Node Application 10540282903, submitted 2019-02-19 14:54:53

Respondent Id 10540282903
Application Date 2019-02-19 14:54:53
Application Language English
Applicant City Moscow
Applicant State/Province Mow
Applicant Country Russia
What languages do you speak? English, Russian
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? project management in software development, hardware development and mining operation
Are you an individual or a group? Group
Node City Moscow
Node State Russia
Node Country Russia
For which networks Have you ever operated a node? Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc), Monero, Bitshares
What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported?
What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? hardware cost vs benefits
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) 98
Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . $50/month
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) 49
If you were selected to run a BetaNet node, would it run on your own hardware or be deployed to cloud-based servers? Both
In what type of environment would this server be located? office
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) according to your requirements
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:
Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? Yes (please specify)
Yes (please specify) Digital Ocean, AWS
Why do you want to be a node? to take part in the development of ubernetwork
How did you originally hear about Elixxir? Word of Mouth
Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? Telegram, Reddit, Facebook, LinkedIn, Medium
Are you an active member of those communities? No
What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? performance, security, privacy, innovation
Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? Atlas Blockchain, mixBytes (Telegram)
Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? all major events in Moscow
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? 1 medium review, weekly vlog posts
What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? no single point of failure in the first case. depends on the task
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. higher performance, linear scalability, innate privacy, effective not only as accounting but also as a messaging medium
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? because it doesn't work in any other way, as proven by history. exceptions might exist for some specific use cases.
Tags Group, Russia, English
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