Respondent Id | 10541047636 |
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Application Date | 2019-02-19 19:54:29 |
Application Language | English |
Applicant City | Hawthorn Woods |
Applicant State/Province | IL |
Applicant Country | United States |
What languages do you speak? | English, Spanish |
What is your occupation? | Software Development |
How many years experience in your field? | 8-15 |
What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? | Bachelor’s degree (for example: BA. BS) |
Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? | Developed with solidity. Blockchain enthusiast for four years. |
Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
Node City | Richmond |
Node State | Virginia |
Node Country | United States |
For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | NULS |
What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | Better command like feedback Easier installation and upgrades |
What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | |
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) | 100 |
What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) | 100 |
Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . | 30 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) | 100 |
If you were selected to run a BetaNet node, would it run on your own hardware or be deployed to cloud-based servers? | Cloud-Based Servers |
In what type of environment would this server be located? | |
Do you have past experience deploying hardware servers in a datacenter? | |
Do you already own sufficient hardware to meet the published Elixxir BetaNet node specifications? | |
Yes (Please list specs) | |
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) | Extensive experience with devops and AWS services |
Why do you want to be a node? | Because I love the blockchain space and i like being part of it. I also like working on technical projects like this. |
How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | Telegram |
Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Telegram, Medium, Twitter |
Are you an active member of those communities? | Yes |
What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | I feel Elixxir will be the next generation of blockchain. |
Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | Nuls, XRP |
Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | |
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? | 6-8 hours |
What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | In both the work is distributed among multiple participants. However in a distributed network decisions can be centralized. In a decentralized network consensus among multiple participants arrives to a decision |
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. | Elixxir is fast and scalable. Unlike most other solutions Elixxir offers privacy. |
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? | To create a safe environment for everyone. Eliminating biases based on browsing history or personal indetifiable information. |
Tags | Individual, United States, English |
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Elixir will definitely be the blockchain for privacy.
Agree with Trail. Definitely the blockchain for privacy. Are you able to operate multiple nodes? Seems like you have devops experience.
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Sounds like you’re a devops engineer?
I like the software development background.