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.

The inflation reward rate for $DVPN token holders who are securing the network by staking to Sentinel Validators is soon decreasing with a target of 15% APR.

This rate decrease is suggested by the community in-order to decrease daily emissions.

https://mintscan.io/sentinel

While a decrease in the rate of inflation rewards may impact the total # of $DVPN that a staker earns, this decrease has a positive impact overall by reducing the pressure on the market thereby compensating by increasing stakers $ USD value.

Calling all Windows users!

Easily use dVPN nodes on the Sentinel blockchain through Sentinel's Telegram integration: @dvpnbot or http://t.me/dvpnbot.

Sentinel is the first DePin ecosystem to integrate Telegram UX + payments, buy premium access to #dVPN with stars

The Cosmos #dVPN application is ready to go and is awaiting 'Cosmos' trademark permission to launch on Android and iOS app stores.

Given the intention to launch before Cosmoverse, the Android APK installer for the Cosmos dVPN will be going live in the coming days.

Unfortunately the word 'Cosmonaut' cannot be used for naming the upcoming dVPN application for the Cosmos ecosystem as NordVPN trademarked the word 'Cosmonaut' in context of VPNs (dVPNs included).

https://nordvpn.com/creator/entertainment/?coupon=cosmonaut

The final submission for the name of the upcoming Cosmos ecosystem dVPN that does not have an existing trademark conflict is 'Cosmo dVPN'. The word 'Cosmo' includes 5 of the 6 letters of Cosmos and is the first part of the word 'Cosmonaut', so while 'Cosmo' is not perfect it is the next best alternative to represent the cultural identity of the Cosmos ecosystem in this context.

The developer account that was used to upload 'Cosmonaut dVPN' was permanently banned for even attempting to launch an application with this name. And the irony is that NordVPN never released a VPN application with the name Cosmonaut.

Regardless of the obstacles, the Sentinel ecosystem strives forward and will deliver a quality dVPN application that proliferates the culture and ethos of the Cosmos ecosystem.

One of the most rewarding experiences is seeing people worldwide access unrestricted information and express gratitude for a decentralized app.

Independent dVPN, built on Sentinel, has over 200k installs and a thriving Telegram community of 1,500+ members!

🤖https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bagimsizvpn.app&pcampaignid=web_share
🍏https://apps.apple.com/us/app/independent-dvpn/id6468454526
📁APK https://independentdvpn.com
📢Telegram https://t.me/independentdvpn

The Sentinel ecosystem has effectively created a sub-community, most of whom don't even know they are using a Web3 product. Ultimately, the goal of Web3 products is to reach the mainstream. dVPNs built on Sentinel will be some of the first Web3 products to reach the Web2 masses.

Grass network has now launched and is near $1 Billion market cap showing the potential of AI Data Layer networks.

The Sentinel Scout AI Data Layer will be the first to offer an end to end platform for users to scrape, store, and clean data.

Store on $JKL clean on $AKT

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