Node Application 10559639406, submitted 2019-02-27 15:08:17

Respondent Id 10559639406
Application Date 2019-02-27 15:08:17
Application Language English
Applicant City LUXEMBOURG
Applicant State/Province
Applicant Country Luxembourg
What languages do you speak? french, english
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? Member of the zcl core team since one year. Follow bitcoin/eth since 2015
Are you an individual or a group? Individual
Node City Luxembourg
Node State
Node Country Luxembourg
For which networks Have you ever operated a node? ZCL
What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? improved database blockchain performance(reindex, scan...)
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) 49
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. . 0.1
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) 4
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? 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? No
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: if selected I will buy the required hardware
Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? Yes (please specify)
Yes (please specify) AWS, Digitalocean
Why do you want to be a node? because of David Chaum ;-)
How did you originally hear about Elixxir? Twitter
Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? Telegram, Discord, Twitter
Are you an active member of those communities? No
What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? speed, privacy
Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? ZCL
Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? blockshow, Berlin, 2018
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? 1-2
What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? decentralized -> no control authority distributed -> kind of authority control I'm sit on a full decentralized spectrum
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. I could give this info as soon as I see/run a node
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 privacy is freedom and freedom is the future
Tags Individual, Luxembourg, English

Minimum pass. The questions were answered, but low effort over all.