| Respondent Id | 10619598695 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-03-26 9:55:19 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Cakovec |
| Applicant State/Province | Medjimurje |
| Applicant Country | Croatia |
| What languages do you speak? | English, Croatian |
| What is your occupation? | Software Development |
| How many years experience in your field? | 8-15 |
| What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? | Master’s degree (for example: MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, MBA) |
| Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? | In a nutshell, I've been running [a] tech education platform for blockchain [a] crypto on-ramp for 4 years now, developed quite a bit of blockchain stuff. I work for [a messenger, wallet, and browser startup] right now, I sell full pre-synced nodes and run my own nodes at home, and I am one of the founders of a national PoA testnet. I am also a co-founder of an organization in charge of 3 major blockchain events in our region: Blockconf.io, Blocksplit.org and Daocon.io. |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Cakovec |
| Node State | Medjimurje |
| Node Country | Croatia |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc) |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | Plug and play and (truly) fast-sync. Downloading snapshots as compressed binaries that are cross-client compatible for the fastest possible uptime process. |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | |
| 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) | 5 |
| 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. . | $0.12/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) | 23 |
| 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: | I have many laptops and PCs, I'm sure I could experiment on several. But I'd be willing to buy a machine to host a node. |
| Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? | Yes (please specify) |
| Yes (please specify) | Digitalocean, some heroku and aws |
| Why do you want to be a node? | I like to experiment and learn new things |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | Yes |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | I like to investigate possible Ethereum competitors. |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | Ethereum |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | Too many to list. I speak at many, too. [I have spoken at two dozen conferences in Europe in the past five years] |
| 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? | 2 written articles per month, more if paid |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | Decentralized Distributed In layman's terms, distributed means available. Decentralized means permissionless. |
| 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 won't know until I test it, but the privacy by default aspect here is unique in that it's finally a private blockchain that's programmable. |
| 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? | I have had my accounts closed by Transferwise and Paypal for simply consulting on blockchain. I have been giving 80% of my paycheck to a cause I do not agree with since the day I started working - that's how high taxes are in Croatia. I have been banned from investing in startups because I was not "accredited", and [faced other government barriers]. It goes without saying that I value digital freedom, and that's only achievable with decentralization + privacy. |
| Tags | Individual, Croatia, English |
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good job, good candidate . u have my vote
Welcome to the club. You have my vote
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