9⃣ tl;dr This update propels Sentinel's vision forward to take a healthy share of the future VPN market, predicted to be worth over 70 billion USD by 2027.

8⃣ Why? It’s essential that white-label app developers have full confidence when adding a node to their on-chain digital subscription.

1⃣The Sentinel Blockchain Update is live. Here is what you can expect to see: 🛡️Subscription management commands 🛡️New Stats API release 🛡️Time-Based Subscriptions

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.

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.