Did you know that you can build your own TV dVPN app on Sentinel's dVPN protocol? Sentinel's open-source protocol gives privacy entrepreneurs the ability to create and customize their own Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS - or Smart TV app! Create your own dVPN today!

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https://x.com/SentinelP2P/status/2071112106611741104 Imagine a VPN node that can help you get past your nation state's firewall by continuously rotating through advanced network protocols until something works. The Sentinel network has introduced a major upgrade to its decentralized VPN (dVPN) infrastructure. Previously, each Sentinel node could only operate using a single VPN protocol. This meant that if governments, internet providers, or firewalls learned how to detect and block that protocol, the entire node became inaccessible to users in those regions. Sentinel nodes can now host 6 protocols at the same time! Github links are in the last section. The three new protocols that have been added are: Xray AmneziaWG Hysteria2 Checkout the section below to get an in-depth description of each protocol!

Sentinel is not one dVPN, it is an infrastructure for a network of decentralized apps sharing the same bandwidth that is provided by the public. Anyone can build a very technical and highly privacy oriented app, or aim for a consumer mobile app that reaches hundreds of thousands of people who may have never heard of crypto like Independent dVPN. Independent dVPN provides secure access to bandwidth for people all over the world, allowing them to access tools important for their daily occupation such as Linkedin. Independent dVPN's Windows and Mac app is currently in development. Each dVPN application built on Sentinel has its own community. You can create yours too. The Sentinel Shield dVPN is being refactored for a cross platform launch spanning Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS.

Did you know that every-time you host a dVPN node with the new deployer software, your node's specs are posted on-chain for dVPN application creators to use as data for selecting nodes. Watch the creation of a dVPN node to the creation of an on-chain proof within 30 seconds! Download the Sentinel Node Deployer on your Windows/Mac/Linux device today! All community utilities are fully open-source and anyone can contribute to them. https://github.com/sentinel-official/node-deployer-experimental/releases/tag/v0.1.2

VPNs are trending and many new VPNs have emerged claiming to be 'more secure' but none of them are. They are all CLOSED SOURCE and they HOST THEIR OWN SERVERS. Trust decentralized VPNs on Sentinel or build your own in 3 easy steps. Integrate any payment gateway you want. Image https://x.com/SentinelP2P/status/2067678960423690382

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Some of the most important releases in Sentinel's journey are happening starting this week. Get ready for the new Plan Manager dashboard which gives decentralized VPN application builders the ability to purchase access to nodes and configure fiat payment options.

📱 DVPN is now on the Microsoft Store! We’re excited to announce that our flagship app is now available on the Microsoft Store — a long-anticipated milestone. The app is available worldwide and can be downloaded directly from the Store in countries where downloads from our website are not possible. https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9ph6snjxz1v1

The Sentinel ecosystem thanks HNSinstitute for donating the .vpn TLD to the Sentinel ecosystem. Handshake is a blockchain that replaces ICANN's centralized DNS root with a permissionless on-chain registry. Owning a TLD on Handshake means owning the cryptographic right with no annual renewals and no registrar middleman and no entity on Earth that can seize, or censor it. This matters right now. Utah's HB 37 has opened the war on a free internet by directly targeting VPN providers. The potential goal is to legislate VPNs that don't comply over time out of app stores and pressure registrars to seize their domains and tighten the chokepoints. Sentinel was built for exactly this fight - permissionless P2P bandwidth with no API keys and no servers to trust. Anyone can create their own dVPN with just a Sentinel chain RPC.

📱 DVPN for Windows is now out of Beta! We're excited to announce the release of the first stable version of our native DVPN app for Windows. A huge thank you to everyone who participated in the beta testing over the past several months — the results speak for themselves. Our all-new native Windows app is now available to everyone. Use it for free or with your DVPN Plus subscription, protect your inbox with the SpamBan feature, connect via V2Ray or WireGuard, and enjoy our powerful censorship circumvention system. Just like we did with Linux, we moved away from web technologies and Electron in favor of building a clean, native application that feels like a natural part of your operating system. Try it out: 📦 Download DVPN for Windows

Sentinel is the only on-chain DePin bandwidth ecosystem that has perfectly emulated the flow of real world business on-chain. dVPN app builders on integrate credit card and other dynamic payment rails and authorize users on-chain based on external triggers. Multiple dVPN applications have integrated fiat payment methods such as Norse dVPN and Meile dVPN. iOS Apple Pay and Android Google Pay integrations were first done with Sentinel Shield in 2024.

The #1 focus in the Sentinel ecosystem right now is the development of critical utilities to make dVPN node hosting and application creation and management extremely easy. The new dVPN node management app lets users monitor and control their docker processes right from the app Image

The new subscription plan manager website gives dVPN app operators on Sentinel the ability to manage gas abstraction on-chain with the Cosmos 'fee grant' module paying for their subscribers gas. x402 gasless payments + Sentinel gasless tax = 0 AI agent dVPN connection gas costs

The Jackal team announces the closure of the project. 99%+ of teams that you see that raise funds do not make it past a few years. Sentinel survives and becomes even stronger as time progresses and fights through all odds. The ecosystem has been through challenges which very few would survive through. In the past few years alone a new challenge appeared in the form of a dying Cosmos ecosystem with dwindling liquidity and mindshare. Sentinel is one of the last projects remaining on Cosmos and only time will tell whether the decision is stubborn or intelligent. However what is guaranteed is that no matter what the outcome of the decision is, Sentinel will take the appropriate decision to evolve and do what is required if the time comes.

Deploy a dVPN node on your Mac, Windows, or Linux device with the new dVPN node deployed software. Please provide your feedback on the application in the main group or the node hosting group https://github.com/sentinel-official/node-deployer-experimental/releases/tag/v0.1.0

Did you know that you can build consumer grade decentralized VPN apps on Sentinel using AI coding tools? This desktop dVPN built by TKD Alex the creator of Sentinel's JS SDK lets anyone connect to a dVPN node hosted on Sentinel and pay per GB or HR. https://github.com/Tkd-Alex/senti nel-dvpn-client/releases/tag/v1.2.0

🔒 New Valt Release The latest version of Valt for desktop (Windows and Mac) introduces support for V2Ray nodes, a feature which will strengthen dVPN connectivity for users in censorship-heavy regions. To get the new version, users can either update within the application itself or download directly from the Valt website. [Source]

The first agentic payment for dVPN services on Sentinel's chain using the x402 protocol on Base has been completed. Agents will be able to access to hundreds of dVPN nodes hosted on Sentinel's open-source protocol through CLI while paying prices as low as $0.033 per day. The first agentic payment for dVPN services on Sentinel's chain using the x402 protocol on Base has been completed. Agents will be able to access to hundreds of dVPN nodes hosted on Sentinel's open-source protocol through CLI while paying prices as low as $0.033 per day. The end to end test took only 70 seconds from Sentinel account creation and x402 payment to dVPN node connection and it cost the agent $0 in Base ETH gas and Sentinel P2P gas. The x402 facilitator covers ETH gas and the account abstraction module on Sentinel pays for P2P gas.

Building a robust protocol with AI is not easy, but building a decentralized application on an already existing robust protocol is not as difficult. This community built dVPN showcases the potential of Sentinel's future. dVPN Application development competition coming soon

All you need is a Sentinel RPC to build real privacy consumer dApps. Get ready for the Sentinel Chromium Proxy extension. End to end encryption through Sentinel's community hosted dVPN node network directly from your browser. The decentralized proxy will be open-sourced

What if anyone could easily create their own decentralized VPN application with just a blockchain RPC and 0 external servers? Sentinel makes this possible with its architecture. Communities, organizations, individuals can soon all create their own application within minutes.

Over 100 mobile devices are now Sentinel AI Data Miners, providing bandwidth for data scraping services on Sentinel Scout in its alpha testing phase. Anyone can turn their Android phone into an AI Data Miner and earn Sentinel rewards. Scout will begin monetization in January! Scout provides developers with decentralized scraping infrastructure: • Query any URL w/ geo-targeting • JSON / CSV / TXT outputs • Open APIs + MCP server Provable web data → for autonomous AI agents. Get 100 MB of free scraping credit everyday! http://Scout.sentinel.co

Are you an owner of a Solana Seeker device who is looking for a trusted, decentralized networking privacy solution? A new dVPN app built by the EncryptSIM team on Sentinel's dVPN protocol is live for all users of the Solana Seeker device! Type: encryptSIM on the Seeker Store

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Earlier this month at Cosmoverse, CEO Alex Litreev showed how Sentinel’s P2P network delivers real-world privacy at scale. From a censorship-resistant dVPN to Web2-smooth apps powered by Web3 infra. Full keynote: https://youtu.be/9darKPkJXTM?si=Jk8l7SsfKBSs9Urb

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Try the Sentinel Scout beta agent on @Fetch_ai and witness the power of how an AI agent with 0 pre-trained data can accurately answer most questions by scraping information from Sentinel's network of mobile data miners. Latency will soon decrease. https://asi1.ai/chat?id=6b690b31-a066-4771-b1b7-01a59d2f1d1d&sharedAgentAddress=agent1q0k2h38qxfzthn200f24ddlnjd86f6kdgd8rcgtwnzgmvpttrfrq6d7gnhw Connect your AI agent at http://scout.sentinel.co today to autonomously scrape data. The P2P data scraping revolution is here. The first accessible working decentralized AI data layer.

This is the cycle where decentralized applications go mainstream, and Sentinel is leading the charge in the privacy/DePin space. Anyone can install the 'DVPN' app built on Sentinel on their Apple TV and bypass regional censorship. Real utility. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dvpn-decentralized-vpn/id6553963594?platform=appleTV

The Sentinel Bluefren meme is one of the oldest utility coin memes after Link, introduced in 2019. The meme channel has over 3000 memes created by the community and has been maintained for over 4 years by dedicated contributors. https://t.me/Sentinelmemewar Spread the bluefren!

Over 100k unique users connected to a dVPN node through a dVPN application built on Sentinel in the month of July. A much larger centralized VPN is being onboarded onto the network which will cause a significant impact on the usage statistics. Blue army get ready

A new paradigm for Sentinel begins. Sentinel's p2p bandwidth marketplace and infrastructure now expands beyond privacy usecases, into data acquisition for AI training purposes. This is not the official Scout release, just an early testing announcement. http://scout.sentinel.co and its Akash Chat integration is now open for testing The first scalable AI data layer infrastructure where AI agents can plug in and retrieve as well as clean the data they require? @ElizaOS_ai is getting integrated with Scout. The Sentinel ecosystem brings forward real working products that have the ability to reach the masses. Download the Data miner and support the testing efforts by providing your bandwidth to the platform from your Android device to receive $DVPN Rewards

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

The price trends of almost all great Cosmos networks in the past 6 months is very similar regardless of the amount of releases that these projects have shipped. Liquidity is yet to re-enter the Cosmos ecosystem, however builders are not deterred and everyone is assured that the inevitable resurgence of the Cosmos ecosystem will arrive. Utility networks will return to prominence. The liquidity hub of the ecosystem, Osmosis, continues to improve and maintain its position as the #1 best UX dex in the entire web 3 ecosystem. Atom grows stronger day by day as the awareness and the adoption of ICS shared security structure grows. Cosmo $dVPN has been submitted to the app stores! The release of one of the first consumer utility applications in the Cosmos ecosystem to enable $ATOM as the currency of payment is almost here!

Over 18,000 users have connected to a #dVPN node hosted on Sentinel through Sentinel's integration with Telegram within 1 month! Connect to thousands of community hosted nodes and pay in Telegram stars for premium access! https://t.me/dvpnbot Hopefully IBC/TON bridge soon

https://x.com/zengjiajun_eth/status/1824312549711679677 The dVPN narrative is getting stronger, the most hyped ETH l2 at this point of time has shown intention for onboarding a dVPN network. It is important to note that a truly decentralized VPN network requires its own app-chain that is capable of handling the high throughput required for on-chain peer discovery (similar to an on-chain DHT). The Sentinel blockchain has processed around 9.7M transactions in the last 30 days - most of the transactions are attributed to dVPN logic related transactions. Sentinel is a TRULY decentralized dVPN network, connection initiation and disconnection is on-chain, node registration is on-chain, node periodic up-time identification is on-chain. On Sentinel, nodes message the blockchain consistently to indicate their presence and up-time, and dVPN applications built on Sentinel scan the blockchain in order to populate the list of available nodes. Checkout this tweet for more information: https://x.com/SentinelVPN/status/1755157307758121172 A fundamentally decentralized dVPN network built on MegaETH cannot afford the transaction cost required for on-chain peer discovery and would have to depend on centralized masternodes that would help users identify active nodes without creating scalability/economic issues. Instead of MegaETH sacrificing the ethos of decentralization for the sake of a native implementation, Sentinel can instead build a white-labelled dVPN application for the MegaETH ecosystem.

Development work for the Cosmos #dVPN application is now completed. Currently the on-ramp for $ATOM is being finalized which involves the creation of new legal entities in order to be able to integrate with the payment processor partner for Android and iOS app store payments. Cosmos dVPN public testing is officially live! IBC transfer $ATOM into your Sentinel wallet Join the official testing group to install the APK: https://t.me/VPNproducttesting/4155 Feedback in the group is very much appreciated so the application can be perfected prior to launch.

iOS News: An on-ramp powered by Apple Pay to purchase $DVPN will be added in the 'Wallet' tab of the flagship Sentinel Shield dVPN iOS application (http://shield.sentinel.co). After this integration, iOS listing of Sentinel Shield dVPN is expected. Thanks for the patience. Anyone can test the flagship Sentinel dVPN app on their iOS device through the testflight program. https://testflight.apple.com/join/CHRhpwKQ Testers will have to install the TestFlight application on their iPhone before proceeding. Hopefully iOS approval soon!

Elon has tweeted about VPN applications, VPNs and dVPNs are about to start trending for the years to come as nations around the world crackdown on the internet privileges of the general public. The community can generate a strong impact by RAIDing this tweet and showing support by posting download links to dVPN applications built on Sentinel and emphasizing on the advantages of dVPNs vs cVPNs. https://twitter.com/SentinelVPN/status/1777097962604089677 https://twitter.com/SentinelVPN/status/1777100016127005075

Not one, but two ALL-TIME daily HIGHS for revenue on the Sentinel Network were recorded this month 📈 Today: 2,114,450 $DVPN, surpassing 2M daily revenue for the first time! 📅26th Jan: 1,955,830 $DVPN As more VPN applications are launched on or purchase bandwidth from the Sentinel Node Network. these revenues will only continue to climb. 20% of all revenue from the Sentinel Network goes to $DVPN stakers. Explore the growth and activity of the Sentinel dVPN Network through insightful charts and data 🔗http://stats.sentinel.co 📌http://map.sentinel.co

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Download #BasedVPN on your Android phone today! BasedVPN is a free dVPN application powered by community-hosted nodes. User's bandwidth sessions are pre-paid by the application creator, with the application planning to monetize from ads in the future.

1/2 Bandwidth usage from the #dVPN network on its @cosmos -based hub has hit an all-time-high of over 500 GB of data consumed within a 24 HR period. The network is on track to cross consumption of 1 TB+ per day with more $dVPN applications built on Sentinel launching soon.

#AKT and #dVPN are #DePIN projects which are leading the charge in generating real network revenue (fees/tax) which is distributed to token stakers who help secure the network. $DVPN token stakers earn 20% of all payment earned by nodes hosted on Sentinel.

. @NodesLab has been instrumental in its support of furthering the ideals of decentralization and defending your right to privacy online. Learn how to deploy decentralized VPN nodes on the Sentinel Network with @cloudmosio and @akashnet_ . ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/Iogynwgiy4

F is for Freedom. Online Freedom is more important than ever. Mass surveillance and data harvesting will only get worse if we don’t push back. Privacy is Freedom Security is Freedom Innovation is Freedom Using a Decentralized VPN #dVPN is Freedom: https://t.co/LyWuZaoRRl

Critical Sentinel Update: Key Milestones Post update - Subscription management commands (expecting within coming days) - New Stats API release (expecting this week or next) New Paradigm for Node Hosts - Introduction of Time Based Subscriptions Now with the introduction of time based subscriptions, node hosts can now set standardized fixed prices for bandwidth offerings, allowing for node hosts to be able to manage their profit structure in a much stronger manner as compared to arbitrarily pricing bandwidth in terms of each GB consumed. The introduction of time based subscriptions also makes it easier for white-label organizations to properly forsee and manage their infrastructure costs instead of costs being correlated to bandwidth consumption. It is important to note that centralized VPN applications generally create time-based subscription contracts with datacenters that offer unlimited bandwidth at fixed rates per IP. EXAMPLE: Node A sets pricing for unlimited bandwidth usage at $7/Month. The dVPN application owner can add Node A to the digital on-chain subscription by locking enough DVPN to cover several months, and users can utilize Node A and any other Node included and pre-paid for in the digital subscription for an unlimited amount of bandwidth as long as the dVPN application owner is covering the costs of Node A. The introduction of time based subscription will also bring price consolidation to the current node market, however will also require the creation of new service level agreement monitoring practices. A nodes ability to have enough specs in order to handle multiple concurrent sessions while offering a reasonable amount of bandwidth will have to monitored and assured in order for white-label application developers to confidently add a node to their on-chain digital subscription.

With the Sentinel Network upgrade now here, you need to be using the Decentr browser with integrated Sentinel #dVPN nodes. @akashnet_ VPN nodes @HNS resolvers @DecentrNet browser Common values + #IBC = Success. Use a #dVPN Browser:

Appealing to #Apple, please stop discriminating against frogs. Frogs are peaceful amphibians that destroy our common enemy which is the #1 killer of human beings, the mosquito. #BasedVPN on #iOS has been unfortunately delayed. Try out BasedVPN on Android today! (Link below)

How to deploy a #dVPN node on @akashnet_ #AKT 1⃣Visit https://t.co/D7hsx79otU 2⃣Connect wallet 3⃣Find the #Sentinel dVPN template & deploy 4⃣Accept a bid 5⃣Convert seedphrase to base64 6⃣Edit & update deploy.yml with IP 7⃣Check logs for success! Thanks to Joey (on TG)!