The Sentinel Telegram dVPN Network Bot is now live and can be accessed by messaging the username: @sentinel_network_bot on Telegram.
This bot is a critical utility for newcomers to the Sentinel ecosystem, and can be efficiently utilized to decrease the learning curve of understanding the purpose of the Sentinel dVPN network.
With the Sentinel Telegram Network Bot, prospective community members can effectively understand how one can participate in the network and equip themselves with the information and resources required to understand how to use the dVPN application, contribute bandwidth resource to the network, and also on how to play a role in the governance of the network .
The core functionalities of the bot include:
- In-Built Tendermint Block Explorer
- Real-Time Network Statistics Update including Live Node List
- Downloads Section for Desktop and Mobile applications
- Guides to hosting dVPN nodes and Validators
- Live Feed from Sentinel Social Media Channels
Guide to Using the Sentinel Telegram dVPN Network Bot
Below modules constitute the Sentinel Network Bot
1) Turing-2 Block Explorer
The Sentinel Telegram Network bot ‘Block Explorer’ functionality allows for users to directly fetch transaction and validator related information from the Tendermint based Sentinel Turing 2 Testnet.
To find their account balance or recent transactions, users will have to simply enter their wallet address.
The complete list of the Turing-2 validators and their respective voting power and up-time status can also be viewed in the explorer section.
2) Real Time Network Statistics Update Including Live Node List
Transparent statistics pertaining to the real-time usage of the Sentinel dVPN network are clearly displayed in the dVPN stats page. Some key statistics to note include:
- Current Active Nodes
- Current Active Sessions (Concurrent Users)
- Data Consumed in the last 24 hours
- Total Data exchange on the Sentinel Network till date
These statistics can also be viewed on the stats.sentinel.co website.
The network stats feature in the telegram bot will be updated in the future to include charts
Also in the ‘dVPN Network-Stats section’, the complete list of all active dVPN nodes can be queried.
More real-time information related to Sentinel dVPN nodes can be seen at nodes.sentinel.co.
3) Downloads section
Users can download the latest Sentinel clients from the ‘Sentinel Downloads’ tab. These clients include:
- Mac/Windows/Linux Desktop dVPN Client with Wallet
- Android dVPN Client with Wallet
- Android dVPN Lite Client
The ‘Sentinel Downloads’ tab will soon be updated to feature the download link for the upcoming Sentinel iOS application.
4) Guides
The ‘Sentinel Network Guides’ section of the bot features all links relevant for participation in both the:
- Governance of the Turing -2 Testnet
- Bandwidth provision on the dVPN Network
Users can follow instructions to become a validator of the Sentinel Turing-2 Testnet. Participation on this testnet is being actively monitored and incentives will be announced for past and future participation.
Users interested to a host a dVPN node and earn SENT through the incentivized Node Host program will be able to find instructions on how to setup the OpenVN dVPN node.
Soon, guides on setting up a Wireguard dVPN node will be available as well as soon as it launches for Turing-3.
5) Social Media
Community members can directly view the latest posts on Sentinel’s key social media feeds from the Network Bot my accessing the ‘Social Media Updates’ section from the main tab.
Currently, the latest posts from Sentinel’s Medium, Reddit and Twitter accounts are displayed.
Media & Partnerships
We support anyone that wants to accept SENT as a payment method, run the Sentinel Private Net for their organization or community or develop tooling for the Sentinel Network. Please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter in case of any outreach/partnership inquiries.
Join our Community!
- Participate in discussion in our Telegram community chat.
- Follow us on Twitter and join the Telegram Official Announcements Channel for regular development and network updates.
- Follow the Medium blog for detailed updates on releases and development progress.
About Sentinel Network
Sentinel Network is a network layer that enables a true p2p and decentralized applications and resources marketplace. Sentinel enables anyone to create Public and Private networks that provide access to both free and incentivized, and also payment method agnostic (pre-paid/escrow/post-paid) services (dApps) & distributed resources, enabling its clients to become both producers and consumers in the network.
Sentinel utilizes locking, staking and multi-sig directly from Tendermint core and Cosmos SDK and aims to fully eliminate the disadvantages of previous generation protocols, that couldn’t scale due to limitations of the blockchain they share with other dApps or that have an unsustainable economic model that reduces usability or access to the product they offer.
Follow us on Medium to stay up to date with the latest Sentinel announcements and developments.
View exchanges for trading SENT on the Sentinel website.
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