Respondent Id | 10615358053 |
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Application Date | 2019-03-24 16:44:16 |
Application Language | English |
Applicant City | Madison |
Applicant State/Province | Wi |
Applicant Country | United States |
What languages do you speak? | English |
What is your occupation? | IT |
How many years experience in your field? | 4-7 |
What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? | None (Self-Taught) |
Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? | I first heard of bitcoin in 2013, at which time i did not realize or understand it. Since then, i have gained incredible knowledge in cryptography and also gained a CBP certificate from the cryptocurrency certification consortium. I am actively working a incredibly secure encryption project called KRATE. |
Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
Node City | Madison |
Node State | Wisconsin |
Node Country | United States |
For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc), Monero, A large variety of different "alt-coins" and cryptocurrency projects. |
What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | To run a node, one should not have to find/share files with the community to be able to maintain active connections. That's more or less a personal rant. |
What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | I don't believe there are 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) | 30 |
What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) | 80 |
Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . | 9-10 cents USD |
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) | 27 |
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? | Yes (Please list specs) |
Yes (Please list specs) | 2tb storage, 32gb ram, ryzen 5, rx 580 |
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) | Setting up nodes with friends, learning how things work. |
Why do you want to be a node? | I'd like to support the network and be part of something bigger. That's why we're here, we are the network. |
How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | I had a cryptographer friend who saw a link and shared it with me. David is a pretty OG cryptographer so it grabbed our attention rather fast. |
Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Discord, Twitter |
Are you an active member of those communities? | Yes |
What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | A new method of unparalleled cryptography and speed. |
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)? | There are some local blockchain meetups that i have watched. |
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? | I have plenty of spare time, id say bi weekly to be safe. |
What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | A decentralized system is a subset of a distributed system. Being decentralized, there is no over-seer making the decision. The distributed nodes will cast there votes and be the ones deciding. Where on the spectrum do i sit? I'd say closer to one point rather than the other two. If the over-seer is “voted” into office by the nodes, is it decentralized or centralized? This one is arguable. |
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. | I fear that would require much more time than i currently have to fill out this survey. There are too many duplicates in this space. We need unique. |
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? | If privacy is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl. |
Tags | Individual, United States, English |
No. If you don’t have time to complete this application, then you don’t have time to run a node.