The launch of the Sentinel Turing-3 Testnet is a major milestone for the Sentinel ecosystem, bringing the ecosystem one step closer to its transition to a completely sovereign Cosmos based mainnet.
Turing-3 is the third iteration of Sentinel’s Cosmos/Tendermint based testnets and will be launching on the 21st of September.
More in-depth documentation will be released pertaining to the back-end functionality of the v3 client as well its micro-services architecture. This documentation will also focus on how the Sentinel decentralized VPN will interact with and utilize its future Cosmos/Tendermint based blockchain.
The Turing-3 testnet will primarily feature and provide infrastructure for the Sentinel v3 client. The Sentinel v3 client is Sentinel’s new all-in-one dVPN + Cosmos based wallet application.
For more information about a previous Sentinel testnet, check out:
On the Turing-3 Testnet, community members can:
- Host a validator to power the governance of the network as well as the v3 dVPN application and its transactions
- Host a dVPN exit node to provide bandwidth for test-tokens, in order to stimulate the economic activity that will be present on the Sentinel mainnet
- Send and receive transactions of Sentinel test-tokens, as well as delegate these tokens to validators supporting the testnet
What is new with the v3 Client?
The Sentinel v3 Client introduces:
- A User-friendly installation process without the requirement for downloading and installing additional packages
- A new Wireguard integration to allow for users to connect to server hosts who are hosting wireguard protocol based nodes. Wireguard offers users improved privacy and networking speeds
- A cosmos based wallet allowing for users to send transactions as well as delegate to validators present powering the Turing-3 testnet
- A micro-services architecture
The new Sentinel dVPN micro-services architecture is a very critical update as it allows for tremendous scalability and integration, such as:
- Remote management of Sentinel dVPN present in home router/raspi
- Ability for enterprises/organizations to build applications on-top of the Sentinel network with dynamic UI that is maintained from their own server (users do not need to download a new installer for a UI update)
- Ability for other applications to integrate Sentinel dVPN services and account system into their application
How can I host a validator to support the Turing-3 testnet?
Participants can host a validator on the Turing-3 testnet by following the documentation at:
https://github.com/sentinel-official/docs/blob/master/guides/testnets/turing-3/README.md
Participants can choose to be included in the genesis validator set by following the instructions at:
The Turing-3 chain will be going live on: 21–09–2020 12:00:00 UTC
The incentive schedule for participation in Turing-3 as well as for the participation in the previous testnets will be released in the coming days.
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