Node Call Twitter Spaces is Now Live! Join now!

https://x.com/i/spaces/1OyJAWXlNgaKb

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.

🚨 Update Alert 🚨

You may have noticed that we have changed our username, this is to better reflect our brand.

However, this means some of our social links with places like CoinGecko may lead to the wrong place for a bit.

Tickets are raised and we're working to fix all links ASAP.

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.

The first node health check transaction

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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.

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

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.

After the completion of the following utilities;

http://Map.sentinel.co
http://stats.sentinel.co
http://sentinel.co

the next focus is the dVPN Node Dashboard (releasing soon) which will allow node hosts to see a complete overview of their dVPN node stats and earnings.

The node dashboard has already been reviewed by the community and there has been feedback given on it from dVPN node hosts.

With the release of the Node Dashboard the next focus will shift to the Node Leaderboard page which has also been completely designed and planned out.

The 'dVPN Node Leaderboard' will be launched following the node dashboard, and will highlight the most used nodes in terms of bandwidth and the most popular regions of dVPN nodes that are being used by individuals from all over the world.

The Sentinel ecosystem is committed to completing every utility that is requested by the community. There will be a high degree of focus on making dVPN node hosting much easier as well as one of the critical utilities.

The dVPN team has resumed communication with MEXC on relisting dVPN to the exchange. Please show your support on the tweet for MEXC relisting if you would like to see this happen.

MEXC will not only allow Sentinel to reach more people but will allow for a greater focus on the Chinese crypto community now that Sentinel's V2Ray servers are working very well for Chinese users to bypass the GFW.

https://twitter.com/SentinelVPN/status/1735191293402439808

Every day this week the Sentinel Network has hit over 1 million in $DVPN per day in revenue.

More people are realizing the power of decentralized VPNs.

20% of all revenue goes to $DVPN stakers. when Sentinel grows, we all grow!

Next stop? 10,000,000 in daily revenue.

Source: stats.sentinel.co

Key Updates for node community:

1) Node Dashboard - The node dashboard APIs are nearly completed and the plan is for a launch in the next week hopefully. This dashboard will allow users to clearly view their earnings and see the subscriptions they've been added in and track earnings. Node hosts will also be able to see whether they've passed the health check or not.

2) Automated Pricing - dVPN/USD price from Osmosis will be soon be queried for nodes to set a USD pricing for services and avoid the hassle of changing dVPN prices manually.

3) Multiple Subscription Plans - New subscription plans will be established for residential nodes as well as nodes with special qualities that make them expensive to host (e.g Iran node). This encourages node hosts to offer more specialised services in exchange for a higher reward.

4) Subscription revenue share - dVPN nodes will be able to earn a % of rewards from total earnings generated by a subscription plan creator (dVPN app owner) allowing for exponential scaling of earnings despite time-based payments being at a fixed rate. This will begin with the on-chain revenue of the upcoming Sentinel dVPN flagship application

DVPN/USDT on Kucoin has now been added to Bitcoinwisdom.io, one of the easiest charting websites to use from your laptop or your mobile.

https://bitcoinwisdom.io/markets/kucoin/dvpnusdt

Bitcoinwisdom is one of the oldest sources for simple charts that can load easily and quickly in real-time on any device, with the Bitcoinwisdom brand now crossing its 10 year mark.

Key Updates 12/24/2023:

Key Focus Areas for End Dec to Jan

Coming to the end of the year it is great to see that the ecosystem has achieved all of its goals for 2024 except for the launch of the node dashboard and the flagship Sentinel dVPN application.

1) Flagship dVPN Application - The installer has been shared privately, however a critical node update is required for its optimal functionality. This node update will be released tomorrow requiring all node hosts to quickly update - and after this the app will begin to be shared inside community testing groups before it is given the thumbs up for a public launch.

2) Node Dashboard - The node dashboard will be released anytime today or before the 26th (most likely), allowing for dVPN nodes to view their earnings and their node's performance in real-time

3) Subscription Plan Segregation - Residential node subscription plan and other subscription plans will be established soon that will segregate the pricing, from Jan onwards node earnings will be based on the profile of their node - allowing for individuals hosting a residential node to earn more.

4) Multi-Hop Routing Architecture - V2 Sentinel application update will feature multi-hop which is easily configurable on Sentinel's wireguard network. This is a key priority for launch ASAP.

5) Application Marketing - A referral code system will be introduced into the applications along with a increased focus on social media marketing given that application functionality is now strong

6) Focus on Raspberry Pi Usage - A dedicated webpage for dVPN node hosting on Raspberry Pi devices is being established and incentives will be given for community members who publish guides and videos on running a dVPN node on a Raspberry pi which will encourage more residential nodes that can quickly attain their breakeven within the first 6 month ~ of operation.

The dVPN node dashboard is now live at http://nodes.sentinel.co

The Sentinel Node Dashboard is now live, allowing for dVPN nodes/server hosts to see real-time metrics and stats of their dVPN node. The dVPN ecosystem is committed in creating utilities for various network participants including users, node hosts, and application creators alike.

This node dashboard allows for a node host to view:

1) dVPN Node pricing and earnings

2) Historical data of bandwidth consumption

3) Historical data of the number of users connected to the node

4) Node health check results

5) Information about the subscription plan that the node is added into (coming soon)

https://medium.com/sentinel/the-sentinel-node-dashboard-is-now-live-nodes-sentinel-co-d7a30f4fdb5a

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