EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was originally hosted on the S.I.N. website, which is now defunct. Most links will no longer work.
GLOBAL UPDATE • 22 February 2025
Summary
The Sentinel Archive: We’ve just launched the very website that you’re now reading this on. (WIP)
S.I.N. Web Portal: Among other things, it will serve as a central portal for access to our various newsfeeds and project resources. Telegram and X will remain our primary outlets for reporting and updates.
S.I.N. Validator: S.I.N.’s new Sentinel validator is now online and in the active set.
Branding & Personnel: As you’ll doubtlessly be aware, we have overhauled our logos and graphics. An additional volunteer has also been brought onboard, who will assist us with data collection and investigations.
dVPN News 2.0: We have overseen a total visual overhaul of the Sentinel Growth DAO’s dVPN News portal, as well as the addition of many new features.
Continue reading below for more details.
The Sentinel Archive
As Sentinel enters its eighth year, S.I.N. is working on an entirely new resource for the project.
COMING SOON • The S.I.N. Web Portal is currently the only live section of the Sentinel Archive; but the full website is on the way!
You might have noticed that this website’s domain name isn’t related to “S.I.N.” or “Sentinel Independent News.”
That’s because we’ve made S.I.N. an affiliate service of The Sentinel Archive, a brand-new resource for the ecosystem and community that we’re developing.
We hope that the archive will serve as a helpful knowledge repository for Sentinel contributors—and provide community members and the wider public with an interesting range of curiosities, trivia, and ephemera about this revolutionary open source technology.
The archive (by definition) is not going to host up-to-date knowledge about the project.
For the latest information and documentation about Sentinel, visit:
Sentinel Docs • Technical guides and directories of resources.
Sentinel on Medium • Official developer announcements.
Sentinel Stats • Live metrics from the dVPN network.
MathNodes Metabase • Advanced blockchain analytics.
S.I.N. Web Portal
The Sentinel Archive is home to S.I.N.’s new web portal (the section of the site you’re now viewing).
It was created in conjunction with our new validator to better establish ourselves in the ecosystem. We believe that S.I.N. has a responsibility to evolve, mature, and expand with the project and community that it serves.
As mentioned in the summary, it will serve as a portal for all of our newsfeeds and platforms—as well as other useful resources we create for the community.
S.I.N. Articles & Guides
Our long-form content will still be published almost exclusively on dVPN News, although this website will have links and the occasional exclusive.
We recently oversaw a total site overhaul of dVPN News, which included a refreshed look and brand-new features.
After three years, our Medium has been closed, and its content will now be migrated here.
S.I.N. Validator
We are extremely proud to announce that we are now an active set validator of the Sentinel blockchain!
Prior to the validator’s creation, S.I.N. covered its operational costs through donations. In late 2024, we opted to abandon that model and work towards a more transparent on-chain approach.
Our daily coverage of the Sentinel Network and application ecosystem has been provided to the community free-of-charge for almost three years. S.I.N. was not created as a for-profit endeavour, and subscriptions, follows, shares, and even likes are enough to make our efforts feel worth it.
However we do have overhead costs and our staff has poured thousands of valuable man-hours that could have been used for more profitable ventures into contributing to Sentinel and spreading awareness of dVPN.
We are extremely grateful to any DVPN stakers who wish to help us recoup that expense by delegating to us.
Staking Summary
Commission: Because delegations to S.I.N.’s validator are functionally patronage for our work, we will charge a bit higher commission than the standard 5%. Our commission is set at 13.69%—still a reasonable rate, and we will never raise it.
REStake: Our validator is becoming an operator on REStake.app and will offer auto-compounding every six hours.
Governance: As a trusted middle ground for the ecosystem, we feel obligated to maintain a certain level of neutrality when it comes to governance. Although we will have 100% participation, all votes on proposals besides those essential for the blockchain’s wellbeing (i.e. hub upgrades, project funding, emergency repairs) will be Abstain. We will also vote No with Veto on obvious malicious/scam proposals.
S.I.N. Forum
The validator will NOT be mentioned or promoted in our newsfeeds. We know that’s not why you follow us.
All updates and announcements related to it will be shared in the S.I.N. Forum discussion group on Telegram.
An occasional post may appear on our X account if it’s absolutely critical to our delegators (since otherwise we would have to start a second account on the platform); but we will make this as rare as possible.
Changes to Our Coverage
The only notable change that we’ll be making to our reporting is that we will cease reporting on the activities of other Sentinel validators aside from openings, closures, and activity which endangers the funds of stakers.
Short-term (less than one month) jailings, commission changes, voting patterns, team delegations, and similar activities will not be covered.
We’ve made this decision to eliminate any potential appearance that we’re trying to sway our subscribers to stake with us.
Acknowledgements
We owe a special thanks to our fellow validator and dVPN News contributor Trinity Stake (Sentinel Docs) for his assistance through the validator setup process, as well as Seventh and the Sentinel Growth DAO for their support and collaboration on dVPN News. Our 2023–25 logos and branding were designed by Cosmos Ecosystem memesmith Mortim (X/Twitter), who we also thank for his generous assistance. And of course, we thank the Sentinel Foundation for making all of this possible in the first place by giving us such an amazing blockchain to cover and validate.