| Respondent Id | 10583867359 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-03-11 6:11:42 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Melbourne |
| Applicant State/Province | Victoria |
| Applicant Country | Australia |
| What languages do you speak? | English |
| What is your occupation? | Electrician |
| How many years experience in your field? | 16+ |
| What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? | Graduated Secondary or High School, or equivalent |
| Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? | I’ve been involved in crypto since early 2017. I run a node for a current blockchain project. I’ve finished building 40 nodes for another project that will be running mainet in the next 3 months. I’ve been learning Linux and how to run commands in terminal. I’ve learnt so much in the last 2 years, but I still have lots more to learn, especially when it comes to running commands. |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Brighton, Melbourne |
| Node State | Victoria |
| Node Country | Australia |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Skycoin, I’ve build a node cabinet that will run Neurochain and Radix DLT when they are ready this year |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | Have plenty of support from team, dedicated channel to support. Have pre loaded images or a detailed guide on how to setup node via video and article |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | Bandwidth at home location. I may have to run the node at a colo/data centre |
| 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) | 16 |
| 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. . | AUD $0.28 per 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) | 60 |
| 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? | Datacenter |
| 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? | 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: | No |
| Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? | No |
| Yes (please specify) | |
| Why do you want to be a node? | Support the project. Be apart of a tech company that will have a huge impact on many people around the world |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | YouTube video |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Telegram, Reddit, Discord, Twitter |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | Yes |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | Decentralisation, fast transactions, decentralised messaging app, own blockchain, David chaum |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | Skywire (Skycoin), Neurochain, Radix DLT |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | No |
| 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? | At least once a week content put out through social media |
| 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? | |
| Tags | Individual, Australia, English |