,000 $dVPN for the best comment. (Comment on Twitter)

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Sentinel's Sunday Morality Question:

If intelligence services have root access to your phone, is there any point in using a VPN?

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