Node Application 10603904403, submitted 2019-03-19 15:12:03

Respondent Id 10603904403
Application Date 2019-03-19 15:12:03
Application Language English
Applicant City St-Sauveur
Applicant State/Province Quebec
Applicant Country Canada
What languages do you speak? French, English
What is your occupation? CG artist, miner, Sys admin
How many years experience in your field? 16+
What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? Some college
Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? Mining since 2014 ans spending many hours a day learning everything about crypto since then.
Are you an individual or a group? Individual
Node City St-Sauveur
Node State Quebec
Node Country Canada
For which networks Have you ever operated a node? Ravencoin
What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? none
What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? none
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) 71
What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) 99
Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . 0.06$ us by KW/h
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) 49
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? Yes (please describe)
Do you already own sufficient hardware to meet the published Elixxir BetaNet node specifications? Yes (Please list specs)
Yes (Please list specs) I have many workstations for high end fluid simulation with 96GB of ram dual xeon 3.5Ghz with 40 threads terabytes of hard drives
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? Yes (please specify)
Yes (please specify) amazon aws
Why do you want to be a node?
How did you originally hear about Elixxir?
Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of?
Are you an active member of those communities?
What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform?
Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones?
Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)?
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.
If yes, how much content on a monthly basis?
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, Canada, English
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Hi! This is my application and I would like to add that I am now an offcial Komodo Notary Node operator. I was elected for 2019! So I hope Elixxir can trust me too to take care of an Elixxir node.