| Respondent Id | 10598236120 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-03-17 8:10:04 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Kirishi |
| Applicant State/Province | Leningradskaya oblast |
| Applicant Country | Russia |
| What languages do you speak? | |
| What is your occupation? | Full-Time Node Operator |
| 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? | trading on various exchanges, mining on CPU, GPU, ASIC. Mining in both POW and POS systems. Configuration of wallets, bat files, ensuring the operation of full nodes in the network. |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Kirishi |
| Node State | Leningradskaya oblast |
| Node Country | Russia |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | BSG COIN, BITCOINLE |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | Difficult to answer. Because the project is still new and has not come out as a final product in life. |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | Power outage due to unforeseen circumstances. Disconnecting the Internet worldwide. |
| 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) | 30 |
| 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. . | 0.09 dollars per 1 kilowatt per hour |
| 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) | 34 |
| 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? | Personal Home |
| 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: | Intel (r) Core i5-2320 CPU 8 GB RAM, SSD and HHD with any size |
| Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? | No |
| Yes (please specify) | |
| Why do you want to be a node? | Participation in the new project is very interesting. This is primarily self-development for me as a specialist in the industry. And of course-this is an opportunity to become part of this team. |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | News in the media. These were short news links without any indication of the project's website. I first heard about it in 2018. Then have been looking for the official website. Eventually found him. The site has already reviewed the project. |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Discord |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | No |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | Possibility to be a part of the project and self-development. |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | Bitcoinle, faceter, bsg coin, azbit, different mining pools, enough many exchanges cryptocurrency. In General, a lot of projects in which I participate. |
| 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? | Weekly news of usual importance. If the news is urgent, it is published daily. |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | To put it simply: a Distributed system is a model in which components located on network computers exchange and coordinate their actions by sending messages. In this definition, a decentralized system is also a distributed system. The key point in decentralization is that there is no Central point of control. Wide-ranging Internet applications and services are distributed, but most of them are centralized because the company that manages them can change or stop the system. On the spectrum of centralization I'm in the center. |
| 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. | Different system, different from conventional POW, POS |
| 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? | no possibility of total tracking and collection of personal information, the system without influence from outside. Almost complete freedom. |
| Tags | Individual, Russia, English |
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