How to Stake Sentinel (DVPN) — A Complete Guide

How to Stake DVPN — A Guide by Smartnodes

What is Sentinel Network (DVPN)?

The native coin of the world’s first provably decentralized VPN is Sentinel’s DVPN (Virtual Private Network). Sentinel is assisting users on its ecosystem to capitalize on this growth with a staking opportunity as the VPN sector continues to grow at a pace of 15% per year, with an estimate of the industry reaching a global market size of $75 billion by 2030.

Anyone can stake Sentinel’s DVPN. The Sentinel ecosystem’s core usefulness is predicated on DVPN’s capacity as a governance and staking token, as well as a form of payment for DVPN subscriptions and other sophisticated DVPN services, as well as a work token.

Sentinel DApp

Open-source

The code behind the Sentinel dVPN is easily accessible to the public on Sentinel’s GitHub profile along with the application MD5 Checksums for absolute provability.

Encrypted, Censorship Resistant, and Permissionless

Sentinel’s distributed architecture and multi-protocol implementation allow for V2Ray and Wireguard to be used to their maximum potential, enabling anyone to browse the web freely.

Global Node Competition

Servers are hosted all over the world by the community, for the community. Users can choose the optimal server for the fastest browsing and download speeds while benefiting from cheaper prices and a multitude of payment options.

Companies building on Sentinel

1. Velocity
2. Exidio
3. Solar labs
4. Indigitus

Where Can You Buy DVPN?

You can buy Sentinel DVPN token on both types of exchanges: decentralized (known as a DEX) and centralized exchanges (known as a CEX ).

1. Osmosis ( Dex )

We have written a complete tutorial on “how to use osmosis.zone to buy IBC tokens”, Read it here ( Osmosis.zone)

1. Kucoin
2. AscendEx

How to stake the DVPN token?

Well after buying on the exchange you need to transfer those Sentinel (DVPN) to a self-custodial wallet to stake.

Self custodial wallets

1. Keplr
2. Cosmostation IOS
3. Cosmostation Android

Stake the DVPN token in order to secure Sentinel’s Cosmos-based Hub, as well as to secure the integrity of dVPN networks built on Sentinel. In return for securing the Sentinel hub and the dVPN applications built on top of it, users are able to earn staking rewards at ~57% APY.

Keplr wallet

After you transfer your assets to your new wallet, open smartnodes.one to stake Sentinel Network Token (DVPN) with us.

Step 1- Go to the delegate section and find the Sentinel network. After choosing Sentinel Staking click on the delegate Button.

Sentinel Network delegate

Step 2- Click on the delegate.

Smartnodes.one

Step 3- Connect your keplr wallet.

Connecting Keplr wallet to smartnodes.one

Step 4- Approve the requesting connection to Keplr wallet

Approving transaction in Keplr

Step 5- Input the account name and click next (*remember to check that the correct chain is selected) In this case, Sentinel DVPN

Creating account name to stake

Step 6- Confirm the address is right and click save.

Confirming account in smartnodes.one

Step 7- You can now see your Sentinel Network(DVPN) balance, click on the delegate option located at the bottom right.

Delegate DVPN to Smartnodes

Step 8- A pop-up will come to select validator, amount of Sentinel Token (DVPN) to stake, and input gas fee. ( After filling in all details- Click Send )

Fill in Delegate amount

Step 8- Approve the delegation by confirming the transaction in Keplr.

Approving transaction in keplr for smartnode.one

Step 9- Boom! You have successfully staked Sentinel (DVPN) Tokens with smartnodes.

Staked DVPN at Smartnode.one

Keep in mind that once your tokens are delegated you will have to wait for 28 days to make them liquid once again. If you later change your mind and decide to undelegated them, you will still have to wait for 28 days to undelegated.

Why choose SmartNodes as your Validator?

1. Active in the community. Sartnodes Validator can usually be found in the Telegram and Discord chats answering questions and lending support to the community by answering various questions.
2. The Infrastructure used by Smartnodes is only the Best of the Best with 10 Layers of security in place to protect your assets.
3. Smartnodes Validator offers 100% Fully refunded Slash and double sign protection.
4. We are highly active in the cosmos and lend support where we can. We are community-driven. Smartnodes validator actively Votes on proposals to help ensure proper governance.
5. 100% support to the Cosmos ecosystem. Smartnodes Validator has given out over $5000 in tokens to help people get started in the cosmos space using our very own Faucet Bot https://t.me/smart_y_bot
6. In case of any other question, please feel free to reach out to a team member on socialmedia or by email at hello@smartnodes.one

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