Sentinel’s technical analysis indicates that Cosmic Network’s infrastructure, hosted almost entirely on two centralized cloud providers, fails to deliver authentic decentralized functionality. Critical blockchain interactions appear to be faked, with the entire system reportedly running on a low-cost virtual private server (VPS). Despite these serious technical shortcomings, Cosmic Network has managed to secure a listing on MEXC and approvals from Apple and Google for its mobile applications, raising concerns about due diligence processes among industry stakeholders.
Additionally, Cosmic Network’s developers have purportedly neglected to remove Sentinel’s original address prefix, “sent…,” from their cloned code, resulting in nodes on the Cosmic chain also using the same prefix. The absence of a legitimate GitHub repository or meaningful source code management challenges Cosmic Network’s claims of being “open source.” Sentinel views these actions as a clear violation of open-source principles and damaging to the collaborative efforts that drive decentralized innovation.
Oliver Scholl founder of
@s1lentsolutions
who first alerted Sentinel to the code theft, states:
“Open source isn’t a free pass to take without giving credit. It’s about collaboration, respect, and honoring the hard work of creators. When projects copy entire codebases without attribution or meaningful changes, while pretending to innovate, they betray the principles of open-source.
This isn’t innovation—it’s theft. The crypto space depends on trust and accountability, and we must call out actions that undermine the values of open-source and decentralized progress.”
Alex, Founder of Norselabs (formerly SOLAR Lab), whose code was misappropriated, adds:
“We have discovered that Cosmic Network is using our source code in their project without adhering to the mandatory attribution requirements of the MIT license. At Sentinel, we hold no respect for those who disregard the ethics of open-source collaboration. This kind of behavior undermines the trust that drives the open-source community and discourages others from contributing, pushing them toward proprietary alternatives.
We believe in sharing our work to strengthen the community, but open-source is not a gateway for free outsourcing without credit—it’s built on mutual respect. Our commitment to privacy, transparency, and open-source principles remains unwavering. We will take action against any dishonest actors to ensure they either respect the core values of open-source or face the consequences. Mutual respect is not optional—it’s essential."
About Sentinel
Sentinel is a decentralized P2P bandwidth marketplace dedicated to transparency, security, and privacy-focused blockchain solutions. The team at Sentinel remains committed to protecting the integrity of the broader decentralized ecosystem and reinforcing the collaborative spirit of open-source development.
- Moving Forward -
The Sentinel ecosystem blu frens do not wish harm or purposeful loss to anyone. The outcome of this communication would be to:
- Highlight the potential of Sentinel's dVPN protocol if projects are able to fork it and launch their own competitor and get to 30m market cap
- Make the Cosmic Network community aware of this circumstance so they understand the dVPN landscape and what Sentinel is
- Urge the Cosmic Network to do right by the blu frens in acknowledgement, thought leadership, and incentive alignment with the community (*if applicable)
Additionally, Cosmic Network’s developers have purportedly neglected to remove Sentinel’s original address prefix, “sent…,” from their cloned code, resulting in nodes on the Cosmic chain also using the same prefix. The absence of a legitimate GitHub repository or meaningful source code management challenges Cosmic Network’s claims of being “open source.” Sentinel views these actions as a clear violation of open-source principles and damaging to the collaborative efforts that drive decentralized innovation.
Oliver Scholl founder of
@s1lentsolutions
who first alerted Sentinel to the code theft, states:
“Open source isn’t a free pass to take without giving credit. It’s about collaboration, respect, and honoring the hard work of creators. When projects copy entire codebases without attribution or meaningful changes, while pretending to innovate, they betray the principles of open-source.
This isn’t innovation—it’s theft. The crypto space depends on trust and accountability, and we must call out actions that undermine the values of open-source and decentralized progress.”
Alex, Founder of Norselabs (formerly SOLAR Lab), whose code was misappropriated, adds:
“We have discovered that Cosmic Network is using our source code in their project without adhering to the mandatory attribution requirements of the MIT license. At Sentinel, we hold no respect for those who disregard the ethics of open-source collaboration. This kind of behavior undermines the trust that drives the open-source community and discourages others from contributing, pushing them toward proprietary alternatives.
We believe in sharing our work to strengthen the community, but open-source is not a gateway for free outsourcing without credit—it’s built on mutual respect. Our commitment to privacy, transparency, and open-source principles remains unwavering. We will take action against any dishonest actors to ensure they either respect the core values of open-source or face the consequences. Mutual respect is not optional—it’s essential."
About Sentinel
Sentinel is a decentralized P2P bandwidth marketplace dedicated to transparency, security, and privacy-focused blockchain solutions. The team at Sentinel remains committed to protecting the integrity of the broader decentralized ecosystem and reinforcing the collaborative spirit of open-source development.
- Moving Forward -
The Sentinel ecosystem blu frens do not wish harm or purposeful loss to anyone. The outcome of this communication would be to:
- Highlight the potential of Sentinel's dVPN protocol if projects are able to fork it and launch their own competitor and get to 30m market cap
- Make the Cosmic Network community aware of this circumstance so they understand the dVPN landscape and what Sentinel is
- Urge the Cosmic Network to do right by the blu frens in acknowledgement, thought leadership, and incentive alignment with the community (*if applicable)
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Sentinel's new website aims to make it very easy for users to understand what the Sentinel Scout AI data layer and Sentinel #dVPN ecosystem is.
Users will be able to find a dVPN application that best fits their needs within a few clicks, as well as interact with Scout easily.
Users will be able to find a dVPN application that best fits their needs within a few clicks, as well as interact with Scout easily.
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The dVPN AI Contest Has Ended – Thank You All!
What an adventure! Over 10 days, 27 participants tested our revolutionary AI model for managing dVPNs. Thanks to you:
✨ 3,500 messages sent
✨ 10 valid Sentinel addresses submitted
And here’s the surprise: we’re doubling the rewards!
💰 2 $DVPN per unique message submitted
💰 4 $DVPN per message for those who delegated to our validators (Agoric, AtomOne, Gitopia).
No worries, payouts will be sent directly to your Sentinel addresses by December 20.
Thank you for your dedication, creativity, and energy! You’re helping us build a future where managing VPN connections is simple and secure. 🚀
➡️ Stay tuned for upcoming initiatives: dVPN, AI, crypto – this is just the beginning!
What an adventure! Over 10 days, 27 participants tested our revolutionary AI model for managing dVPNs. Thanks to you:
✨ 3,500 messages sent
✨ 10 valid Sentinel addresses submitted
And here’s the surprise: we’re doubling the rewards!
💰 2 $DVPN per unique message submitted
💰 4 $DVPN per message for those who delegated to our validators (Agoric, AtomOne, Gitopia).
No worries, payouts will be sent directly to your Sentinel addresses by December 20.
Thank you for your dedication, creativity, and energy! You’re helping us build a future where managing VPN connections is simple and secure. 🚀
➡️ Stay tuned for upcoming initiatives: dVPN, AI, crypto – this is just the beginning!
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The Sentinel Hub v12 Testnet is launching in the coming days. This announcement covers the key changes to the Sentinel blockchain with this upgrade.
https://medium.com/sentinel/launch-of-the-sentinel-hub-v12-testnet-sentinel-biggest-chain-upgrade-till-date-bcbaa1ad2d60
Sentinel runs on its own blockchain built on the Cosmos SDK, and is powered by over 70 validators. The Sentinel blockchain has processed over 130 million transactions over the past 3 years, with the chain acting as the backbone for p2p dVPN infrastructure by providing an on-chain DHT structure for the communication between dVPN users and dVPN nodes in addition to other critical functions.
It is the goal of the Sentinel ecosystem to consistently innovate on the back-end in order to improve user experience.
One of the key features of this upgrade is Sentinel’s integration with dVPN/USD Osmosis price-feeds via the Cosmos IBC protocol in order to allow for dVPN nodes to denominate their bandwidth pricing in terms of $/unit of time. In Sentinel’s last major protocol upgrade, pricing in terms of $DVPN/unit of time was introduced and now further work has been done to create one of the first-ever implementations of a secure pricing oracle that uses an interoperability protocol.
The upgrade to Sentinel Hub v12 is Sentinel’s biggest upgrade yet and includes several new features and upgrades that will make a significant impact for dVPN users, dVPN node hosts, and dVPN application creators.
Sentinel’s blockchain has provided secure dVPN connection to over 600k unique users and through over 6 dVPN applications built on Sentinel. The usage graph is trending upwards and Sentinel is set to cross 1 million unique users in 2025. Sentinel has custom modules for its p2p dVPN protocol written in GO at the chain consensus level, and changes to the dVPN protocol requires a complete chain upgrade.
This testnet is critical for dVPN application developers and node hosts to ensure that dVPN functionality is not disrupted once the upgrade is done and the dVPN bandwidth protocol is updated.
dVPN Explorer — https://mintscan.io/sentinel
dVPN Github — https://github.com/sentinel-official
dVPN Stats — https://stats.sentinel.co
dVPN Docs — https://docs.sentinel.co
https://medium.com/sentinel/launch-of-the-sentinel-hub-v12-testnet-sentinel-biggest-chain-upgrade-till-date-bcbaa1ad2d60
Sentinel runs on its own blockchain built on the Cosmos SDK, and is powered by over 70 validators. The Sentinel blockchain has processed over 130 million transactions over the past 3 years, with the chain acting as the backbone for p2p dVPN infrastructure by providing an on-chain DHT structure for the communication between dVPN users and dVPN nodes in addition to other critical functions.
It is the goal of the Sentinel ecosystem to consistently innovate on the back-end in order to improve user experience.
One of the key features of this upgrade is Sentinel’s integration with dVPN/USD Osmosis price-feeds via the Cosmos IBC protocol in order to allow for dVPN nodes to denominate their bandwidth pricing in terms of $/unit of time. In Sentinel’s last major protocol upgrade, pricing in terms of $DVPN/unit of time was introduced and now further work has been done to create one of the first-ever implementations of a secure pricing oracle that uses an interoperability protocol.
The upgrade to Sentinel Hub v12 is Sentinel’s biggest upgrade yet and includes several new features and upgrades that will make a significant impact for dVPN users, dVPN node hosts, and dVPN application creators.
Sentinel’s blockchain has provided secure dVPN connection to over 600k unique users and through over 6 dVPN applications built on Sentinel. The usage graph is trending upwards and Sentinel is set to cross 1 million unique users in 2025. Sentinel has custom modules for its p2p dVPN protocol written in GO at the chain consensus level, and changes to the dVPN protocol requires a complete chain upgrade.
This testnet is critical for dVPN application developers and node hosts to ensure that dVPN functionality is not disrupted once the upgrade is done and the dVPN bandwidth protocol is updated.
dVPN Explorer — https://mintscan.io/sentinel
dVPN Github — https://github.com/sentinel-official
dVPN Stats — https://stats.sentinel.co
dVPN Docs — https://docs.sentinel.co
Medium
Launch of the Sentinel Hub v12 testnet, Sentinel Biggest Chain Upgrade Till Date
There will be follow-up blogs covering various aspects of this upgrade in detail.
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Sentinel's is transforming into a p2p bandwidth marketplace that services both AI Data layer and #dVPN privacy use-cases.
Use the data layer or a dVPN.
Provide bandwidth to the data layer or to dVPNs.
Build ontop of the data layer or build your own dVPN.
All on one blockchain
Use the data layer or a dVPN.
Provide bandwidth to the data layer or to dVPNs.
Build ontop of the data layer or build your own dVPN.
All on one blockchain
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Blu frens are tired of bringing up the name Cosmic Network as the ecosystem wants to focus on development and progress, however at this point of time this issue has become very serious and is preventing the release of new applications built on Sentinel on the app stores.
Contributors to the Sentinel ecosystem will have potentially no choice but to pursue action against Cosmic in order to be able to get dVPN applications built on Sentinel approved on the app stores without an issue.
The iOS store is refusing to list the new Cosmo dVPN due to code conflicts with @Network_Cosmic's 'Cosmic VPN' which has forked and reused Sentinel's blockchain code as well as Android/IOS application code without originally highlighting or mentioning this. After Cosmic was called out, they added attribution to their website very recently in the past few weeks which is very unethical and illegal as app must clearly declare their attribution upon the time of submission to the app stores.
Proof - https://web.archive.org/web/20241120175318/http://cosmicnetwork.io/
All of the naming conflicts for Cosmo dVPN have been resolved with the name 'Cosmo' getting a green light to go ahead, however at this point of time the approval is stalled as the Cosmic team resubmitted 'new code' is now claiming to the app stores that the code is their own and they have just renamed several files - leading the app stores to actually suspend Sentinel contributor accounts and question developers on plagiarism.
The app stores don't have enough time to look in between the lines and determine who is being honest in these situations even though the facts are very clear and transparent. Hopefully there will be a positive resolution soon without the requirement for too much energy being spent on this.
Contributors to the Sentinel ecosystem will have potentially no choice but to pursue action against Cosmic in order to be able to get dVPN applications built on Sentinel approved on the app stores without an issue.
The iOS store is refusing to list the new Cosmo dVPN due to code conflicts with @Network_Cosmic's 'Cosmic VPN' which has forked and reused Sentinel's blockchain code as well as Android/IOS application code without originally highlighting or mentioning this. After Cosmic was called out, they added attribution to their website very recently in the past few weeks which is very unethical and illegal as app must clearly declare their attribution upon the time of submission to the app stores.
Proof - https://web.archive.org/web/20241120175318/http://cosmicnetwork.io/
All of the naming conflicts for Cosmo dVPN have been resolved with the name 'Cosmo' getting a green light to go ahead, however at this point of time the approval is stalled as the Cosmic team resubmitted 'new code' is now claiming to the app stores that the code is their own and they have just renamed several files - leading the app stores to actually suspend Sentinel contributor accounts and question developers on plagiarism.
The app stores don't have enough time to look in between the lines and determine who is being honest in these situations even though the facts are very clear and transparent. Hopefully there will be a positive resolution soon without the requirement for too much energy being spent on this.
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Data consumed by users from dVPN nodes powering dVPN applications built on Sentinel has reached a weekly all-time-high of over 60 TB of data!
http://stats.sentinel.co
dVPN user count going up. Data usage going up.
AI Data layer is almost here. More users and data. Progress.
http://stats.sentinel.co
dVPN user count going up. Data usage going up.
AI Data layer is almost here. More users and data. Progress.
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With USDT being delisted on Coinbase for EU customers due to EU MiCA laws, is it ethical to use a dVPN to access financial services so you can make your own financial decisions, regardless of the outcome?
Anonymous Poll
89%
Yes, my coins my choice
11%
No, we need regulating
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Application split tunneling is now live on the Sentinel Shield dVPN! Choose the applications that you want to use your regular internet IP while you are connected to the IP of a Sentinel dVPN node.
Download today (iOS/Android/Mac): http://shield.sentinel.co
The Sentinel Ecosystem is committed to continuously upgrading dVPN products and open-sourcing these contributions so any dVPN built on Sentinel can include them in their own application.
Download today (iOS/Android/Mac): http://shield.sentinel.co
The Sentinel Ecosystem is committed to continuously upgrading dVPN products and open-sourcing these contributions so any dVPN built on Sentinel can include them in their own application.
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📵 In 17 US states, laws enforcing strict age verification have led Pornhub to block access, citing privacy concerns
📈 VPN searches are up by 500% as users look to bypass restrictions ls this about protecting minors or is it harming internet freedom?
📈 VPN searches are up by 500% as users look to bypass restrictions ls this about protecting minors or is it harming internet freedom?
Anonymous Poll
34%
Protecting minors
41%
Harming internet freedom
25%
Need a better solution
A historic day for the Sentinel ecosystem - the first ever rewards for AI Data miners powering the Sentinel Scout AI Data layer have been processed! Credit to Freqnik for the image!
Improve the accuracy of your AI agent's response by scraping relevant information in real-time from Sentinel's network of AI Data miners? Sentinel is about to enter a whole new fucking paradigm that no one is ready for.
Over 50 data miners who have supported the early testing by hosting the miner on their Android phones have received $DVPN rewards!
The official 'AI Data Miner Gold Reward' campaign is starting in the next 7 days along with the first release of the Sentinel Scout platform.
Secure infra and marketplace for dVPN Privacy and AI data layer. All on on chain.
Sentinel to $1B+
Improve the accuracy of your AI agent's response by scraping relevant information in real-time from Sentinel's network of AI Data miners? Sentinel is about to enter a whole new fucking paradigm that no one is ready for.
Over 50 data miners who have supported the early testing by hosting the miner on their Android phones have received $DVPN rewards!
The official 'AI Data Miner Gold Reward' campaign is starting in the next 7 days along with the first release of the Sentinel Scout platform.
Secure infra and marketplace for dVPN Privacy and AI data layer. All on on chain.
Sentinel to $1B+
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The Sentinel ecosystem has been all about its dVPN ecosystem statistics.
Now make room for Sentinel Scout AI Data Layer statistics page, going live on the Scout platform which is being released soon.
Get a view of the global network of Sentinel AI Data miners in operation.
Now make room for Sentinel Scout AI Data Layer statistics page, going live on the Scout platform which is being released soon.
Get a view of the global network of Sentinel AI Data miners in operation.
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Governance Proposal #55 is now live on the Sentinel Blockchain! The community has issued this proposal to decrease the inflation rate:
"This proposal seeks to reduce the max inflation rate from 15% to 10%, and the min inflation rate from 12% to 7%"
https://mintscan.io/sentinel/proposals/55
"This proposal seeks to reduce the max inflation rate from 15% to 10%, and the min inflation rate from 12% to 7%"
https://mintscan.io/sentinel/proposals/55
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The long awaited Cosmo #dVPN built on Sentinel has finally been approved for TestFlight by the iOS App Store and is going live soon.
Pay for provably encrypted end to end privacy by using $ATOM to make interchain payments to the Sentinel Layer 1 chain through the Cosmos IBC.
Pay for provably encrypted end to end privacy by using $ATOM to make interchain payments to the Sentinel Layer 1 chain through the Cosmos IBC.
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