Node Application 10564940571, submitted 2019-03-01 16:05:51

Respondent Id 10564940571
Application Date 2019-03-01 16:05:51
Application Language English
Applicant City Porto
Applicant State/Province
Applicant Country Portugal
What languages do you speak? English, Portuguese, Spanish, french
What is your occupation? Mechanical engineer
How many years experience in your field? 1-3
What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? Professional degree beyond bachelor’s degree (for example: MD, DDS, DVM, LLB, JD)
Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? Miner since 2011
Are you an individual or a group? Individual
Node City Porto
Node State
Node Country Portugal
For which networks Have you ever operated a node?
What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? Cheaper nodes and higher profits
What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? From what you say the hardware cost is ultra inflationated. No one has a 800€ cpu laying around in the basement. And the network speed asked can only be found in California. Portugal 100/100 is the standard highest. Above that it’s rare
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) 25
What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) 90
Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . 0,24€/kWh
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? Hardware
In what type of environment would this server be located? My own mining farm
Do you have past experience deploying hardware servers in a datacenter? No
Do you already own sufficient hardware to meet the published Elixxir BetaNet node specifications? Yes (Please list specs)
Yes (Please list specs) Not the cpu, but I have mining rigs that can donate some gpus
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’m expecting support for amd gpus and not only nvidea
Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? No
Yes (please specify)
Why do you want to be a node? Nodes are the next step of mining in my opinion. I believe in the decentralisation of assets and want to be a part of it and have a positive role in the project.
How did you originally hear about Elixxir? Word of Mouth
Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? Telegram, Discord, Facebook, Twitter
Are you an active member of those communities? Yes
What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? David.
Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? No
Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? Local conference in Porto. Not a big deal
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? 1-4
What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit?
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.
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? Public networks do more harm than good. It’s a violation of my privacy to let everyone aware of my bank account so the same goes for my virtual money
Tags Individual, Portugal, English