| Respondent Id | 10538447996 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-02-19 0:51:04 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Bratislava |
| Applicant State/Province | |
| Applicant Country | Slovakia |
| What languages do you speak? | Slovak, Czech, English, French, Arabic |
| What is your occupation? | IT |
| How many years experience in your field? | 16+ |
| What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? | Master’s degree (for example: MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, MBA) |
| Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? | Crypto enthusiast, trader, miner, had run few nodes |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Group |
| Node City | Bratislava |
| Node State | |
| Node Country | Slovakia |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc), Monero |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | Code release cycles and support on git fetting things running :) |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | None at the moment. We are prepared to build our own HW and start iperations within a week |
| What is a reasonable maximum connection speed on which you could operate a BetaNet node in your geographic region? (Where 0 = 10 Megabits/second, and 100 = 10 Gigabits/second) | 50 |
| What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) | 92 |
| Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . | 0.2euro/kW |
| On a monthly basis, how much time can you publicly commit to dedicating toward governance if you were selected as a BetaNet node operator? (Where 0 = 1 hour/month, and 100 = 20 hours/month) | 20 |
| If you were selected to run a BetaNet node, would it run on your own hardware or be deployed to cloud-based servers? | Hardware |
| In what type of environment would this server be located? | Personal Home |
| Do you have past experience deploying hardware servers in a datacenter? | Yes (please describe) |
| Do you already own sufficient hardware to meet the published Elixxir BetaNet node specifications? | Yes (Please list specs) |
| Yes (Please list specs) | Own a mobo and GPU. Rest of components we can buy same week |
| Do you have hardware you would like to use but does not meet the stated BetaNet node specs? If so, please provide specs on that hardware below: | I have several servers at home which i use for different purposes |
| Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? | Yes (please specify) |
| Yes (please specify) | Past experience with Deploying servers on AWS. On private cloud for company i work for. My role changed meanwhile, but i still supervise at times deployments |
| Why do you want to be a node? | I beleive in this project and want to be a part of it. I’m a payment industry expert and this is where i see the future of payments :) |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | Web summit, David Chaum speak |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Discord, Facebook, Twitter |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | No |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | Messaging platform Security, annonimization Speed |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | Not at this stage. Used to be active part of bitcoin node community in the past |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | Last one i attended in Amsterdam Dec 2018, unleashing blockchain |
| As part of growing the Elixxir community, are you willing to create content as part of operating an Elixxir BetaNet node? Examples would be node setup & on-boarding review vlog post, bi-weekly twitter update, medium review of on-going node operational process, etc. | Yes (how much content on a monthly basis?) |
| If yes, how much content on a monthly basis? | Bi-weekly |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | Distributed means processing is shared across nodes, but decision can be somehow in some aspects centralized; while decentralized means no single node can make a decision. I’m advocate for both when used reasonably |
| As best as you can given currently available information, please describe the value proposition of the Elixxir platform and how it differs from other current blockchain solutions. | For me, as i already stated before, elixxir could become the next gen swift and disrupt the payment industry |
| Privacy by Default is a goal of the Elixxir Platform. In your opinion, why is Privacy by Default critical for the future of the internet? | Data privacy is more and more important in the digital age we live in, as if it gets in the wrong hands can be weaponized |
| Tags | Group, Slovakia, English |
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