Sentinel Introduces IBC-Based Oracle Module for Real-Time $P2P/USD Pricing

As decentralized infrastructure protocols evolve, Sentinel is once again extending the capabilities of the Cosmos ecosystem — this time by transforming interoperability itself into an oracle.

Sentinel’s new Oracle Module enables real-time asset pricing across blockchains using asynchronous interchain queries (AsyncICQ) via the Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol.

This system allows Sentinel to query spot price data from Osmosis — the most advanced DEX in Cosmos — and use that information to determine fair, USD-denominated rates for bandwidth usage within the Sentinel network.

All of this is done on-chain, without reliance on centralized oracle providers.

The Context: Pricing the Decentralized Bandwidth Market in USD

In Sentinel’s ecosystem, dVPN application builders select the specific nodes that will power their application. Each builder establishes a contract with those nodes through the on-chain subscription module, locking $P2P tokens as collateral for bandwidth usage.

As time goes by, $P2P is deducted automatically from the contract balance between the application developer and the node operator.

Currently, these deductions are made at a static, pre-set token rate, meaning the same number of $P2P tokens are deducted regardless of the token’s current market value.

While simple, this mechanism lacks efficiency and fairness over time. To align incentives and reflect real-world market conditions, node rates should be denominated in USD, with the on-chain system dynamically determining the appropriate $P2P equivalent.

This shift requires a pricing oracle structure — but rather than depending on external providers, Sentinel leverages the Cosmos interoperability stack itself to perform this role.

Interoperability as an Oracle

The Sentinel Oracle Module transforms IBC into a secure, decentralized data transport layer for pricing information. Instead of trusting off-chain data aggregators, Sentinel queries liquidity pools directly on Osmosis — retrieving price data from on-chain markets that already secure billions in liquidity.

This design provides several key advantages:

• Native security: IBC packets are verified through consensus on both chains.
• Resilience: There are no off-chain aggregators or external price feeders.
• Transparency: All query requests, responses, and acknowledgments are on-chain and verifiable.

This design also introduces an alternative risk management model for DeFi protocols.

During black swan events — such as the October 11 flash crash, when several popular oracles suffered outages due to manipulation, DDOS attacks, or overload — protocols leveraging IBC-based price queries can continue to function reliably, grounded in fully on-chain liquidity data.

You can explore the Oracle Module’s implementation on GitHub:
Sentinel Hub — Oracle Module

Technical Architecture of the Oracle Module

The Oracle Module serves as Sentinel’s on-chain pricing infrastructure. It integrates deeply with the Cosmos SDK and uses AsyncICQ to communicate asynchronously with the Osmosis blockchain.

1. Asset Management

Each tracked asset pair (e.g., $P2P/USD) is represented by:

• Base Denomination: The token to be priced ($P2P).
• Quote Denomination: The reference currency (USD).
• Pool ID: Osmosis pool ID from which the spot price is queried.

Pool metadata and configuration are updated dynamically using AsyncICQ.
This ensures that pricing information is always derived from live, on-chain liquidity on Osmosis.

2. IBC-Based Price Query Flow

The Oracle Module sends regular IBC query packets to Osmosis to fetch the spot price for each tracked asset.

The process flow:

• Sentinel sends an interchain query packet every N blocks.
• The relayer delivers it to Osmosis endpoints such as:

/osmosis.protorev.v1beta1.Query/GetProtoRevPool /osmosis.poolmanager.v1beta1.Query/SpotPrice

• Osmosis responds with a spot price acknowledgment.
• Sentinel processes the response, validates it, and updates its local state.
• Governance proposals can modify the query frequency or add new asset pairs for tracking.

To enable this fully, Sentinel will soon submit a governance proposal on Osmosis to whitelist the required query endpoints.

You can view a prior related proposal here:
Osmosis Governance Proposal #466

3. Real-Time Price Conversion in Node Contracts

When a node operator sets a rate — for example, $1 per GB of bandwidth — the Oracle Module automatically converts this rate into the current $P2P equivalent using live Osmosis pricing data.

Example:

• Osmosis reports $P2P = $0.05
• Node rate = $1/GB
• Oracle converts to 20 $P2P per GB

This conversion happens on-chain, allowing:

• Application developers to pay in $P2P, but in USD-denominated value.
• Node operators to receive consistent compensation in dollar terms.
• Network-wide pricing standardization across all Sentinel-powered dVPN applications.

The Oracle Module will soon be available for public testing in the Sentinel v12 Testnet, marking the first on-chain integration of Osmosis spot pricing via IBC.

Governance & Technical Collaboration

To complete this integration, Sentinel’s engineering team is working closely with Osmosis core developers to expand the allowed queries list, which has not been updated since 2023.

The required endpoints are:

/osmosis.protorev.v1beta1.Query/GetProtoRevPool
/osmosis.poolmanager.v1beta1.Query/SpotPrice

Additionally, Sentinel identified that query responses currently return with height = 0, which isn’t a blocker but requires shorter IBC packet timeouts.

This has been flagged to both the Osmosis team and the Cosmos IBC repository for improvement.

Once these updates are approved, Sentinel will become one of the first Cosmos SDK chains to use IBC as a live oracle layer, rather than relying on off-chain data pipelines.

A New Standard for Cross-Chain Data Reliability

By using Osmosis as the canonical source of market prices, Sentinel is establishing a decentralized pricing infrastructure that is:

• Rooted in real on-chain liquidity,
• Secured by Cosmos consensus, and
• Resilient against manipulation or network outages.

This design demonstrates that interoperability itself can serve as the foundation for on-chain truth.

Through IBC, Sentinel extends the Cosmos SDK beyond token transfers — enabling a self-sustaining, verifiable, and decentralized pricing layer for the global bandwidth economy, powered by $P2P.

Using the IBC Protocol as an Oracle to Fetch $P2P Osmosis Price Feed Data was originally published in Sentinel on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Sentinel Announces Ticker Change to $P2P: Building the Future of Decentralized Bandwidth

In a strategic move that redefines its mission, Sentinel has announced a ticker symbol change from $DVPN to $P2P, reflecting its evolution into “The Layer 1 for P2P Bandwidth.” This shift underscores the project’s expanded focus beyond decentralized VPNs to embrace a broader vision: creating a decentralized infrastructure for peer-to-peer bandwidth, serving both privacy and AI-driven data ecosystems.

Token Transition: Key Details for Holders

Sentinel’s shift to the $P2P ticker symbol is purely a branding update, with no impact on the underlying tokeneconomics or user experience. Here’s what token holders need to know:

• No Change in Token Supply:
  The total supply of P2P remains unchanged. This rebranding does not involve token minting or other forms of inflation.
• No Action Required:
  Wallets, exchanges, and decentralized platforms will automatically reflect the new ticker symbol. Holders do not need to swap, migrate, or take any steps to retain their tokens.
• Wallets & Exchanges: Interfaces will update to display P2P instead of DVPN.
• Price Trackers: Market data platforms will adjust ticker symbols and historical charts accordingly.
• Block Explorers & dApps: Tools like explorers, staking platforms, and integrations will transition to the new symbol over time.

What to Expect During the Transition

• Temporary inconsistencies may appear across platforms as updates roll out, but these are cosmetic and do not affect token functionality.

Why the Change? A New Era for $P2P

Sentinel’s rebranding aligns with its transition from a niche dVPN provider to a foundational blockchain layer for P2P bandwidth exchange. The $P2P token will now represent governance and utility across two critical domains:

1. Privacy Infrastructure: Continuing to power the world’s largest decentralized VPN network.
2. AI Data Layer: Enabling a marketplace for bandwidth providers to support AI workflows, including web scraping and real-time data acquisition.

Timing the Transformation: Enter Sentinel Scout

The announcement coincides with the imminent full launch of scout.sentinel.co, a platform poised to become the backbone of Sentinel’s AI ecosystem. Scout introduces a suite of tools designed to democratize and decentralize data acquisition for AI agents:

• MCP Server & API Framework: Enables seamless integration for AUI (Autonomous User Interface) agents, allowing direct communication with Sentinel’s P2P bandwidth network.
• N8N Templates: Pre-built workflows on the popular no-code/low-code platform N8N streamline agent development, eliminating the need for manual script configuration.
• Decentralized Data Scraping: A scalable, permissionless solution for AI agents to fetch and process web data without relying on centralized infrastructure, ensuring privacy, compliance, and global reach.

Overcoming Traditional Scraping Challenges

Sentinel Scout’s toolkit addresses critical pain points in conventional web scraping:

• Mobile IPs: Access to a distributed pool of IPs for evading detection and ensuring anonymity.
• Captcha Bypass: Advanced tools to handle anti-bot mechanisms.
• Geo-Targeted Scraping: Location-specific data retrieval for localized insights.
• JavaScript Rendering: Support for dynamic content-heavy websites.
• Customizable Data Filters: Developers can specify data tags, formats (JSON, CSV), and exclusion rules to tailor outputs for AI training.

The Sentinel Scout Workflow for AI Agents

When an AI agent lacks the data to answer a query or execute a task, Scout automates the following process:

1. Intelligent Link Discovery
   Scout’s AI-driven system identifies the most relevant web links for targeted data retrieval, prioritizing quality and context.
2. Efficient Data Extraction
   Data is downloaded in optimized formats (e.g., JSON, CSV) at scale, minimizing latency and computational overhead.
3. Adaptive Learning & Execution
   The agent trains on the newly acquired data, refining its model to deliver accurate, context-aware responses or perform tasks dynamically.

Bridging Decentralized Bandwidth and AI

By integrating Scout with its P2P bandwidth infrastructure, Sentinel creates a symbiotic ecosystem where:

• Bandwidth Providers earn $P2P by contributing resources to both privacy (dVPN) and AI use cases.
• AI Agents gain frictionless access to real-time, high-quality data, enhancing their utility and scalability.
• Developers can build decentralized applications (dApps) that leverage $P2P to pay for bandwidth services or innovate atop Scout’s APIs.

This strategic alignment positions Sentinel as a pivotal player at the intersection of decentralized infrastructure and AI, offering a unified narrative: $P2P is the fuel for peer-to-peer bandwidth, powering the next generation of privacy and artificial intelligence systems.

Sentinel is changing its ticker from $DVPN to $P2P with its AI Data Layer Launch was originally published in Sentinel on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

The need for secure, censorship-resistant internet access has never been greater. Cosmo dVPN, Sentinel’s latest decentralized VPN application, is revolutionizing how the Web3 generation approaches privacy.

“Sentinel is building a decentralized, private VPN service that rivals the best in Web2, powered by ATOM. They’ve managed to attract hundreds of thousands of daily active users, directly helping make Cosmos (the internet of blockchains) a reality.” — Maghnus Mareneck, Co-CEO of Interchain Labs.

Built on the Cosmos SDK, Cosmo dVPN enables interchain payments using ATOM, and offers users seamless access to Sentinel’s decentralized VPN services. The initial version is currently live on iOS TestFlight, with Android support to follow.

On the subject of the release, Aleksandr Litreev, CEO of NORSE Labs and Sentinel core contributor, remarked: “Cosmo dVPN marks a key milestone in Sentinel’s mission to create real-world utility within the Cosmos ecosystem. By enabling users to purchase dVPN subscriptions with ATOM, we deliver practical value that anyone can access, benefiting both Cosmos and the Sentinel Network.”

Sentinel has built a robust VPN architecture using the Cosmos SDK which supports over 80,000 monthly users. It is scalable, decentralized, and trustless; unlike regular VPN services which rely on centralized infrastructure and can be easily blocked, monitored, or requested to log user data by governments making legal threats. Cosmo dVPN leverages Sentinel’s Layer 1 blockchain to provide censorship-resistant, peer-to-peer VPN access with provable encryption over a global bandwidth marketplace.

Key Features of Cosmo dVPN

• Interchain Payments with ATOM: Users can pay directly in ATOM to access dVPN services on Sentinel’s blockchain via the Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) Protocol, thereby bypassing centralized fiat processors altogether.
• Seamless Fiat On-Ramp: Cosmo dVPN also recognizes that many internet users still only use traditional payment methods. By integrating Apple Pay and Google Pay as on-ramps for ATOM, Cosmo dVPN provides a simple way for newcomers to experience web3. This dual approach — supporting direct ATOM transactions and mainstream fiat gateways — makes accessing decentralized VPN services easy and convenient for all.

• P2P Bandwidth Node Marketplace: Unlike centralized VPNs with corporate-controlled servers, Cosmo dVPN connects users to a global, peer-run network of independently hosted nodes. Anyone can set up a node on their preferred hosting service, creating a truly decentralized infrastructure.
• End-to-End Encryption: All connections are fully encrypted and verifiable through open source code, ensuring no single entity can log, monitor, or control user traffic.

• Connect to Sentinel dVPN Nodes hosted on Akash Network: Cosmo dVPN users can connect to Sentinel dVPN nodes hosted on Akash Network, which provide a globally distributed, censorship-resistant infrastructure. It’s not just governments that block VPN services — private companies, streaming platforms, and even some Web3 projects blacklist known VPN servers. By leveraging permissionless hosting on Akash, Cosmo dVPN nodes are more difficult to detect or shut down.
• No Data Logging, No KYC: Unlike corporate VPNs, Akash does not require user data or know-your-customer (KYC) information.
• Fewer Captchas: Due to Sentinel’s distributed traffic routing, Cosmo dVPN users can avoid the CAPTCHA hurdles commonly triggered by centralized VPNs.
• Cross-Platform Compatibility: While currently in iOS TestFlight, Cosmo dVPN will soon be available on Android and additional platforms, expanding accessibility.
• Provable Encryption: Every session on Cosmo dVPN is end-to-end encrypted, with said methods being fully verifiable through open source code. Unlike many VPN providers which require users to trust their encryption claims blindly, Sentinel’s open source ethos allows anyone to audit its code on GitHub, ensuring transparency and security.

• Access to Censorship-Resistant Web Services: Cosmo dVPN is censorship-resistant. Unlike centralized VPNs, which can be shut down with a simple request or legal threat, Cosmo dVPN enables users to bypass geographic or other arbitrary restrictions. This includes accessing DeFi platforms, Web3 applications, and other services often blocked in certain regions. Cosmo dVPN ensures uninterrupted access to a truly open internet by safeguarding user freedom in environments where traditional VPNs fail.

Test Cosmo dVPN Today on iOS TestFlight:

https://testflight.apple.com/join/ccQg3VVU

Privacy is Everyone’s Use Case

Cosmo dVPN isn’t just for privacy enthusiasts — it’s an essential tool for anyone who uses the internet. By offering real world and Web3-specific benefits, it provides a fundamental layer of security and freedom which everyone should adopt in their daily online activities.

• Improved Censorship Resistance: Many centralized exchanges and DeFi platforms impose geo-restrictions — even when the services themselves are legally permissible. By using Cosmo dVPN, you can bypass these arbitrary blocks and retain full access to the financial tools you want to use.
• Unrestricted Airdrop Access: Certain projects (like Berachain and Eigenlayer) have attempted to identify and ban VPN usage to limit airdrop eligibility. Thanks to the decentralized nature of Sentinel, Cosmo dVPN remains unaffected by these bans, ensuring users can claim the benefits they’ve rightfully earned.
• Access to Unrestricted Information: In regions where governments or corporations censor news outlets and websites, Cosmo dVPN grants secure, unfiltered access to critical information. Its decentralized network structure prevents any entity from blocking or limiting user access.

Sentinel’s Vision of Access to a Free Internet

Sentinel is deeply committed to the Cosmos Ecosystem, and ensures that Web3 users can access decentralized, provably secure privacy solutions. Inspired by Akash Network, Sentinel understands that product-market fit is key to long-term sustainability. Sentinel is focusing on monetization, aiming for a six-figure revenue in 2025 while maintaining the core ethos of a peer-to-peer bandwidth exchange.

Sentinel has always championed the idea that uncensored, open internet access is a fundamental right. The Cosmos SDK on which the Sentinel Network is built has ensured Web3 users can leverage decentralized, provably secure privacy solutions.

Sentinel is also exploring strategic partnerships to onboard existing centralized VPN providers into its ecosystem. If those efforts succeed, Sentinel’s current monthly user base of over 80,000 could soar into the millions, further advancing its mission to deliver a censorship-resistant, open internet for everyone.

Building Your Own dVPN With Sentinel’s SDK

Unlike centralized VPN providers which collect user data (despite their claims to the contrary) and are vulnerable to government takedown requests, Sentinel’s open source framework — developed with the Cosmos SDK — lets anyone build and deploy decentralized VPNs. This approach creates a truly censorship-resistant environment and underscores how the Cosmos SDK can power real world solutions for privacy and freedom online.

For developers looking to create their own dVPN applications, Sentinel offers:

• Three development kits (SDKs) to integrate decentralized VPN functionality into new or existing apps.
• Access to Sentinel’s Layer 1 blockchain and IBC for seamless interoperability within the Cosmos Ecosystem.

These tools reflect how the Cosmos SDK empowers developers to build next-generation Web3 projects.

Explore Sentinel’s SDKs and start building today:

🦉 Golang: https://docs.sentinel.co/sdk/golang

🟨 Javascript: https://docs.sentinel.co/sdk/javascript

🐍 Python: https://docs.sentinel.co/sdk/python

Looking Ahead in 2025

Goals for the Sentinel team include:

1. Surpass one million users by harnessing the growing demand for decentralized privacy solutions.
2. Become the largest DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network) by daily active users in all of Web3.
3. Expand monetization strategies to ensure long-term sustainability.
4. Integrate AI-powered data layers and thereby advance the capabilities of Web3.
5. Further scale Sentinel’s network to accommodate enterprise-level dVPN adoption.

With the launch of Cosmo dVPN — built on the Cosmos SDK — Sentinel simultaneously makes decentralized VPNs more accessible and underscores ATOM’s value in enabling real-world, censorship-resistant applications.

Stay Updated on Sentinel’s Growth

Sentinel is an L1 DePIN blockchain that serves as a global peer-to-peer bandwidth marketplace and infrastructure source for dVPNs and AI-driven data scraping solutions. Sentinel leverages IBC for cross-chain connectivity and provides real-world utility to consumers worldwide through its secure, censorship-resistant networking solutions. Sentinel’s open-source framework and dedication to community empower anyone to build and contribute to privacy-focused Web3 applications.

To get connected with Sentinel and its community:

🌐 Visit our website at Sentinel.co

📲 Follow us on X (Twitter) at @SentinelDVPN

📚 Read the Sentinel Whitepaper

💬 Join our Telegram community at t.me/sentinelDVPN

👨‍💻 View our open-source code repos on GitHub

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Cosmo dVPN: Privacy Powered by ATOM was originally published in Cosmos Community Blog on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

There will be follow-up blogs covering various aspects of this upgrade in detail.

The Sentinel Hub v12 Testnet is launching in the coming days. This announcement covers the key changes to the Sentinel blockchain with this upgrade.

dVPN Explorer — https://www.mintscan.io/sentinel
dVPN Github — https://github.com/sentinel-official
dVPN Stats — https://stats.sentinel.co
dVPN Docs — https://docs.sentinel.co

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.

hub/x/oracle at development · sentinel-official/hub

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.

Checkout an article on the last significant chain upgrade:
https://medium.com/sentinel/introduction-of-on-chain-subscriptions-and-time-based-payments-sentinels-biggest-dvpn-protocol-a2b240199f18

Highlights of the Chain Upgrade’s Impact:

dVPN Users:
- Improved user experience with block time reducing to 3 seconds, potentially decreasing the time to connect to a node by 30% or more.
- Ability to choose a dollar denominated payment structure when subscribing directly to dVPN nodes
- Better user experience with the elimination of needing to initiate a subscription transaction before being able to connect to a node when directly subscribing to a node (not through a subscription plan created by a dVPN application creator)

dVPN Node Hosts:

Ability to set pricing in-terms of $/unit of time, where the price of dVPN/USD from Osmosis is queried via IBC to determine the # of dVPN for payment required based on a $ rate
- Completely new dVPN node health check system with an in-built queue system to re-check failed nodes to reduce the occurrence of errors.
- Completely new dVPN node architecture that does not require a docker image and can potentially be deployed on Windows and Mac as well

dVPN Application Developers:

- Ability to add dVPN nodes to a subscription contract based on their pricing in terms of $/unit of time — as compared to paying dVPN nodes in $DVPN denominated rates
- Ability to automatically renew subscription contracts with dVPN node hosts after the time period for the previous subscription has elapsed
- Ability to directly provide ‘free’ dVPN access without a payment making it easier for dVPN applications to provide free trial periods by integrating this logic

Cosmos SDK related updates for the Sentinel Hub

• Cosmos SDK Upgrade: Upgraded the Cosmos SDK version to v0.47.X for improved stability, performance, and compatibility with the latest ecosystem standards.
• CometBFT Upgrade: Updated the CometBFT version to the release (v0.37.X), ensuring enhanced consensus mechanisms and reliability.
• CosmWasm Upgrade: Updated the CosmWasm version to the release (v0.46.X), providing improved smart contract capabilities and better developer experience.
• IBC Upgrade: Upgraded the IBC protocol version to (v7.8.X) enhance interchain communication, ensuring compatibility with the latest standards and improving cross-chain interactions.
• Optimized Queries: Improved the efficiency of various queries across modules, reducing response times and enhancing overall performance.

Introduction of the Oracle Module

Oracle Module: Introduced a new module to manage asset price information, enabling seamless integration with other modules. Key features include:

• Asset Management: Each asset is defined by parameters such as: Base Denomination, Quote Denomination, and Pool ID: These fields are used for acquiring the spot price information from the Osmosis blockchain. The Pool ID information is also updated using the AsyncICQ module.
• Governance Control: Both asset information and the frequency of query requests can be updated through governance proposals by the community.
• IBC-Based Price Queries: The Sentinel blockchain uses Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) with the AsyncICQ module to query price information from the Osmosis blockchain:
• Sentinel sends query requests for asset prices to the Osmosis blockchain every N blocks.
• Relayers deliver query packets to Osmosis, which processes the request and sends a response as an acknowledgment.
• Sentinel processes the responses and updates the price information for specific assets in its state.

Real-Time Price Updates: The module ensures that market price fluctuations are reflected on Sentinel. For example:

• A node setting a price in USD (e.g., $1) can use Oracle to convert this to the settling denomination (e.g., $DVPN or $ATOM) based on real-time prices.

Changes for Users in the Protocol

• Subscription without locking — Previously, users were required to subscribe to a node by locking tokens or coins before creating hourly or gigabyte-based sessions (e.g., pay-as-you-go sessions). In the new version, this subscription step has been eliminated. Users can now start sessions directly with a node without prior subscription.
• Multiple Sessions: Users can create multiple sessions for a node at any time. During session creation, users specify the number of hours or gigabytes they wish to use, and the corresponding amount is locked as a deposit. At the end of the session, the deposit is used to pay the node, with any refunds for unused time or data automatically returned to the user.
• Single Transaction Efficiency: The new process reduces the previous two-step requirement to a single transaction, significantly decreasing session creation time. Users can now create an on-chain session within just one transaction, improving overall efficiency and user experience. Previously, users were limited to one active session at a time for a specific node (user-node pairs were unique). In the new version, users can create and maintain multiple active sessions simultaneously for the same node, offering greater flexibility in usage.
• Automatic subscription plan renewal for the user — Users can enable the renewal process by making a transaction. During renewal, the price information for the subscription plan is fetched from the Oracle module, ensuring real-time pricing. The corresponding amount is deducted from the user’s account and paid to the provider.

Changes for dVPN Nodes in the Protocol

• USD-Based Pricing: Nodes can now set pricing details exclusively in USD format (e.g., $1 per hour or per gigabyte). The settlement will be conducted in a specified cryptocurrency such as $DVPN, $ATOM, or other denominations, with conversion handled using Oracle module data.
• Free Pricing Option: Node operators can now opt to provide their services free of charge by not setting any pricing information.
• Removed Maximum Price Validation: The maximum price validation for node pricing has been removed, allowing greater flexibility for node operators to set their desired pricing.

Changes for dVPN Application Developers in the Protocol

- USD-Based Pricing: Providers can now create subscription plans where the pricing information is set exclusively in USD format (e.g., $5 per month).

• Free Subscription Plans: Providers now have the option to set the subscription plan price as free, allowing users to subscribe without any payment.
• Revenue Distribution: Upon a user’s subscription: A portion of the payment (e.g., 20%) is sent to the community pool. The remaining percentage is transferred to the provider’s address.
• New ‘Lease Module’: Providers can lease nodes for a specified number of hours (minimum 1 hour). The maximum duration is governed by a governance proposal, with a default of 720 hours. At any given time, only one active lease is allowed between a provider and a node pair. New leases cannot be created for a provider-node pair with an existing active lease. Leases are automatically marked as ended and removed from the blockchain state after the lease duration.
• Renewable Leases: Providers can opt for renewable leases. Upon renewal, if the hourly rate changes (e.g., from 10 $DVPN to 12 $DVPN), the updated rate is applied, and the required deposit is recalculated. Providers can end leases at any time, with refunds issued for unused hours. Providers can also toggle leases between renewable and non-renewable states.
• Automatic End-Conditions: Leases are automatically terminated if the node becomes inactive, ensuring providers are not charged unnecessarily. When a node associated with an active lease becomes inactive, that particular node is removed from all subscription plans created by the provider.

Introduction of the Session Module:

Separate Session Types: In the new version, sessions are categorized into two distinct types:

• Node-Based Sessions: Specifically for sessions created for nodes. At the end of these sessions, payments are made directly to the node based on the usage (e.g., hourly or gigabyte-based pricing).
• Subscription-Based Sessions: Specifically for sessions created as part of a subscription. These sessions do not involve any direct payments. Instead, they update the allocation of data or bandwidth as part of the subscription.

Previously, a single session type was used for both node-based and subscription-based sessions. This new categorization provides clarity and separates the handling logic for each type.

Automatic Session Inactivation:

Sessions will now become inactive under the following conditions:

• The node associated with the session becomes inactive.
• The subscription associated with the session becomes inactive.
• The node is removed from the subscription plan.

Launch of the Sentinel Hub v12 testnet, Sentinel Biggest Chain Upgrade Till Date was originally published in Sentinel on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Sentinel is a peer-to-peer bandwidth marketplace which has so far serviced privacy usecases, with the network providing bandwidth to over 400k users (50k+ monthly active users) who have connected to Sentinel dVPN nodes through decentralized VPN applications built on Sentinel in this year alone.

Sentinel dVPN Stats: stats.sentinel.co

Sentinel’s p2p bandwidth marketplace is now expanding to data acquisition usecases, primarily with a focus on creating an ‘AI Data Layer’. Language models both large and small (LLM e.g ChatGPT) require both compute resources as well as data to train itself and become more capable of providing users relevant responses to their answers.

With the AI sector boom in recent times we can see that distributed GPU ecosystems such as Akash have been able to cater to the needs of AI developers. It is time now for market leaders in the distributed data acquisition space to become established.

Anyone will be able to download the Sentinel AI Data Miner (initially in Android) on their device and become a service provider to Sentinel’s AI Data layer.

Sentinel Scout will be integrating Jackal to provide users a secure and trusted storage solution, and Scout will be integrating with Akash to provide users a secure compute solution for the cleaning of data.

Introducing Sentinel Scout

Sentinel Scout is the AI Data Layer platform being established on Sentinel, allowing for anyone to monetize on their bandwidth by becoming a ‘Data Miner’ and extracting data from webpages that is required to train a language model.

The key functions of Sentinel Scout to an end user (AI dev) include:
- Intelligent identification of data sources
- Extraction of data in the format the user wants
- Data cleaning and formatting

The Sentinel Scout proof of concept is live at scout.sentinel.co. Users can test the data miner, send data jobs to themselves and see how the platform works in a basic sense.

This early platform allows for:

1. Users to install the Data Miner on their Android device
2. Send tasks for data extraction to the Data Miners
3. Configure advanced settings for data extraction as well as multiple formats to extract data in

An incentivization program is going to be going live soon in order to foster a larger community of data miners who can provide bandwidth to help test Sentinel Scout’s protocol.

Summary of how Sentinel Scout Works

*Detailed documentation and architecture will soon be released

1) Data Miner Boot Up — Individuals from all over the world install the Sentinel Data Miner node on their device (initially android), essentially becoming a reverse proxy powering Sentinel’s AI data layer — Sentinel Scout. With a simple touch of a button the user’s device is able to process scraping requests and becomes apart of Sentinel Scout’s rotating proxy system which is an intelligent system that is able to bypass captcha by attempting data extraction with multiple data miners.

2) Intelligent identification — There will be an API integration with Chat GPT or perplexity to help give intelligent recommendations to a user on the possible URLs that can be identified for extraction

3) Extraction — A user will be able to choose their preferred country/region to extract localized data from or choose broader regions. The user will be able to choose the data formats that they would like extraction to happen in, so far HTML and JSON are integrated — Markdown, PDF, CSV and others will be added. A minimum of 2 data miners are required to extract the same dataset if the user wants to ensure data validation and the creation of a ZKP proof to represent the integrity of the data.

4) Storage — Users will be able to configure their own storage settings, with the ability to directly connect to their Jackal storage account within the platform. Other options include local storage or pointing storage towards cloud providers.

5) Data Provenance — Due to data poisoning and other data integrity issues and attacks, data validation is an important part of the AI data layer. A minimum of 2 data miners are required to extract the same dataset and compare data in order to properly validate a dataset. After data from multiple sources is cross-referenced, a ZKP proof is posted on-chain to establish the provenance of the dataset.

6) Data Cleaning and Edge Embedding — Tools for more advanced processes of data cleaning and vectorizing data will be provided by Scout, with support from decentralized compute resources from Akash. These processes make extracted data ready for LLM training.

How similar is the dVPN ecosystem to the AI data layer ecosystem?

The AI Data layer ecosystem and the dVPN ecosystem have a lot of similarities, with the key functions of both being that users are retrieving data by using a 3rd party server (dVPN node/AI Data miner) which is fetching this data from the source server.

In the Sentinel dVPN service the user establishes a real-time connection to the service provider or the exit node and requests data through an encrypted tunnel from websites/servers of the user’s desire. Payment for dVPN/VPN services is most popularly in the form of $/unit of time.

In the Sentinel AI Data layer, there is the same function of a user fetching requested data from a website, however this data is first saved in the user’s data cache of their choice(e.g decentralized storage protocol like Jackal or IPFS). This means that the end-user does not have to establish an end to end tunnel in this case and potentially also be offline while data is stored in a cache (or regular storage solution based on client requiremnts). Payment for the AI Data layer will be likely in terms of bandwidth consumed as well as a factor of unique IPs utilized.

Test the Sentinel AI Data Layer Proof of Concept — Scout.Sentinel.co was originally published in Sentinel on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

The Sentinel Shield application is now live on the App Store!

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:
- 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
- Competitive subscription fee with monthly subscription at 1333.33 dVPN
- On-Ramp integration with Apple Pay allowing for easy purchase of $DVPN

‘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 release of the Sentinel Shield dVPN on the app store has been long-awaited with the finished application being submitted to the App Store several months ago. After months of discussion with the App Store approval team, the launch was allowed to proceed with the condition that there would have to be a change in terminology in addition to the compulsion of including a fiat on-ramp involving Apple Pay. Regardless of the length of the journey for approval, the Sentinel ecosystem is very grateful for the approval of Sentinel Shield.

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.

Upcoming Update — High-Speed Nodes

The most important update for the Sentinel Shield dVPN and other dVPN applications across the Sentinel ecosystem is the segregation of high-performance dVPN nodes from other community hosted dVPN nodes. A separate subscription may be created to add high-speed dVPN nodes from the community node pool which can service paid subscription applications (like the Sentinel Shield) while other dVPN nodes provide bandidth to free-trial or free applications which monetize from advertisements.

The on-chain subscription powering the Sentinel Shield dVPN will soon only feature high-performance nodes.

In addition — residential dVPN nodes will soon be included in the Sentinel Shield dVPN for an additional subscription cost.

Apple Pay On-Ramp

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.

The long-awaited Sentinel Shield dVPN is now live for iPhone/iPad and MacOS users on the App Store! was originally published in Sentinel on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

EASILY FIND AND CONNECT TO DVPN NODES HOSTED ON SENTINEL FOR FREE THROUGH A SIMPLE TELEGRAM BOT FROM YOUR MAC/IOS/ANDROID DEVICE

Sentinel is now officially apart of the Telegram ecosystem with the release of the ‘dVPN Bot’. This is the first integration of the Sentinel ecosystem with the Telegram ecosystem and this will be followed up by more sophisticated integrations including an integration with $TON for payments for dVPN services.

https://core.telegram.org/bots/payments

Simply put, this bot allows for users to connect to dVPN nodes hosted on Sentinel for free through the ‘Norse VPN Quick Client’ which is compatible with the latest Mac, iOS, and Android devices.

Checkout the dVPN bot today through: https://t.me/dvpnbot or simply search ‘dvpnbot’ in your telegram search. Over 1000 users have connected to a dVPN node hosted on Sentinel through the bot within the first 24 hrs! Let the games begin!

To find out more about why applications apart from the flagship Sentinel Shield dVPN application cannot be branded as Sentinel checkout this Tweet:
https://x.com/SentinelDVPN/status/1815800542180040934

The complex back-end is abstracted away for a very simple and straightforward user journey.

Goals:

Let’s bring the Sentinel dVPN ecosystem to the 1B+ Telegram users and lets take advantage of the power of virility that Web 3 dApps such as ‘tap to earn’ dApps having been taking advantage of in recent times.

Let’s take user feedback and learn more from this free dvpnbot environment in order to build up to a monetized product where users can pay through $TON and where the TON foundation can represent and back Sentinel.

What is the ‘dVPN Bot’ and how does it work?

What is the bot?

The dVPN Bot is the first Telegram mini-app from the Sentinel ecosystem which provides a frictionless user journey for anyone to easily access end to end encrypted dVPN access from one of Sentinel’s 8000+ community hosted servers.

Users can access the bot and choose a specific server that they would like to connect to. After choosing the desired server, the Sentinel dVPN node then generates a credentials for access and these credentials are shared through the bot, after which the user is prompted to download the ‘Norse VPN Quick Client’ in order to access the dVPN node.

What is the Norse VPN Quick Client?

The Norse VPN quick Client is a simple VPN Client which allows users to connect to Wireguard/V2Ray node configurations that can be self-hosted or can be 3rd party nodes that have shared permissions and credentials to make a connection (e.g dVPN nodes).

This application does not have any internal accounts or identity system and is comparable to the official V2Ray and Wireguard client applications.

Users will be prompted to install the Quick Client at the end of their onboarding journey with the bot based on which kind of device the user has (Windows incoming soon).

iOS/Mac Download — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vpn-quickclient/id6553962969

Android Download — https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.norselabs.vpnq

How does this all work in the back-end?

1. On the /start command in the bot interface, the DVPN Bot API creates a Sentinel wallet in the background for this particular Telegram user (Cosmos SDK based public/private key pair account) and enrolls the user into to on-chain subscription plan. As soon as this process is completed, the DVPN Bot API gives the Telegram user an access to the Telegram Mini-App, which can be launched inside Telegram app itself.

To find more about Sentinel’s on-chain subscription contract checkout: https://medium.com/sentinel/introduction-of-on-chain-subscriptions-and-time-based-payments-sentinels-biggest-dvpn-protocol-a2b240199f18

2. The user then navigates through Telegram Mini-App, picking their desired Sentinel dVPN node by first filtering by country, and then by city. The DVPN Bot API communicates with the Sentinel blockchain and creates an on-chain session for that user, using their previously created wallet (account) on the Sentinel hub. Then, the DVPN Bot API communicates with the node which has already authorized the user’s on-chain account (given that the user has already been added into the on-chain subscription contract), signaling the node to generate the credentials for the user’s dVPN connection.

3. Once the connection credentials are created, the DVPN Bot API passes these credentials to Telegram Mini-App. The Telegram Mini-App encodes the connection configuration and credentials into a vpnq:// link, which can be opened by a helper app (In this case Norse VPN Quick Client). The user is redirected to that link.

4. If the helper app is installed (quick client)— the helper app opens and decodes configuration with credentials from the link to establish dVPN connection on device. If app is not already installed — Telegram Mini-App offers to install it and then gives opportunity to connect.

Special shoutout to our Blu contributor frens who are based in Europe and South America for bringing this to life!

Sentinel Enters the Telegram Ecosystem with the DVPN Bot was originally published in Sentinel on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Download the Sentinel Shield dVPN on your Android Device Today!

The Sentinel Shield dVPN application is now available for download on your Android device (APK File) at shield.sentinel.co.

The Sentinel Shield dVPN is a fully decentralized, p2p dVPN application built on Sentinel’s dVPN protocol which allows for the easy creation of dVPN applications.

The monthly subscription cost is currently set at 1333.33 dVPN (more details in the following sections). Account abstraction has been included in the code and will soon be enabled in an upcoming update in the next few days.

The Sentinel Shield dVPN is powered by dVPN nodes hosted by community members all across the world.

dVPN applications built on Sentinel are the ONLY dVPN applications in existence which do not use an impermanent centralized (or semi-distributed) system for the querying of available nodes.

dVPN applications built on Sentinel are the most decentralized type of dVPN apps in existence made possible thanks to the scalability that the Cosmos SDK provides.

The querying of available nodes happens directly on-chain, the Sentinel dVPN blockchain is comparable to the DHT system used in torrents, except faster, more reliable, and fully decentralized. To learn more checkout this tweet:

Sentinel dVPN ⚛️ #DePIN p2p Networking on Twitter: "(1) Sentinel Hub's transaction throughput is a testament to the scalability of the Cosmos-SDK.With over 300k transactions per day in the recent days and over 12 million transactions in the last 30 days, there is no other stack that can handle what the Sentinel ecosystem needs. pic.twitter.com/SVDMXNlER5 / Twitter"

(1) Sentinel Hub's transaction throughput is a testament to the scalability of the Cosmos-SDK.With over 300k transactions per day in the recent days and over 12 million transactions in the last 30 days, there is no other stack that can handle what the Sentinel ecosystem needs. pic.twitter.com/SVDMXNlER5

Open-Source Code

All of the code used to build the Sentinel Shield dVPN application is fully open-source and can be viewed at:

GitHub - sentinel-official/sentinel-dvpn-app-android

Demand that VPN/dVPN application shows you the same level of transparency you would expect from your favorite wallet. Do not blindly trust an application that gets access to your networking card permissions without ensuring that the application is peer-reviewed.

Sentinel’s First Flagship Release in 3 years

The Sentinel Shield dVPN is the first dVPN to represent the Sentinel brand image since Sentinel migrated to its own Cosmos-based chain in 2021. Sentinel’s journey in terms of thought leadership and architectural dominance in the DePin ecosystem begins now.

Sentinel has already proven itself to be one of the most robust retail-consumer facing protocols in the DePin ecosystem with the recent success of Independent dVPN (crossing 200k downloads).

Independent dVPN

Recently active users (monthly) of dVPNs built on Sentinel crossed 70k in the month of May.

The number of unique users in 2024 alone has crossed 200k so far. 1 Million will be achieved this year.

Other notable dVPN application releases by 3rd party developers on Sentinel’s dVPN protocol include:

Breadcrumbs dVPN — https://breadcrumbsdata.com/
Meile 2.0 dVPN(upcoming)- https://mathnodes.com/index.php/meile-dvpn-client-linux-os-x/
Solar Labs 2.0 dVPN (ucpoming) — https://dvpn.solar/
V2 dVPN — https://v2.app/

Future publications and marketing efforts will be focusing heavily on the different apps built in the dVPN ecosystem.

The launch of the Sentinel Shield dVPN goes to show the versatility of dVPN apps that can be built on Sentinel’s dVPN protocol, from applications which are monetized by ads and are extremely user-friendly with 0 mention of blockchain such as Independent dVPN. All the way to fully decentralized on-chain applications which expose users to the management of keys and on-chain payments such as the Sentinel Shield dVPN app.

The previous Sentinel dVPN application which crossed 1m+ downloads (including APK) used to run on Ethereum and was deprecated in 2021 as the application depended on centralized masternodes for querying nodes.

For around the past 3 years, there has been a strong demand from the community for the return of a Sentinel branded dVPN application in order for Sentinel’s brand image and purpose to be represented strongly in the form of utility.

Several contributors have helped shape up the Sentinel Shield dVPN application over the past 6 months, and this flagship dVPN application will make it easier for the Sentinel ecosystem to become more Web 3 native and to attract more builders who want to build dVPN apps ontop of Sentinel.

Sentinel dVPN On-Chain Subscription Structure

dVPN applications built on Sentinel use on-chain subscription structures in-order to pre-pay nodes, aggregate them, and offer them in an easy 1-click format to end-users.

To learn more about on-chain subscriptions, checkout the article below.

Introduction of On-Chain Subscriptions and Time Based Payments- Sentinel’s Biggest dVPN Protocol…

The Monthly subscription is currently priced at 1333.33 $DVPN per month which users make directly to the on-chain contract. There is no middleman, or centralized system for authentication.

Currently the pricing is fixed and the only payment mechanism is $DVPN, however soon multiple payment gateways are being added in addition to USD based variable pricing for the overall subscription cost.

Automated renewal will be added in the near future.

To acquire $DVPN, checkout kucoin.com and osmosis.zone.

Global Server Access

Did you know, users on the Sentinel Shield dVPN can access nodes from over 90 different countries.

Wireguard and V2ray servers are both available and can be filtered in the search tabs.

Node hosts from all over the world provide services to users of dVPN applications built on Sentinel.

To learn more about hosting a node, checkout docs.sentinel.co

In-App Wallet

The Sentinel Shield dVPN application features a simple in-app wallet that allows users to deposit $DVPN in order to purchase a subscription.

The Sentinel Shield dVPN allows for a user to either create an account on the app, or to import an existing account.

Users can only deposit dVPN and spend on the subscription through this app, for making $DVPN transfers the user would have to export the keys from this application and use another wallet such as Keplr.

Cosmos Account Abstraction

The Cosmos fee grant module has been implemented in order for the application to pay for user gas transactions related to connect/disconnection and other functions.

To learn more about the Fee grant module, checkout:

Fee grant | Cosmos SDK

As Sentinel is one of the most decentralized DePin protocols, almost all user functions are on-chain including connection authorization itself (for a particular session). These user interactions with the dVPN app which don’t include the payment require gas fees and it doesn’t make sense for a user to pay a gas fee every time they connect.

The fee grant module has been included in the application and will be enabled soon with an update, allowing for users to avoid dVPN function related gas fees.

Until the update is pushed, users will be receiving some $DVPN token to use for the gas fees.

Fee granter can be set as the Sentinel Shield dVPN, or as the user’s own wallet in the ‘Fee Granter’ tab of the settings.

Custom RPC

Users of the Shield dVPN are able to set a custom RPC and can choose from one of the many community-hosted RPC servers in the event of a specific RPC experiencing an overload or being restricted in a specific region.

Sentinel community RPC List:

https://cosmos.directory/sentinel/nodes

Residential Server Subscription

There are over 300 residential servers being hosted by dVPN community members right now. Discover more information about residential nodes at sentnodes.com

Residential nodes will become available on the Sentinel Shield dVPN application at an extra cost in the future.

Beta Launch of the most decentralized DePin consumer application: The Sentinel Shield dVPN… was originally published in Sentinel on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

This blog covers Sentinel’s short-term roadmap that the community can expect to come into effect into the coming months. This short-term roadmap includes:

• Updates on Sentinel dVPN Applications
• Sentinel SDK Update
• Sentinel Website and New Webpages Update
• New Networking Protocol and Node Features
• New Subscription Plan Updates
• Upcoming Sentinel Hub (Chain) Updates
• Open-Source Transparency
• Growth DAO

Update on Sentinel dVPN Applications

Meile dVPN: Meile dVPN will be getting a complete UI makeover and a more sophisticated windows installer.

Solar dVPN: Solar dVPN will be updating to offer subscription plans which will enhance user experience and create a smooth user journey similar to Bagimsiz. Solar will also be getting a Windows desktop application.

Sentinel Flagship Application: The Sentinel flagship application will be released for community testing within the coming week most likely. The release of the application was delayed as it did not pass internal front-end testing and the front-end is currently being re-done in React.JS.

The functionality and logic of the application is complete.

Caishen VPN: Caishen VPN is a Chinese-community focused VPN centered around good luck and fortune, as ‘Caishen’ (财神) is the Chinese god of wealth.

Breadcrumbs VPN:

Breadcrumbs will be launching their dVPN application built on Sentinel soon. Checkout their website at:

https://breadcrumbsdata.com

Future VPN Applications:

Future planned VPN applications for the coming months include:
1) ATOM dVPN
2) BTC dVPN (pay in Bitcoin/lightning)
3) XMR dVPN (pay in XMR)
4) Osmosis dVPN (pay in Osmo)

Sentinel SDK Update

The upcoming Sentinel SDK will allow for developers who want to build dVPN applications on-top of Sentinel. The SDK is currently being re-written in Go and will be re-written in Javascript and other popular languages such as Python.

The Sentinel SDK (in progress) can be found at:

GitHub - sentinel-official/sentinel-go-sdk

The creator of a centralized VPN SDK is also constructing a dVPN SDK on Sentinel. More updates in the near future.

More information about the creator’s current SDK can be found at: https://apivpn.io/

Sentinel Website and New Webpages Update

Current Sentinel Website: The current Sentinel website is currently being coded and will be built on React. The current version is built on WebFlow making editing difficult. The pace of website edits will be faster once the website with the updated front-end is released.

Hardware Webpage: A new webpage dedicated towards the bandwidth mining of Sentinel using the Raspberry Pi (and potentially other hardware in the future). This website will have information on the setup of dVPN node on a Raspberry Pi and other information including earnings for the node hosts.

AI Data Scraping Webpage: A new webpage dedicated towards Data scraping for AI training purposes. Sentinel aims to focus heavily on attracting businesses in the data scraping sector to use its residential and cloud node ecosystem.

Residential Node Webpage: A new website dedicated towards Sentinel’s focus on fostering a residential node ecosystem. This website will have information on the superior residential node earning and also information about the various use-cases of residential nodes.

Subscription Plan Webpage: A new website dedicated towards showing the active on-chain subscription plans and their relevant datapoints.

New Networking Protocol and Node Features

Automated Node Pricing: Node pricing will soon become automated with the integration of Osmosis’s dVPN price feed into the Sentinel node structure to ensure that node hosts can just set a monthly DVPN rate in $ dollar terms.

Dedicated IP Feature: The first ever p2p dedicated IP marketplace will come into effect in future Sentinel networking protocol upgrades, with users having the ability to purchase access to a dedicated IP at a fixed monthly rate.

This means that only 1 user will be allowed to use the dedicated node and no other user can utilize the IP address of the dedicated node. This function offers extra assurance and safety to users who are using geo-blocked websites which maintain sophsticated IP identification and logging systems.

New Subscription Plan Updates

Subscription Management: A data reporting system is being created to clearly indicate:

• The number of nodes added into the subscription plan
• The number of nodes that were not added and the reasons (including publicly viewable database)
• Subscrpition plan historical revenue and real-time revenue stats

Global Cloud Nodes Subscrpition: Global cloud nodes will receive a monthly income of $3 per month (after automated pricing is enabled) until the economics of various regions is properly structured.

Residential Subscription: Residential nodes will soon be added to a dedicated subscription plan which will provide $10 a month in incentives.

Upcoming Sentinel Hub (Chain) Updates

Sentinel Hub Upgrades: The Sentinel hub will soon be upgraded in order to upgrade the hub to the latest Cosmos Hub version which will allow for lower block times and greater dVPN connectivity.

This hub upgrade will also include an accounts update where the main Sentinel ecosystem wallet will be divided into multiple smaller wallets due to feedback from the community. Due to a mistake in the genesis, multiple wallets were combined into one larger wallet and this is being resolved.

Open-Source Transparency

The Sentinel dVPN ecosystem is committed to open-source transparency and will be open-sourcing future developments and has recently open-sourced the complete Sentinel stats structure as well as the ‘Node Health Check API’.

Node Health Check API Open-Source:
https://github.com/sentinel-official/health-check

Sentinel Stats and Explorer Open-Source:
https://github.com/sentinel-official/explorer

Sentinel Growth DAO

The Sentinel Growth DAO will be making major moves soon with the creation of a community ‘jobs portal’, which will allow for community members to take on relevant tasks for the ecosystem in-exchange for compensation. The Growth DAO will be incentivizing and driving community-led initiatives and make the best use of the network effect of the Sentinel ecosystem.

Sentinel January 2024 Short-Term Roadmap was originally published in Sentinel on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

The Sentinel Node Dashboard is now live, allowing for dVPN nodes/server hosts to see real-time metrics and stats of their dVPN node. The dVPN ecosystem is committed in creating utilities for various network participants including users, node hosts, and application creators alike.

nodes.sentinel.co

This node dashboard allows for a host to view:

1. dVPN Node pricing and earnings
2. Historical data of bandwidth consumption
3. Historical data of the number of users connected to the node
4. Node health check results
5. Information about the subscription plan that the node is added into (coming soon)

Last Utility Release of 2024

The Sentinel dVPN Node Dashboard is the last utility that will be released in the year of 2024, following the releases of:

map.sentinel.co

stats.sentinel.co

sentinel.co (updated website)

The next utility that will be focused on is a simple script generator that can help node hosts quickly generate a script for their specific OS that can be copy pasted allowing for fast dVPN node setup.

The most important upcoming milestone on the application side is the release of the flagship Sentinel dVPN application expected to happen in the coming weeks with internal testing beginning this week.

The Sentinel Node Dashboard is now live! nodes.sentinel.co was originally published in Sentinel on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.