Node Application 10612740079, submitted 2019-03-22 15:23:39

Respondent Id 10612740079
Application Date 2019-03-22 15:23:39
Application Language English
Applicant City Pozega
Applicant State/Province pozesko slavonska
Applicant Country Croatia
What languages do you speak? english, croatian
What is your occupation? x ray tehnician
How many years experience in your field? 8-15
What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? Associates degree (for example: AA, AS)
Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? investor, started around 2015
Are you an individual or a group? Individual
Node City Pozega
Node State pozesko slavonska
Node Country Croatia
For which networks Have you ever operated a node? Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), Monero, clams, doge, ravencoin..., DASH
What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? autorestart if problems occure, staking rewards go to different address so income can be used for experiments, combine exchanging of different coins to elixxir with small volume(i have only one gpu)
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) 20
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. . 0.2 usd/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) 50
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) amd opteron 6276, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 5TB HDD
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: i7 7700K. 16 GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 512 GB HDD
Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? Yes (please specify)
Yes (please specify) linux on vultr
Why do you want to be a node? i love new cryptocurrencies that add something new and i love to experiment...
How did you originally hear about Elixxir? android chrome google news on new tab
Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? Telegram
Are you an active member of those communities? No
What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? TPS
Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? mostly i own and watch eos, tron and bitcoin progress...
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? every day around 2 hours of my time
What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? decentralized - there is no central authority. I support decentralization
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. dpos for everyone as i understand.
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. Equal distribution is. Privacy is handy option.
Tags Individual, Croatia, English