The first affiliate program in the Sentinel ecosystem is now live! You can now earn $DVPN for being an affiliate for Sentinel's #dVPN implementation on Telegram, http://t.me/dvpnbot.

Create an account: https://account.norselabs.io

Rules of affiliate program:
1. Someone opens the bot from your link — 5 DVPN
2. Person you've invited makes first purchase — 500 DVPN
3. Person you've invited makes renewal — 250 DVPN (for each)

@dVPNbot on Telegram has already crossed 20k users and allows for users to easily connect to Sentinel community hosted dVPN nodes around the world (http://map.sentinel.co) on Android/iOS/Mac (Windows coming soon).

Cosmos $ATOM #dVPN - This is a reminder for Android users to help test out the upcoming Atom dVPN application.

https://t.me/VPNproducttesting/4155

The new iOS developer account for the iOS version of the Atom dVPN is pending approval and the iOS testflight program will soon begin.

Sentinel is the only #DePin ecosystem that allows for the creation of pragmatic consumer applications. Which Web 3 network do you know that has gained 100s of thousands of Web 2 users in the past months?

Fiat on-ramp to $DVPN within seconds using Apple Pay, coming soon.

http://stats.sentinel.co

Over 500k users have connected to a dVPN node built on Sentinel, most of them within this year.

Try https://independentdvpn.com 200k+ users

Build dApps that make a difference, build dApps that last for years to come, build on Sentinel.

Sentinel blu frens would have never imagined that the #1 obstacle for the ecosystem would be the approval process of various app stores. Developing a working product isn't enough, it has to get approved through by the centralized mafia in order for the app to get real distribution.

As of now:
- Cosmos dVPN approval delayed (Android/iOS)
- Sentinel dVPN approval delayed (iOS)
- Dogwifhat dVPN approval delayed (iOS)
- dVPNBot approval delayed (windows)

Thanks to the community for all of the patience while everything that can be done to fast track these approval processes is done.

These app stores approve closed source malware 10x faster than they approve open-sourced applications that defend the fundamental human right of REAL end to end encrypted privacy in a trustless manner.

Messari one of the most renown research organizations in the #DePin sector published a comprehensive overview of the Sentinel ecosystem!

Sentinel is one of the few ecosystems which has over 100k+ active users and requires in-depth research.

https://messari.io/report/understanding-sentinel-a-comprehensive-overview

The first stable Windows application in the Sentinel #dVPN ecosystem is now live!

Stop using your centralized VPN that observes all of your activity, and access http://t.me/dvpnbot through telegram to connect to servers hosted on Sentinel.

https://update.norselabs.io/vpnq/norse-vpn-quick-client-1.0.1-setup.exe

Purchase unlimited access to thousands of dVPN servers for only 100 Telegram stars per month!

Sentinel allows for dVPN application creators to add the nodes they want into their own application and customize payment channels for users to purchase access to the nodes.

Fiat on-ramps are essential for #DePin dApps to scale to the masses.

Sentinel Shield dVPN Android (http://shield.sentinel.co) with Google Pay integration is now live for testing!

https://t.me/VPNproducttesting/1312/4355

Seamlessly use the fiat payment choice suited to your region and acquire $DVPN tokens that can be used to pay dVPN nodes through on-chain subscription contracts.

The version of Sentinel Shield on iOS with Apple Pay integrated on-ramp has been submitted and is pending approval which is expected imminently.

The structure for creating fiat on-ramps in-app in a compliant manner has properly been understood in the Sentinel ecosystem, and the work for on-ramps in the upcoming Cosmos dVPN, Bitcoin dVPN and ETH dVPN is happening in a more structured and faster pace.

AI researchers and developers require GPUs, data and storage for this data to effectively train their models.

$AKT provides the GPU, $JKL provides the storage, and $DVPN will provide the data (publicly available) - AI super ecosystem on Cosmos is coming.

Introducing 'Sentinel Scout', which is going live soon an AI data layer built on the Sentinel Layer 1 #DePin chain using a similar on-chain architecture to Sentinel's dVPN structure which services 70k MAU.

Sentinel Scout allows for AI developers and researchers to easily retrieve the data required on various topics to train their models.

A simple user-facing website is soon going live which will allow for easy interaction, in addition to the ability to communicate with the data layer via CLI for more advanced users.

Anyone can host a 'Scout Node' on their Android phone and power the Sentinel AI data layer, allowing for their own phone to surf the internet in the background and download the desired data.

Independent #dVPN built on Sentinel proves that #DePin consumer application have the ability to reach the masses, crossing 100k downloads on the Google Play Store alone.

https://independentdvpn.com

Each user account has a corresponding account on Sentinel's Layer 1, and users do not have to deal with key management or gas payments. The user's Sentinel account is authorized to connect to any node in Sentinel's on-chain subscription structure and user monetization happens from in-app advertisements.

Network stats: http://stats.sentinel.co
Node Map: http://map.sentinel.co

Download Independent dVPN on your Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bagimsizvpn.app

Download Independent dVPN on your iOS/Mac:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/independent-dvpn/id6468454526

The Cosmos dVPN website is going live soon along with the upcoming release of the Cosmos dVPN application on the Google Play Store.

The Cosmos dVPN offers users secure and trustless access to 1000s of dVPN nodes while allowing for users to pay in $ATOM via an IBC transaction.

Thanks to Binance for mentioning Sentinel in the latest Industry research report published yesterday under the 'Depin - Internet' category.

https://binance.com/en/research/analysis/industry-map-sep24

Additional commendation to the Binance research team for noticing Sentinel's AI data layer and mentioning it.

Telegram providing information upon request from authorities emphasizes the importance of using a dVPN application ensuring that you are truly anonymous even to a messaging application that promises you that it will give you anonymity.

https://engadget.com/apps/telegram-will-now-provide-ip-addresses-and-phone-numbers-in-response-to-legal-requests-170300911.html

Demand open-source transparency from VPN applications the same way you would from your wallet app or messaging app, choose dVPN applications over centralized VPNs. Centralized VPN organizations give absolutely no insight into what is happening under the hood, leading to even the biggest VPN companies like Nord dealing with security compromises due to the lack of peer-review.

In addition, centralized VPN organizations have the same policies that telegram does.

To find out more about how a centralized VPN organization compromised the founder of Celestia checkout: https://x.com/SentinelDVPN/status/1810240296992797142…

Trust only decentralized, open-source, and provably secure dVPN applications.

Download the flagship Sentinel dVPN application at: http://shield.sentinel.co (Android/iOS coming soon)

Try Independent dVPN built on Sentinel (200k+ download): http://independentdvpn.com (Android/Mac/iOS)

Find out more about Sentinel: http://sentinel.co

Node Map: http://map.sentinel.co
Network Stats: http://stats.sentinel.co
Node Dashboard: http://nodes.sentinel.co

Calling all iOS users

Testing for iOS Sentinel Shield is live! If users can please test and give their feedback in the testing group

https://t.me/VPNproducttesting/2403/4378

Osmosis not only offers the best DEX experience out there for assets in the IBC ecosystem, but also allows for protocols in the IBC ecosystem to use its price feeds as an oracle in their own native chains with the help of the 'Async Interchain Query Module'.

After the upcoming hub upgrade, dVPN nodes in the Sentinel ecosystem will have the ability to denominate their pricing in terms of USD. The price of $DVPN/USD will be queried via IBC from Osmosis, with constant updates happening within every few minutes.

Documentation will be released on the implementation, encouraging more protocols in the IBC ecosystem to query Osmosis price feeds as an alternative oracle. (where applicable).

The long-awaited Sentinel Shield #dVPN is now live for iPhone/iPad and MacOS users on the App Store along with a fiat on-ramp through Apple Pay!

Download the application today for your iOS/iPad/Mac device:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sentinel-shield-dvpn/id6657986086?platform=iphone

The Sentinel Shield dVPN offers users:
- Competitive subscription fee with monthly subscription at 1333.33 $DVPN
- On-Ramp integration with Apple Pay allowing for easy purchase of $DVPN
- Open-sourced, provably end to end encrypted dVPN access and no-logging
- Leading consumer dApp UX with abstraction of gas and easy to use in-built wallet
- Access to over 5k community hosted dVPN nodes offering multiple encryption protocols allowing for access in sanctioned regions

‘Trust only open-source dVPN applications, do not trust closed source VPNs which monitor you and log your information regardless of the promises they may make.’

Github for Sentinel Shield iOS: https://github.com/sentinel-official/sentinel-dvpn-app-ui/branches

The purpose of the Sentinel Shield dVPN application is to clearly represent the Sentinel’s brand identity with regards to its privacy use-cases, and to give insight to the community as well as to developers into the potential of what can be built on Sentinel.

With the majority of Web 3 users from developed nations primarily using iOS, this release was extremely important for the proliferation of the awareness of Sentinel’s privacy use-cases in the Web 3 ecosystem.

Future Update: Segregation of high-speed dVPN nodes, separate high-speed nodes from the rest of community hosted nodes.

On-Ramp Utility: Sentinel Shield’s Apple Pay on-ramp allows for users to easily acquire Sentinel dVPN tokens in order to pay for the monthly subscription. While Sentinel’s on-chain subscription contract allows for payment via multiple options, the Sentinel Shield dVPN’s method of payment is currently restricted to $DVPN in order to promote the awareness of the Sentinel ecosystem.

For the reason of the restriction of the method of payment, an on-ramp is critical to ensure a frictionless experience for users.

Checkout the blog for more detailed information at:
https://medium.com/sentinel/the-long-awaited-sentinel-shield-dvpn-is-now-live-for-iphone-ipad-and-macos-users-on-the-app-store-c3bb4b91cf69

The Sentinel Scout #AI Data Layer console will soon be live, featuring a sleek browser application that will allow users to:

- Scrape data from Sentinel's AI Data Miner nodes (testing live on Android)
- Receive intelligent scraping recommendations on their desired topics from AI integrations
- Use tools and utilities to clean up and edit the data, integrating with Akash for required compute
- Configure data storage settings, integrating with Jackal for secure storage
- View on-chain ZKP proofs that establish the provenance of data collected from the Data Layer
- Curate their own datasets for a future on-chain data marketplace

The overall #DePin ecosystem maps will all have to be updated to include Sentinel in the 'AI Data Layer' category in addition to the 'Privacy' category that it is already identified in.

The Sentinel ecosystem has proven its ability to build solid consumer apps that utilize community-hosted #DePin bandwidth resources for the purposes of providing trustless privacy that are reaching 100s of thousands of users (http://shield.sentinel.co / http://independentdvpn.com and others).

Now the Sentinel ecosystem will build a very solid consumer app utilizing the same concept of #DePin bandwidth resources in order to power a user-facing AI data layer ecosystem.

Sentinel is a p2p bandwidth marketplace that supports privacy and AI data layer usecases.

dVPN nodes powering dVPN applications built on Sentinel have processed over 1.5 petabytes till date.

Soon, AI data miner nodes powering Sentinel's AI data layer will contribute to these statistics as individuals use Sentinel Scout to extract data for LLM training.

Sentinel is a p2p bandwidth marketplace which support both privacy usecases, and AI data layer related usecases.

More info and docs will soon be released on the AI data layer which is under rapid development.

Tools to clean/format data will be present in the scout console.

Sentinel's AI Data Layer proof of concept is live for testing at http://scout.sentinel.co

- Download the AI Data Miner (Android)
- Use the platform to send tasks to your own node/other nodes
- Test the settings

Data Miner incentives going live soon

Sentinel is a #DePin sector leader in creating truly decentralized consumer apps for the masses in the with 400k+ #dVPN users this year alone.

The Sentinel Scout platform will be one of the first AI Web 3 platforms that is easy to use and is understood by the masses.

https://medium.com/sentinel/test-the-sentinel-ai-data-layer-proof-of-concept-scout-sentinel-co-6ca59fb8b994

The Windows application for Sentinel's Telegram mini-app integration is now live!

Now connect to Sentinel dVPN nodes from your Windows desktop through @dvpnbot on Telegram, or http://t.me/dvpnbot.

Very easy UX and wallet abstraction, buy premium access with Telegram stars!

100s of servers available for free! Buy premium access with Telegram stars for full access to thousands of dVPN nodes.

The Sentinel ecosystem shows its ability to bring easy consumer applications to different platforms, while integrating a diverse set of payment options.

Each person who connects to the dVPN bot actually has a Sentinel account (pub/priv key) being generated for them.

This account is being authorized for connection upon payment and added to Sentinel's on-chain subscription contract.

True decentralization, abstracted away.