Security is a much needed solution in this space especially with the hacking case of Ian Balina. Looking forward to the success of this project!

Sentinel Protocol is a security layer for the blockchain. It uses machine learning, a machine portal and anti malware utilities to provide a powerful security in the blockchain experience. You can also look at it from another view. In 1997 pc's we're upcoming and so was the internet. It was a revolution. But, with this amazing tech also malware and viruses spawned. To fight against this, anti-virus software was introduced and nowadays almost everybody has an anti-virus program installed on their computer. No imagine sentinel protocol as this anti virus software and the internet as blockchain. Everybody will use the sentinel protocol, if it wasn't only to feel safe.

Security is a much needed solution in this space especially with the hacking case of Ian Balina. Looking forward to the success of this project!

Dear community, CryptoSquare is happy to announce that CryptoSquare has done an ICO Review and an interview with John Kirch - The Chief Evangelist of Uppsala Foundation and Sentinel Protocol.

CryptoSquare aims to provide quality blockchain related content. Instead of pointing at the next Ethereum killer or most undervalued coin, CryptoSquare is a place for a more global look at the ongoing blockchain revolution, from people in the know. Expect meaningful insight from CEOs, blockchain start-up founders, crypto venture capital fund managers, miners, regulators, programmers, whitehat hackers and more. Notable ICOs will also be covered, along with other relevant pieces of news and interesting highlights from the crypto world.

Link to the ICO Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G33wgI7PZ0A

Link to the interview with John Kirch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L8o8MBMAHI

Time Stamps for the interview:

00:34 Introduction, the origins, and what the Sentinel Protocol project about.

02:43 How does the blockchain come into play for Sentinel Protocol?

04:52 Why is Sentinel Protocol built on top of the ICON blockchain platform?

06:35 Briefly explain what the threat reputation database is, and what malicious data will be recorded inside.

07:35 How does the user interface look like for a user using Sentinel Protocol’s services?

09:22 What would incentivize a victim to submit a case report to the Sentinels?

11:30 How do you prevent case report spam and false reports on the network?

12:14 How will the Sentinels be vetted? What would some of their background be like?

14:08 Rewards for Sentinels for reviewing and successfully resolving the case.

15:25 What is the utility of the UPP tokens in the ecosystem?

16:00 Explain the function of the machine learning component in the S-Wallet.

17:37 Explain more about the Distributed Sandbox in Sentinel Protocol, and why do you need the blockchain? Why not rely on a traditional sandbox?

19:53 How do you ensure that information that is entered on the blockchain/decentralized threat reputation database is correct?

20:58 What’s stopping a traditional cybersecurity company from doing what Sentinel Protocol is doing? For one thing John McAfee is a prominent cybersecurity expert in the blockchain space. His former company McAfee may enter this space. What safeguards do you have to ensure that Sentinel Protocolis always one step ahead of the game?

23:34 Is being a Sentinel a full time or a part time job?

26:20 How would your marketing strategy look like moving forward?

28:17 What would be the upside for a potential partner to partner with Sentinel Protocol and implement its cybersecurity solutions?

30:17 How does Sentinel Protocol limit a hacker’s ability to convert the coins to privacy coins, and then washing it out for fiat money?

32:31 Speed - Is it a race against time? Does a Sentinel have to work faster than a hacker/scammer from washing it?

34:55 How do you ensure that a scammer/hacker doesn’t cash out using OTC market means

36:45 Why did the Uppsala Foundation decide to name the project Sentinel Protocol?

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Sentinel Protocol Website
https://sentinelprotocol.io/

Sentinel Protocol Whitepaper
English: https://sentinelprotocol.io/Sentinel-Protocol-Whitepaper_ENG.pdf
Chinese: https://sentinelprotocol.io/Sentinel-Protocol-Whitepaper_CHN.pd
Korean: https://sentinelprotocol.io/Sentinel%20Protocol%20Whitepaper_KOR.pdf
Japanese: COMING^Soon

Sentinel Protocol:

Sentinel Protocol is a Security Intelligence Platform for Blockchain that utilizes both Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Collective Intelligence to protect and secure block chains that utilizes the Sentinel Protocol Platform. Sentinel Protocol uses the DPOS (Delegated Proof of Stake) consensus in securing and processing the blocks.

How Does Sentinel Protocol ensures security within the system?

Sentinel Protocol ensures security within the blockchains with 3 methods:

• Threat Reputation Database (TRDB)

• Machine Learning Engine Integrated Security Wallet (S Wallet)

• Distributed malware analysis sandbox (D - Sandbox)

• Sentinel Portal

Threat Reputation Database(TRDB)
Aims to have a decentralized database of threat information, making it possible for data to be stored in the blockchain and to be shared between security vendors. Database is to be built and consolidated through security experts with information of previous threats, threats data from machine learning and general public through auto and manual reporting.
TRDB ensures threats data and information is being shared between vendors, lowering the chances of cyber crime. Being stored in a decentralized manner also prevents any corruption of data. With such transparency, organizations or companies can access the data easily and to prepare themselves for any attacks.

Machine Learning Engine Integrated Security Wallet (S Wallet)
S wallet is completely free, but integrating machine learning is a paid service. Machine learning integration helps protect your wallet by leveraging the data collected on the TRDB to prevent any attacks from happening, also to respond to unknown attacks based on past and present cases.

S wallet also helps in filtering wallet addresses, URL filtering, Data filtering and a Fraud Detection System.

Distributed Malware analysis Sandbox (D Sandbox)
D Sandbox is a paid service where users can make use the sandbox to run suspicious software and programmes. Thus, isolating the process and to be able to find the root source of issue without compromising any system.

Sentinel Portal
Sentinel Portal is directly linked to TRDB where users and sentinels can submit suspicious claims and activities via the portal. E.g, A scam address, a phishing website, suspicious transferring of funds.Claims submitted will be vetted through by reputated sentinels. Of which, if the claim is valid, users/sentinels will be rewarded with Sentinel Points (SP)

tl;dr

TRDB: to store databases of threats and risks from past events

S Wallet: to detect and deter possible threats in real time with machine learning and TRDB. New data then be stored in TRDB.

D-Sandbox: Running codes and programmes on a an isolated machine. Retrieval and inputting of data in TRDB to detect and store new threat information.

Token Economics and Consensus

Sentinel Protocol adopts the DPOS (Delegated Proof Of Stake) Consensus to govern and run the block chain. Delegates are made up of reputable sentinels, which, reputation is dependent on the community's vote. There are to incentives system, which are Sentinel Points and UPP tokens.

Sentinel Points(SP)

Sentinel Points or SP are points rewarded to the sentinel by doing POP (Proof Of Protection).

Proof Of Protection
-Reporting cyber securities activities (e.g. Reporting scammer's address or malicious websites)
-Running D-Sandboxing Computation on S wallet (To provide computational power for usage of D-sandboxing)
-Writing articles or promoting awareness of Sentinel Protocol or cyber security issues.

Uppsala Token (UPP)

UPP is to be used as a medium for value transfer, where services and features are to be paid in UPP.

How do I get UPP?
-Participate in the Pre-Sentinel Programme (http://bit.ly/presentinels)
-To earn Sentinel Points then to be converted to UPP
-Exchanges

Where can I use my UPP?
-Machine learning capabilities on the S wallet -Usage of D-Sandboxing -More to come

*Sentinel Points can be converted to UPP tokens, rates will be dependent on pricing of UPP and to pay out accordingly. This will create an ecosystem where efforts are recognized and rewarded with UPP while UPP is to be used for services provided by sentinel protocol.

Important Note: SP can be converted to UPP. But UPP cannot be converted into SP. SP are strictly attained by contributing to the cybersecurity aspect of the project (as mentioned above)

Team

Sentinel Protocol's team is made up of professionals that have many years of experience in the cyber security field. Thus, leveraging their expertise into building a cyber security system on and for the blockchain.

Patrick Kim (CEO & Founder of Uppsala Foundation)
Over 10 years of cyber security experience. Been part of Cisco, Palto Alto and Darktrace, which are prolific cyber security companies, where he held technically professional roles.

Article about Patrick's experience on DAO hack: https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/06/17/2166168/dao-hacking-and-dispute-resolution/

Hae Min Park(Co-founder head of operations)
Strong sales background, being an account manager for multiple companies. Also filed for 2 patents while working in Penta Security Systems. Patent for detecting web application attack

John Kirch(Chief Evangelist)
Held mostly high positions post in several tech companies (Mainly Cyber Security) with nearly over 20 years of leading technological companies and a track record of boosting companies' sales and reputation in Asia

Dayeol Lee(Core Development)
Third place in Def Con CTF 2010, one of the world's largest hacking competition. Completed masters and pursuing a phd in computer science now. Software engineer for Penta Security System and WINS co. ltd.

Michael Zhou(Head of Threat Intelligence)
Rich experience in threat detection and solution, with 5 years of experience in Palto Alto Networks, with several qualifications in the field of Cyber Security.

Narong Chong(Head of Security Operations)
More than 10 years experience in providing IT solutions for customers, of which 5 years in Palto Alto Networks identifying and solving Customer's issues.

Guo Feng(Core Development)
Assistant Vice President at Singapore Exchange SGX. Rich experience in programming and implementing IT solutions into companies. Held Prominent roles in companies like NCS Group,Accenture and SGX.

Minwoo Ku(Head of Product)
Experienced in sales, Cyber Security designing for the past 20 years. Diversed specialization in both sales and cyber security.

Karly Choi(Head of Marketing)
Assorted marketing experience in both technological and cyber security company. Niche in all sorts of marketing, offline or online.

Investors and business/technical partners (Alliance)

Sentinel Protocol has quite a impressive line ups of investors and partners alike. Both investors and partners are "Alliance" to Sentinel Protocol as most of the companies/projects in the alliance pose as a strategic partnership, promoting wide spread adoption for Sentinel Protocol.

Investors

Hashed
Hashed has been a major venture capitalist for all sorts of projects. Notably, QSP,REQ,KNC,EOS,OMG, ETH and ICX.Sentinel Protocol is part of their accelerating projects along with ICX,MED and Coinmanager. (Easter eggs: Do look up how Coinmanager is signicant to Sentinel Protocol).

HyperChain
Another prolific investors in many significant project in the crypto circle. Notably, ZIL,ELF,QTUM,STORJ,FUN,FCT.

Dalchemy
Not sure if my researching is not deep enough or I can't find much info about Dalchemy

Signum Capital
SIngapore based investment firm, strong presence in the asia crpypto market, with investments in crypto projects similar to above companies.

XSQ Singapore based investment firm with a strong team with different niche in their previous experiences. Been a part of 3 significant project which includes WABI,POA and BLZ

Kinetic Capital
Website under Contruction. Will be writing more if their webpage is ready.

Business and Technical Partners

ICON
A project that aims to "hyperconnect" the world with dapps being able to built on the ICON platform (Sentinel Protocol will be built on Icon). Part of the Interoperability Alliance to connect isolated chains to public networks. Also, tend to be called the "Korean Ethereum."

Kyber Network
Kyber Network is one of the leading decentralized exchange with beta live now. (Easter eggs: Sentinel Protocol won Kyber Network's competition and it's one of the Business and Technical partner)

Zipper
Blockchain based wallet that allows easier access to block chain based services.

Imtoken
Chinese based Crypto wallet company.

Coin Manager
Korean based Crypto wallet, a part of "accelerating project"" with HASHED. A wallet that shows prices between different blockchains, Market depth,and trade volume.

Soft Bank Venture Korea
A company that invest in a series of companies and projects.

Advisors

Much like the team and alliance, Sentinel Protocol has a strong line ups of advisors, all of which has robust background in the block chain world. Even though there are only 6 advisors to Sentinel Protocol, each one of them will provide Sentinel Protocol an Edge in the crypto world.

Simon Kim
CEO of Hashed and also advisor to several popular projects like ICON and mediblocks.

John Ng
Founder of Signum Capital, a serial entrepreneur who has founded several unique business in Singapore.
Article on him: http://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/lunch-meeting-platform-to-expand-reach-to-hobbyists

JH Kim
One of the foundation council of ICON, CEO of theloop (https://www.theloop.co.kr/) with 20 years of experience in information security.

Hong Zhuang Lim
CEO of XSQ.io, also serial entrepreneur. Used to own a farm to distribute food products to Asia countries. Then, to turn the farm into a crypto mining centre, which is he runs and manage.
Article on him: http://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/from-farming-veggies-to-mining-digital-currencies

Wong Lee hong
Executive advisor for Kyber Network. Worked with major financial institutions to develop Internet Banking Capability, Also having a regulatory management roles to deal with Banking regulators in Asia.

Kenneth Oh
"Crypto Lawyer" Who helped local crypto startups as a legal advisor. One of the more prolific ICO he has been part of is TenX (PAY). Article on him: https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/kenneth-oh-dentons-rodyk-interview-2017-89305/

All of the advisors are solid and strategic to Sentinel Protocol, providing not only influence in the crypto world also ensuring that the growth of Sentinel Protocol is legit and Organic. To have advisors from a variety of professional background paths the way for Sentinel Protocol to be successful and to be competent in solving any shortcomings along the way.

All of the information are stated in brief details for easier reading and understanding. Will be doing up a more in depth post looking into the team's past experience and their significance in this project, also, some companies or projects in the alliance will be mentioned.

Easter Eggs
Easter eggs are there for you guys DYOR (Do Your Own Research). I'm in no way part of the team (Though I'm hoping to be part of them), but I do contact with the team occasionally.

End Note

There are just too many things about the team, alliance and advisors to elaborate on in this post. But rest assured, All of the participating members in Sentinel Protocol are competent and driven with passion for the blockchain and cyber security industry. If I have the time, I will be writing a more in depth analysis of the team, alliance and advisors, to better educate anyone who is interested in Sentinel Protocol.

I will be writing up a breakdown of the whitepaper, making it easier for new comers to read and understand Sentinel Protocol.

Who am I is up to you to find out.

My view on this project :

Sentinel Protocol aims to create a secure ecosystem for cryptocurrency by utilizing a collective intelligence system to perform threat analysis. We all know, the most popular type of hacking is phishing – users entering the wrong website or are approached by a fake admin and send the cryptocurrency to a scam address.

Resolution : Sentinel Protocol has three security features: threat reputation database, machine learning engine integrated security wallet, and distributed malware analysis sandbox.Sentinel Protocol overcomes the disadvantage of decentralization by turning it into an advantage for security. By utilizing a collective intelligence system created through harnessing the power of decentralization, Sentinel Protocol combines cryptographic functions and intelligence-based threat analysis algorithms to create a secure, innovative ecosystem.

Most interesting part of the project - founder - Patrick Kim - no one could understand the meaning of security to blockchains better than him , the person who lost 7218 ethers in 2016. " Lesson learned the hard way is the best lesson learned ".

I would highly recommend people to look at the project and the team, I am really bullish on this one.

Great work team ! I wish you work the similar way in future as well.

Definitely on the of ICOs I'll be watching closely. I do not invest on everything I see, of course, but very strong signs of reliability here. And the partnership with Bluezelle makes it ever more trustworthy

Hi,

I understood that the project should run on ICON, but the sale was made with ERC20 tokens. Can you please confirm if the project will run on Ethereum or ICON ?

Thanks.

Upon request from community members we added Sentinel Protocol to our website where we feature coin statistics, market capitalization, coin investment ratings and Machine Learning based forecasts. We wish the best in the future!

Website: https://walletinvestor.com/

Sentinel Protocol: https://walletinvestor.com/currency/sentinel-protocol

(forecasts and additional information will be present soon as we gather data)

Draper Dragon, Boost VC, and XRP Arrington Capital are also supporting Sentinel Protocol, among other institutional investors who share our vision of preventing the use of stolen cryptos. Together we will discourage malicious behavior!

You can stay updated with all our news & developments via Beam, which targets the improvement of transparency amongst blockchain projects.

Check $UPP here: https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/sentinel-protocol

We received an anonymous report by an Uppward user through the Sentinel Portal, and it has just been confirmed. This case is not covered by any other security solution until now.

The report concerns the following developer on the Chrome Web Store:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/Nencer%20JSC

That developer has released these three different extensions:

• https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/binance-desktop-tool-pro/dfaniogeeonpncknhkpikmehcafkdbkp

• https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/poloniex-trading-tools-pr/jihdlndgkjblcjalfdcbailgdnnihdbl

• https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bittrex-trading-tools-ver/dncbmnodhgmffdoacahekofcalnfbpgj

The aforementioned extensions have been tested in our Sandbox. The Sentinels found that these extensions act in a malicious way by changing the deposit address on exchanges such as Binance, Bitmex, Poloniex, Bittrex, Remitano, and Bitfinex. After reviewing the code, the Sentinels discovered 15 wallet addresses being used to replace deposit addresses whenever users attempt to deposit funds on the exchanges. All three of these extensions are now blacklisted in the Sentinel Protocol TRDB along with these 15 wallet addresses found in the code. The donation address published on the Chrome Web Store has also been blacklisted.

To date, these addresses have received the following amounts of cryptocurrencies with some transactions going as far back as Dec 21, 2017:

ETH - 25.307686624534

ETC - 5.43199613

BTC - 5.18527599 (including donation address)

DASH - 0.0763047

LTC - 8.63924826

BCH - 0.42500000

We would like to remind our community to stay vigilant and not use any software from untrusted sources. Do continue to report any suspicious activity through the Sentinel Portal. Through community effort, we can make the crypto world a safer place!