Node Application 10660182003, submitted 2019-04-12 10:14:46

Respondent Id 10660182003
Application Date 2019-04-12 10:14:46
Application Language English
Applicant City Moscow
Applicant State/Province Moscow
Applicant Country Russia
What languages do you speak? Russian, English, Spanish
What is your occupation? Full-Time Node Operator
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? Crypto enthusiast since 2014
Are you an individual or a group? Individual
Node City Moscow
Node State Moscow
Node Country Russia
For which networks Have you ever operated a node? Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc), Monero, 1 of 100 Semux blockchain validator for 1.5 years, solo mining Nerva for 6 months on multiple servers.
What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? Don't have experience with Elixxir node yet.
What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? Nothing
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) 39
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. . $0.05
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? Home + datacenter
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) 14 core XeonE5 v3 (2683), 128 gb Ram, 512 gb SSD (Corsair mp500)
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) I've setup multiple VDS servers on cloud-based services
Why do you want to be a node? I want to participate in a promising project ;)
How did you originally hear about Elixxir? Telegram
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? I'm interested in all types of innovations
Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? I'm Semux validator owner and operator
Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? Haven't attend yet.
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? Russian article or video about setting up/running a node
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, Russia, English