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October saw another month-on-month increase in revenue on the Sentinel Network with 3,984,372 $dVPN.
Sentinel's competitive edge over traditional VPNs drives consistent demand, leading to increased revenue as more VPN apps launch.
Source: stats.sentinel.co
Sentinel's competitive edge over traditional VPNs drives consistent demand, leading to increased revenue as more VPN apps launch.
Source: stats.sentinel.co
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dVPN Key Focus Areas 11/8/23:
1) Website - New website is in development and intends to show key stats, the map, and info on all the white-labels on the homepage in a much more informative and updated structure than the past. The goal is to launch before the 20-25th of this month.
2) Next Utilities - Node Dashboard/Leaderboad - A utility for node hosts to check leaderboard stats as well as a page for their own node which has information on whether they are added to a subscription or not and the amount of earnings the subscription will be paying them as well as the minimum node prices set by on-chain proposals. The goal for the release of this utility is before 15th Dec however the target would be within this month.
3) dVPN Application management - UI revamps/website and app store profile management/twitter account and community management for the apps and organic growth strategies for each. Also individual profile pages of each dVPN application on the new Sentinel website established.
Ad-monetization will begin in-app soon to test an economic model where free dVPN applications can earn revenues on ads which can be used to therein pay dVPN nodes. As gaining free VPN installations is much easier as compared to premium installations, it will be a great case study into the potential for monetizing on ad traffic.
4) Node Economic Discussion - First node call this Friday, goal over-time is to create a strong revenue model where node hosts are making money while white-label applications are also making money and for centralized vpns who want to use nodes to not see nodes as overpriced. The key issue is that some node hosts are able to host nodes at a much cheaper rate than others and the breakeven cost for nodes cannot be established properly, in addition to the issue of nodes having varying degrees of specs allowing for some nodes to handle many more users than other nodes - leading to the potential requirement for further categorization. A lot of discussion is required to arrive at a working model that everyone is happy with.
5) Node Health Check - Node health check function is nearly completed and it will allow for subscriptions to easily add and remove node, with this the automatic incentives for nodes will wind down and be replaced by subscription earnings which are earnings for having a node which is qualified by the health check system, power white-label applications on dVPN. The goal is to being to suspend the general incentive program, but not remove ability for nodes to earn as the incentive reward is replaced by subscription earnings which everyone node that consistently works is eligible for.
Sentinel does not give free money to nodes just for hosting a node that connects to the chain, but instead sentinel has created a structure where nodes that are being actively used by tens of thousands of users are paid in an organized and timely manner on-chain for their services
6) Sentinel and ATOM dVPN Applications - The flagship Sentinel dVPN application is set to release for community testing before the 15th and a full launch before the end of the month. The ATOM dVPN application is set to begin testing hopefully before the end of the month and the launch before the 15th of next month. The Sentinel dVPN application has been prioritized as it represents the brand image and the outward facing impression of the Sentinel ecosystem.
7) Cosmos Re-Integration - After these steps are completed significant effort will be put into Sentinel's integration into the Cosmos ecosystem and awareness of dVPN's progress and working economic structure. The Cosmos community will embrace dVPN and recognize the merits of the work of all of the contributors and the impact that dVPN will have on millions across the 'real' world which few if any dApp ecosystems can claim to achieve
1) Website - New website is in development and intends to show key stats, the map, and info on all the white-labels on the homepage in a much more informative and updated structure than the past. The goal is to launch before the 20-25th of this month.
2) Next Utilities - Node Dashboard/Leaderboad - A utility for node hosts to check leaderboard stats as well as a page for their own node which has information on whether they are added to a subscription or not and the amount of earnings the subscription will be paying them as well as the minimum node prices set by on-chain proposals. The goal for the release of this utility is before 15th Dec however the target would be within this month.
3) dVPN Application management - UI revamps/website and app store profile management/twitter account and community management for the apps and organic growth strategies for each. Also individual profile pages of each dVPN application on the new Sentinel website established.
Ad-monetization will begin in-app soon to test an economic model where free dVPN applications can earn revenues on ads which can be used to therein pay dVPN nodes. As gaining free VPN installations is much easier as compared to premium installations, it will be a great case study into the potential for monetizing on ad traffic.
4) Node Economic Discussion - First node call this Friday, goal over-time is to create a strong revenue model where node hosts are making money while white-label applications are also making money and for centralized vpns who want to use nodes to not see nodes as overpriced. The key issue is that some node hosts are able to host nodes at a much cheaper rate than others and the breakeven cost for nodes cannot be established properly, in addition to the issue of nodes having varying degrees of specs allowing for some nodes to handle many more users than other nodes - leading to the potential requirement for further categorization. A lot of discussion is required to arrive at a working model that everyone is happy with.
5) Node Health Check - Node health check function is nearly completed and it will allow for subscriptions to easily add and remove node, with this the automatic incentives for nodes will wind down and be replaced by subscription earnings which are earnings for having a node which is qualified by the health check system, power white-label applications on dVPN. The goal is to being to suspend the general incentive program, but not remove ability for nodes to earn as the incentive reward is replaced by subscription earnings which everyone node that consistently works is eligible for.
Sentinel does not give free money to nodes just for hosting a node that connects to the chain, but instead sentinel has created a structure where nodes that are being actively used by tens of thousands of users are paid in an organized and timely manner on-chain for their services
6) Sentinel and ATOM dVPN Applications - The flagship Sentinel dVPN application is set to release for community testing before the 15th and a full launch before the end of the month. The ATOM dVPN application is set to begin testing hopefully before the end of the month and the launch before the 15th of next month. The Sentinel dVPN application has been prioritized as it represents the brand image and the outward facing impression of the Sentinel ecosystem.
7) Cosmos Re-Integration - After these steps are completed significant effort will be put into Sentinel's integration into the Cosmos ecosystem and awareness of dVPN's progress and working economic structure. The Cosmos community will embrace dVPN and recognize the merits of the work of all of the contributors and the impact that dVPN will have on millions across the 'real' world which few if any dApp ecosystems can claim to achieve
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This Friday at 2pm UTC, the Sentinel Node community call takes place, on the main Sentinel Telegram group.
Following the community update (above this post on the Sentinel Announcements page) a few topics will be under discussion to ensure the long term success of the Sentinel Node Network.
Node economic discussion on how the network will look going forward, and the services it can offer to be flexible and competitive.
Do you run nodes?
Do you want to run nodes?
Do you want to understand how the growth of the node network will affect the growth of white label development and adoption?
Got any questions but can't join? Then comment on this post.
Following the community update (above this post on the Sentinel Announcements page) a few topics will be under discussion to ensure the long term success of the Sentinel Node Network.
Node economic discussion on how the network will look going forward, and the services it can offer to be flexible and competitive.
Do you run nodes?
Do you want to run nodes?
Do you want to understand how the growth of the node network will affect the growth of white label development and adoption?
Got any questions but can't join? Then comment on this post.
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Forwarded from Seventh
🚀 Sentinel Growth DAO Poker Night
🗓 Date: Saturday, 11th November
🏆 Top Prize: 1,000,000 $DVPN
Sign in link will be shared on Friday.
Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdG7IGZwz790addCz6sVvmxNgkiQwS5of16Y14DUWxLluE0vA/viewform?usp=sf_link
🗓 Date: Saturday, 11th November
🏆 Top Prize: 1,000,000 $DVPN
Sign in link will be shared on Friday.
Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdG7IGZwz790addCz6sVvmxNgkiQwS5of16Y14DUWxLluE0vA/viewform?usp=sf_link
Forwarded from Sentinel Watchdog
New Tweet By @SentinelVPN
IT'S TIME! for Sentinel Poker Night II
wen? Saturday 11th Nov, 6pm UTC
Where? https://t.co/4b38PT9G55
Wat? NL Texas Hold'em with 1million $DVPN top prize*
How? Stake 100k $DVPN to the Growth DAO validator
*Complete this form for the full rules https://t.co/lG5yn2RalC https://t.co/WTGj1BPHwd
IT'S TIME! for Sentinel Poker Night II
wen? Saturday 11th Nov, 6pm UTC
Where? https://t.co/4b38PT9G55
Wat? NL Texas Hold'em with 1million $DVPN top prize*
How? Stake 100k $DVPN to the Growth DAO validator
*Complete this form for the full rules https://t.co/lG5yn2RalC https://t.co/WTGj1BPHwd
Sentinel is planning on hosting a few community calls. The first will be focusing on the Node Network.
To establish the most optimum times to host. What times work for you?
To establish the most optimum times to host. What times work for you?
Anonymous Poll
56%
Weekdays between 10am-10pm UTC
44%
Weekends betweem 10am-10pm UTC
The Solar dVPN app which is built on Sentinel has been featured on the video of a Russian Youtuber with over 400k subscribers.
This video received over 70k views in 1 day.
To download : https://dvpn.solar
A large majority of Youtubers endorse VPN applications at least once in their careers. Sentinel will appeal to the top tier Youtubers who care about the products they endorse, Youtubers who understand that centralized VPN apps cannot be trusted as they are not transparent.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-FeI2NyOtP8&t=100s
There is no ecosystem in the entire crypto industry which will get the coverage and endorsement to the mainstream user as Sentinel is about to get. Sentinel has a chance to be the first project to make a real impact on people of the general public - outside the areas of using blockchain technology for money transfer or speculation.
This video received over 70k views in 1 day.
To download : https://dvpn.solar
A large majority of Youtubers endorse VPN applications at least once in their careers. Sentinel will appeal to the top tier Youtubers who care about the products they endorse, Youtubers who understand that centralized VPN apps cannot be trusted as they are not transparent.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-FeI2NyOtP8&t=100s
There is no ecosystem in the entire crypto industry which will get the coverage and endorsement to the mainstream user as Sentinel is about to get. Sentinel has a chance to be the first project to make a real impact on people of the general public - outside the areas of using blockchain technology for money transfer or speculation.
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The monthly number of users (unique wallets) that have connected to a dVPN application built on Sentinel has reached a new record, crossing the previous one of 22,615 users.
http://stats.sentinel.co
The number of users in the month of November is nearing 26k with 10 days left.
http://stats.sentinel.co
The number of users in the month of November is nearing 26k with 10 days left.
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The first dVPN community call is happening tomorrow at 3 PM UTC. Visit the Sentinel twitter account to access the Twitter spaces.
https://twitter.com/SentinelVPN
This call is focused on the discussion of the optimal pricing mechanism for a p2p bandwidth marketplace.
Ensuring that bandwidth service providers receive a fair compensation for their services, while maintaining their competitiveness to their centralized counterparts.
There will be more frequent calls and public discussion forums surrounding relevant topics that impact decentralized p2p infrastructure.
DVPN Node Host Group: https://t.me/SentinelNodeNetwork
https://twitter.com/SentinelVPN
This call is focused on the discussion of the optimal pricing mechanism for a p2p bandwidth marketplace.
Ensuring that bandwidth service providers receive a fair compensation for their services, while maintaining their competitiveness to their centralized counterparts.
There will be more frequent calls and public discussion forums surrounding relevant topics that impact decentralized p2p infrastructure.
DVPN Node Host Group: https://t.me/SentinelNodeNetwork
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Over 120 people tuned into Sentinel's twitter spaces yesterday marking a strong presence for Sentinel's first-ever community call in 6 years since its inception.
Thanks to the following communities for participating!
- Handshake Network
- Decentr Browser
- Math Nodes/Meile dVPN
- Solar Labs/Solar dVPN
We look forward to more community calls and engagement from our community members including both users and node hosts alike in the future events.
Thanks to the following communities for participating!
- Handshake Network
- Decentr Browser
- Math Nodes/Meile dVPN
- Solar Labs/Solar dVPN
We look forward to more community calls and engagement from our community members including both users and node hosts alike in the future events.
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The First Node Health Check has been Completed!
Current Health Check Wallet - https://dev.mintscan.io/sentinel/account/sent1c4nvz43tlw6d0c9nfu6r957y5d9pgjk5czl3n3
11/30/2013 - 1st Node Health Check
Total Nodes connected to: 3200
Nodes with Endpoint Success: 3179
Nodes Failing Endpoint Error: 21
Nodes with Config Exchange Success: 2756
Nodes Failing Config Exchange: 205
Nodes with Network Success: 2096
Nodes with Network Error: 660
Final Tally -
Fully Working nodes - 2096
Nodes with problems - 886
% Healthy nodes - 65.5%
What now?
The results of the node health check will be published and all nodes that have passed the health check will automatically qualify for retrospective rewards in the month of of Oct and Nov (if nodes were active in these times). Nodes that do not qualify will have to modify their configuration to pass the health check.
From today onwards, all incentives will be paid automatically through subscriptions to all nodes that pass the health check and the generalized incentive program will stop tracking participation from the 1st of Dec.
How often is the node health check?
The node health check will happen several times per day, everyday.
How will the node health check data be represented?
As of now there will be access to an online spreadsheet which will represent nodes that did not qualify and nodes that did qualify for the health check. In the upcoming node dashboard there is an indicator on the page for each node to show whether the node has passed the health check or not. There will be an alert system setup to assist a node operator in receiving notifications if their node has failed a health check.
Thanks to the community for the patience and the node community for all of the cooperation in this process of automating dVPN Node incentives and payment structures as well as node diagnosis processes.
Current Health Check Wallet - https://dev.mintscan.io/sentinel/account/sent1c4nvz43tlw6d0c9nfu6r957y5d9pgjk5czl3n3
11/30/2013 - 1st Node Health Check
Total Nodes connected to: 3200
Nodes with Endpoint Success: 3179
Nodes Failing Endpoint Error: 21
Nodes with Config Exchange Success: 2756
Nodes Failing Config Exchange: 205
Nodes with Network Success: 2096
Nodes with Network Error: 660
Final Tally -
Fully Working nodes - 2096
Nodes with problems - 886
% Healthy nodes - 65.5%
What now?
The results of the node health check will be published and all nodes that have passed the health check will automatically qualify for retrospective rewards in the month of of Oct and Nov (if nodes were active in these times). Nodes that do not qualify will have to modify their configuration to pass the health check.
From today onwards, all incentives will be paid automatically through subscriptions to all nodes that pass the health check and the generalized incentive program will stop tracking participation from the 1st of Dec.
How often is the node health check?
The node health check will happen several times per day, everyday.
How will the node health check data be represented?
As of now there will be access to an online spreadsheet which will represent nodes that did not qualify and nodes that did qualify for the health check. In the upcoming node dashboard there is an indicator on the page for each node to show whether the node has passed the health check or not. There will be an alert system setup to assist a node operator in receiving notifications if their node has failed a health check.
Thanks to the community for the patience and the node community for all of the cooperation in this process of automating dVPN Node incentives and payment structures as well as node diagnosis processes.
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Which search engine provides the best level of privacy?
Anonymous Poll
11%
Google
49%
Brave
10%
Startpage
30%
Other (post answer in the comments ⬇️)
Become a PRIVACY enjooooyer with #dVPN
Don’t allow #web3 wallets to track your IP or:
💰Track your wallet
🔁log your transactions
🌍Know your location
Defend your online privacy with a decentralized VPN from Sentinel, because no one else will do it for you
Sentinel.co/downloads
Don’t allow #web3 wallets to track your IP or:
💰Track your wallet
🔁log your transactions
🌍Know your location
Defend your online privacy with a decentralized VPN from Sentinel, because no one else will do it for you
Sentinel.co/downloads
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A significant update which marks the beginning of Sentinel's aggressive journey for user acquisition, 'Node Health Checks' are now live and integrated with the current subscription plan structure!
Checkout the blog at: https://medium.com/sentinel/automated-node-health-checks-are-now-live-and-integrated-2819f633257a
Anyone can host a node, but how is the dVPN protocol supposed to know if the node actually allows a user to connect to the internet or not? It is not possible for the blockchain itself to automatically gauge the health of a node and test its connectivity.
The ‘Automated Node Health Check’ is a simple system where multiple servers connect to dVPN nodes hosted on the Sentinel ecosystem and verify the connectivity of each dVPN node.
With the current health check structure in place, over 3000 nodes can be checked within 30 minutes, allowing for multiple checks to take place within the same day if required.
With the ‘Node Health Check’ system in place, we will see a sharp increase in user connectivity experience. Nearly 30% of the nodes previously had misconfigurations or errors that prevented users from connecting to them.
Now with every node available in-app fully verified, user connectivity issue will only exist if the application itself has an internal error.
Checkout the blog at: https://medium.com/sentinel/automated-node-health-checks-are-now-live-and-integrated-2819f633257a
Anyone can host a node, but how is the dVPN protocol supposed to know if the node actually allows a user to connect to the internet or not? It is not possible for the blockchain itself to automatically gauge the health of a node and test its connectivity.
The ‘Automated Node Health Check’ is a simple system where multiple servers connect to dVPN nodes hosted on the Sentinel ecosystem and verify the connectivity of each dVPN node.
With the current health check structure in place, over 3000 nodes can be checked within 30 minutes, allowing for multiple checks to take place within the same day if required.
With the ‘Node Health Check’ system in place, we will see a sharp increase in user connectivity experience. Nearly 30% of the nodes previously had misconfigurations or errors that prevented users from connecting to them.
Now with every node available in-app fully verified, user connectivity issue will only exist if the application itself has an internal error.
Medium
Automated Node Health Checks are now Live and Integrated
In a major update, ‘Automated Node Health Checks’ are now live and fully integrated into the primary on-chain subscription plan.
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Sentinel's main website has been revamped and is now much more informative for new community members.
Visit now: Sentinel.co
Sentinel has a new facelift with brand new applications, utilities, and a new marketing campaign (now that connectivity has been resolved).
The new website includes:
1) A scrolling list of dVPN apps built on Sentinel
2) Node map integration
3) Network stats integration
4) CTAs
With a strong focus on utilities for the network, recent releases include:
- dVPN Global Node Map
- dVPN Network Stats
- New revamped dVPN Website
- COMING SOON - Node earnings and connectivity dashboard
Visit now: Sentinel.co
Sentinel has a new facelift with brand new applications, utilities, and a new marketing campaign (now that connectivity has been resolved).
The new website includes:
1) A scrolling list of dVPN apps built on Sentinel
2) Node map integration
3) Network stats integration
4) CTAs
With a strong focus on utilities for the network, recent releases include:
- dVPN Global Node Map
- dVPN Network Stats
- New revamped dVPN Website
- COMING SOON - Node earnings and connectivity dashboard
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Is your data safer with traditional banking or Web3 wallets?
Anonymous Poll
8%
Traditional banking
67%
Web3 wallets
14%
Both are the same
11%
Unsure
The Sentinel #dVPN ecosystem is the first DePin network to have infrastructure in Iran.
The Sentinel Iranian community is hosting a V2ray node from Iran so our friends across the globe can understand the kind of internet restrictions in Iran.
https://map.sentinel.co/nodes/sentnode19vg6nlgsap2x58alu4h82hngmux8rec6269th8
Download the Bagimsiz Free dVPN app on your device today to test out the Iranian node!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bagimsizvpn.app
Sentinel has a very vibrant Iranian community which can be found at:
https://t.me/sentinelirancommunity
Thanks to 'Iranian Frog' for the management and structure.
The Sentinel Iranian community is hosting a V2ray node from Iran so our friends across the globe can understand the kind of internet restrictions in Iran.
https://map.sentinel.co/nodes/sentnode19vg6nlgsap2x58alu4h82hngmux8rec6269th8
Download the Bagimsiz Free dVPN app on your device today to test out the Iranian node!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bagimsizvpn.app
Sentinel has a very vibrant Iranian community which can be found at:
https://t.me/sentinelirancommunity
Thanks to 'Iranian Frog' for the management and structure.
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