| Respondent Id | 10577982436 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-03-07 14:25:00 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Schenectady |
| Applicant State/Province | NY |
| Applicant Country | United States |
| What languages do you speak? | English |
| What is your occupation? | Software Development |
| How many years experience in your field? | 1-3 |
| 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? | Extensive research and trading |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Schenectady |
| Node State | NY |
| Node Country | United States |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | None yet |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | I love the team consensus system. Much better than PoW |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | None. I will operate via AWS. Earlier I submitted a form under the same name but used the wrong parameters for my specs. All these are what I can provision in-cloud. |
| 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) | 70 |
| 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. . | 55c /hr |
| 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) | 60 |
| 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) | I'm certified as an AWS Cloud Solutions Architect - Associate |
| Why do you want to be a node? | This project is fast and has an amazing consensus algorithm. I could totally see this picking up speed. |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | Chris Larsen |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Reddit, Discord, Medium, Twitter |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | Yes |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | It's consensus and speed |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | Ripple/XRP Community |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | No but I'd love to! |
| 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? | Twitter updates, tutorials (expect 1-2 per month) |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | There is no single point where a decision is made in a decentralized network. Distributed means decisions are shared/split between many nodes. |
| 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. | It's consensus protocol is practically fool-proof (even if all participants are dishonest, which is insanely unlikely, the transaction will de-anonymize. |
| 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? | The Internet should be a basic human right. I want to help build a positive future. |
| Tags | Individual, United States, English |